There are unidentified aural objects producing incredible amounts of sound around us. Techno Zombies, covered in grease paint, wrapped in black electric tape, gaunt, stoic, rhythmic beat machines. In sound we look at past atrocities, dig out sonic sirens, layer them, build them and break our bodies to them on peeled linoleum, and blasted concrete. One of the reasons I've always enjoyed listening and moving to industrial/ebm/noise has a great deal to do with language, the subversion of it through the sound, how artists build on it through the layers and create something so aurally tactile that you can't help but physically respond to it. Many people can say this same thing about each and every genre they are attached to and enjoy, for me, it's this genre. Hiss a little lower, pour a little more gravel into your voice, speak to me in German, and fill my ears with machines and sirens. My parts won't be able to help themselves. In some way, it's wearing your fetishes on your sleeve through your musical tastes, but it's also the opposite; it's completely [ bracketing ] them. This week's Total Recall is about subtle sound subversion, through things like voice, language, and history.

Eden Synthetic Corps - Steam (live)

Feindflug - Kahle Bedrohung

Tactical Sekt - American Me

Converter - Order/Creature

Feindflug - Leere Graben

(as a side note, I've always wanted to point out that as a genre, industrial/ebm seems to make a note of really impacting the visual aspects of the music with incorporations of "human history," and I'm not speaking in terms of our good will. Skinny Puppy has done the same thing with animal rights visually as an example. I've always found this aspect of the genre compelling in reflecting way, even though the content does push certain envelopes.)

Die Regionaldaten folgen in Kürze ...

Grendel - Pax Psychosis

Kehrwert - Maschinenmusik

Neotek - Brain Over Muscle

Noisuf-X - Fine Line

Digital Poodle - Work Terminal

Is it a crime to do a plain balloon angioplasty in 2008 ?

Plain balloon angioplasty,   the greatest  innovation in   cardiology  when it was introduced in 1977 in a Zurich cath lab , has now become an  ugly  word for most of the cardiologist !

Why this turn around ?  Is technology  has really overtaken a great procedure and made it obsolete now ?

The answer is a definite " No"

The restenosis which was the villian in the plain old angioplasty has never been overcome as on today. Stents initally used as a bail out procedure during  abrupt closure , later it was used conditionally, followed by provisional stenting and now in 2008  we are made to believe  it is mandatory.

When we realised , bare metal stents are equally  bad (If not slightly better ) in arresting the restenosis drug eluting stents came into vogue with a big bang in 2002. It was projected as the ultimate breakthrough in interventional cardiology and  in 5 years the truth was exposed and it not only failed to prevent the restenois but also had a dreaded complication of acute stent thrombosis.

Now we know , metals  inside a coronary artery  carry  a life long  risk of sudden occulusion , and we talk about biodegradable stents (With poly lactic acid ).

 Common sense ( Unscientific truths)  would suggest

Plain balloon angioplasty still has a major role in our global  cardiovascualr population.

Since Restenosis is the  only issue here, ( about 30% )  we can choose patients in whom even if restenosis is likely to happen  no major harm is done . A vast majority of chronic stable angina patients  fall in this category.

Aggressive lipid lowering with plain  balloon angioplasty has never been tested properly . In future also it is unlikely,  such trials will be done as it would be considered unethical . But thatwould be a premature conclusion.

The other major issue is the cost of stenting , the procedure of PCI/PTCA  has become unaffordable for most of the population in developing countries .The primary reason being the PCI without stenting is considered  " A untouchable" . If only we remove this stigma from the cardiology community   a signiificant population will be benefited.

A patient with chronic stable angina treated with POBA ,if develop further angina after few years , he  is likely to get a recurrence of  relatively safe  stable angina.  While in a post PCI patient  any angina after the procedure becomes a unstable angina ( Braunwald classification) and requires emergency care . Angina in a  stented patient  the the course of angina is unpredictable .

POBA in primary PCI ?

Many may think it is a foolish idea . It has been found many times,  when we rush the pateint to   cath lab after a STEMI  we are in for a surprise !. About 30% of times it is a very complex lesion profile  like diffuse disese,  tight bifurcation lesions , loaded with thrombus or a left main disese.

We fail to realise a basic  fact  , the  initial aim of primary PCI is to salvage the myocardium ,and the next comes the prevention of restenosis . It may be argued salvaging  myocardium is the only aim !Myocardial salvage sould be done urgently . And even  removing the thrombus and opening a IRA can be suffice in a pateint who is crashing on table.  Of course stenting can be done whenever possible. But for IRAs which has complex anatomy attempting a perfect stent PCI   (Some may require more than few stents)  as an emergency procedure invariably affects the outcome. One should spend  shortest possible time  inside the  illfated coronary artery. Prolonged manipulations within the coronary artery in an unstable patient  aiming at  longterm patency of an IRA  is to be avoided .The pending procedures can always planned in a next stage. 

Final message

So it is not a crime to think about plain balloon  angioplasty  in some of  our  patients  with acute or chronic coronary syndromes .  Hope Gruentzig  is listening from the heaven and hopefully agree with me !

Dr.S.Venkatesan, madras medical college, chennai, India .

[\\WMM] :: minimal.electro.and.cold.ebm

cruise (ctrl) || crows nest (imminent remix)
the hacker and h.i.v.+ || noevoe disko (milimetric remix)
bak xiii || manifeste
hurtacker || demi sang
noevoe || shadow past
normotone || grey years - wasted nights (feat. kl vocals)
christopher kah || me destruit
commuter vs. laag || scar
trisomie21 || the sweetest running over (milimetric unpublished mix)
void kampf || karmeliet

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Confesso que este foi um dos sets que mais gozo me deu fazer. Todas as músicas são da colectânea "Electronic Manifesto 2 - Cold EBM & Minimal Inferno" CD 2007, Divine Comedy, uma das melhores que ouvi ultimamente. Um pequeno teaser da compilação pode ser visto aqui.

[\\WMM] :: Clone Industry mix 22 [evolution denied]

s.p.o.c.k || end of the universe
covenant || tension
in srtict confidence || industrial love (silicon Version by vnv nation)
vnv nation || kingdom (restoration)
apoptygma berzerk || eclipse
icon of coil || simulated
ravenous || between the worlds
funker vogt || maschine zeit
and one || panzermensch
god module || re.start
decoded feedback || evolution
evils toy || mad modern dream
informatik || human nature

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A special 60 minutes Clone Industry set only with tunes of great EBM bands of late 90s and early Y2K

That's right folks, we're having our very first special event at AL's on August 3rd. Lots of rare and live recordings for your audio pleasure and sweet contest for you all to participate in. Hope to see you there...

However, a second thing took precedence today which was more of a subculture I've identified with for quite a long time. I really can not consider myself a "goth" but, I can definitely say I have found my people in that sea of black, big boots and eyeliner. I have also found a creative outlet for my own self-expression in many ways thanks to those people. I find it rather refreshing that I can go out to a club while clad in vinyl, accessories that are made of plastic or blacklight responsive, hair extensions that would never resemble natural hair and, boots that make me about six feet tall. I also find it refreshing a lot of my fellow "gothies" are also quite the geeky types.

Because of that, I'm picking two songs for today that fit my own mood rather well. One of them goes right along with the geeked-out day and, the other makes me want to kick the smurf (if you get that - cool. If you don't...no worries.) So, the post which may be titled "Friday's Song" is actually this post. Sorry about missing yesterday, the internet went out last night. We gave up and went to bed.

Song #1; "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathon Coulton . Oh, you know you love it!

Song #2: And One "Wasted" ..and since that is a YouTube video, here's their last.fm page (And One is one of my favorite bands)

However, The Azoic stands out with one major thing; the vocals. Not very many bands in this genre have vocals that are melodic and hit the second soprano to soprano range. Yes, The Azoic has two women singing.

I really just discovered this band and, I love them. Here's "Lost" by The Azoic

Skinny Puppy is an influential industrial band, formed in 1982 in Vancouver, Canada. They are known as pioneers of industrial rock and electro-industrial, genres in which they may be seen to have spawned "a litter of like-minded bands".

More clips:

Goneja

Totality

Pedafly

Links: Official page, MySpace page, Wikipedia page.

[\\WMM] :: Um Mabeco Manco (set de tributo aos UMM)

UMM
M.P.M.P.S.S.M
Mabeco
MamaPapa
Máquinas de Guerra
O Mineiro (Der Bergmann)
Mulher da Vida
Terrorista
EBM

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[\\WMM] :: Clone Industry minimix 20

ic 434 || mankind_denied & bacteriate
memmaker || death comes (sale traitre)
esc || heartware v2.0
ucnx || absolute zero (old school mix)
animassacre || tear this world apart
esa || randomly selected drawbacks of the human condition
vertical.state || breathe

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[\\WMM] :: oldschool love (xpq-21 love set)

can't love you
hey you
stay 'till tomorrow
naked
beautiful
commercial love
close your eyes (\\wellen edit)

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Saturday's will not surprise anyone who knows me. My favorite band The Cruxshadows is highlighted today but, we'll go back in their archives for a song from Dreamcypher which is called "Eye of the Storm". If you want to hear it yourself, you can find it here on Last.fm

[\\WMM] :: Clone Industry minimix 20 [i'm in love with a gynoid :: machines need love too]

nothing nada || red armageddon (polipropilen remix by dj kraak)
technoir || dying star (mesh remix)
hot rain || rise again
sara noxx || winter again (patenbrigade wolff mix)
lahannya || inside the machine (reinterpreted by asp)
kirlian camera || no one remained
spectra paris || mad world

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Special 20th set of Clone Industry minimixes, only with female voices. Enjoy!

Futurepop duo Informatik, featuring Da5id Din and Tyler Newman (Battery Cage), has announced that its new album, Beyond, will be released September 9 on Metropolis Records. The 10-track album is the project's fifth full-length release, and its first since 2004.

]]> http://gutermann.wordpress.com/?p=87 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:08:13 +0000 Christian Gutermann http://gutermann.wordpress.com/?p=87 Auch die KV Hessen hat eine Aktualisierung für das 3. Quartal 2008 nachgereicht. Es enthält die ab 1. Juli gültigen Impfziffern. Die betroffenen Tabellen wurden aktualisiert und können abgerufen werden.