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20:35:22 10/31/11
Piers Faccini - Live in Studio B - Part 1 - Tribe
[LESS INFO] 9 VIEWS | ADDED 20:35:22 10/31/11
Part 1 of Piers Faccini performing live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE
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Melodies and words are in Faccini’s bones and his finely crafted songs resonate with traces of his ancestry. If his songs were maps they would stretch from the English moors to the Saharan dunes via the parched plains of the Mediterrannean before spanning the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi Delta.
With the opening track from the new album 'My Wilderness', the narrator ‘calls out to ... the darkness’ seeking answers to unknown mysteries, as the rhythm builds to a Southern Italian Pizzica. Piers Faccini uses this beat, traditionally associated with healing and trance, to throw out his lament, weaving in his own lyrics while cellist and long-term friend and accomplice Vincent Segal replies with his bow.
With the track « The Beggar & The Thief » the creative net widens further. As the beguiling dialogue unfolds between the two characters, the song becomes an anthem to the stateless travellers of the world as Ibrahim Maalouf’s unmistakable trumpet slides between the voices conjuring up the spirits of early Rai or Balkan dances.
Whilst songs such as « Dreamer » « Three Times Betrayed » or « The Beggar & The Thief » undeniably evoke the dryness of Mediterranean landscapes. Others, on the map of this album, such as « A New Morning, » begin like an ancient work song before flowing into an ocean of choir and strings, transporting us to other climes and to one of the cornerstones of Piers Faccini’s writing : the legacy of Skip James, Son House and other pioneer troubadours of the great American songbook.
At the time of his first album in 2004, ‘Leave No Trace,’ Faccini was living more from his painting than writing and singing songs, and yet the slow-burn impact of his music around the world since then has allowed him to switch his energies full time to music. After years of travelling, and countless gigs with stop-overs in the studios of LA or Paris, collaborating with producers such as JP Plunier or Renaud Letang, this fourth album, « My Wilderness » is a return to this home-spun craft – an album which has been entirely produced and conceived by the singer-songwriter himself.
Faccini recorded this album at his home in the foothills of Southern France, nestled in the Mediterrannean rocks and flora. For Piers, recording albums means surrounding himself with old friends, people he can talk music with, true accomplices, fellow souls who share a common vision. For the last year or two, the friends he has invited to play and record music with him, at home, are the bassist Jules Bikoko, the drummer Simone Prattico and the violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo. If music is a journey then with a band such as this it’s easy to travel.
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19:20:45 10/31/11
Piers Faccini - Live in Studio B - Part 2 - No Reply
[LESS INFO] 9 VIEWS | ADDED 19:20:45 10/31/11
Part 2 of Piers Faccini performing live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE
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Melodies and words are in Faccini’s bones and his finely crafted songs resonate with traces of his ancestry. If his songs were maps they would stretch from the English moors to the Saharan dunes via the parched plains of the Mediterrannean before spanning the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi Delta.
With the opening track from the new album 'My Wilderness', the narrator ‘calls out to ... the darkness’ seeking answers to unknown mysteries, as the rhythm builds to a Southern Italian Pizzica. Piers Faccini uses this beat, traditionally associated with healing and trance, to throw out his lament, weaving in his own lyrics while cellist and long-term friend and accomplice Vincent Segal replies with his bow.
With the track « The Beggar & The Thief » the creative net widens further. As the beguiling dialogue unfolds between the two characters, the song becomes an anthem to the stateless travellers of the world as Ibrahim Maalouf’s unmistakable trumpet slides between the voices conjuring up the spirits of early Rai or Balkan dances.
Whilst songs such as « Dreamer » « Three Times Betrayed » or « The Beggar & The Thief » undeniably evoke the dryness of Mediterranean landscapes. Others, on the map of this album, such as « A New Morning, » begin like an ancient work song before flowing into an ocean of choir and strings, transporting us to other climes and to one of the cornerstones of Piers Faccini’s writing : the legacy of Skip James, Son House and other pioneer troubadours of the great American songbook.
At the time of his first album in 2004, ‘Leave No Trace,’ Faccini was living more from his painting than writing and singing songs, and yet the slow-burn impact of his music around the world since then has allowed him to switch his energies full time to music. After years of travelling, and countless gigs with stop-overs in the studios of LA or Paris, collaborating with producers such as JP Plunier or Renaud Letang, this fourth album, « My Wilderness » is a return to this home-spun craft – an album which has been entirely produced and conceived by the singer-songwriter himself.
Faccini recorded this album at his home in the foothills of Southern France, nestled in the Mediterrannean rocks and flora. For Piers, recording albums means surrounding himself with old friends, people he can talk music with, true accomplices, fellow souls who share a common vision. For the last year or two, the friends he has invited to play and record music with him, at home, are the bassist Jules Bikoko, the drummer Simone Prattico and the violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo. If music is a journey then with a band such as this it’s easy to travel.
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18:46:48 10/31/11
Piers Faccini - Live in Studio B - Part 3 - That Cry
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 18:46:48 10/31/11
Part 3 of Piers Faccini performing live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE
FACEBOOK WEBSITE MYSPACE TWITTER
Melodies and words are in Faccini’s bones and his finely crafted songs resonate with traces of his ancestry. If his songs were maps they would stretch from the English moors to the Saharan dunes via the parched plains of the Mediterrannean before spanning the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi Delta.
With the opening track from the new album 'My Wilderness', the narrator ‘calls out to ... the darkness’ seeking answers to unknown mysteries, as the rhythm builds to a Southern Italian Pizzica. Piers Faccini uses this beat, traditionally associated with healing and trance, to throw out his lament, weaving in his own lyrics while cellist and long-term friend and accomplice Vincent Segal replies with his bow.
With the track « The Beggar & The Thief » the creative net widens further. As the beguiling dialogue unfolds between the two characters, the song becomes an anthem to the stateless travellers of the world as Ibrahim Maalouf’s unmistakable trumpet slides between the voices conjuring up the spirits of early Rai or Balkan dances.
Whilst songs such as « Dreamer » « Three Times Betrayed » or « The Beggar & The Thief » undeniably evoke the dryness of Mediterranean landscapes. Others, on the map of this album, such as « A New Morning, » begin like an ancient work song before flowing into an ocean of choir and strings, transporting us to other climes and to one of the cornerstones of Piers Faccini’s writing : the legacy of Skip James, Son House and other pioneer troubadours of the great American songbook.
At the time of his first album in 2004, ‘Leave No Trace,’ Faccini was living more from his painting than writing and singing songs, and yet the slow-burn impact of his music around the world since then has allowed him to switch his energies full time to music. After years of travelling, and countless gigs with stop-overs in the studios of LA or Paris, collaborating with producers such as JP Plunier or Renaud Letang, this fourth album, « My Wilderness » is a return to this home-spun craft – an album which has been entirely produced and conceived by the singer-songwriter himself.
Faccini recorded this album at his home in the foothills of Southern France, nestled in the Mediterrannean rocks and flora. For Piers, recording albums means surrounding himself with old friends, people he can talk music with, true accomplices, fellow souls who share a common vision. For the last year or two, the friends he has invited to play and record music with him, at home, are the bassist Jules Bikoko, the drummer Simone Prattico and the violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo. If music is a journey then with a band such as this it’s easy to travel.
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18:46:48 10/31/11
Piers Faccini - Live in Studio B - Part 3 - That Cry
[LESS INFO] 8 VIEWS | ADDED 18:46:48 10/31/11
Part 3 of Piers Faccini performing live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE
FACEBOOK WEBSITE MYSPACE TWITTER
Melodies and words are in Faccini’s bones and his finely crafted songs resonate with traces of his ancestry. If his songs were maps they would stretch from the English moors to the Saharan dunes via the parched plains of the Mediterrannean before spanning the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi Delta.
With the opening track from the new album 'My Wilderness', the narrator ‘calls out to ... the darkness’ seeking answers to unknown mysteries, as the rhythm builds to a Southern Italian Pizzica. Piers Faccini uses this beat, traditionally associated with healing and trance, to throw out his lament, weaving in his own lyrics while cellist and long-term friend and accomplice Vincent Segal replies with his bow.
With the track « The Beggar & The Thief » the creative net widens further. As the beguiling dialogue unfolds between the two characters, the song becomes an anthem to the stateless travellers of the world as Ibrahim Maalouf’s unmistakable trumpet slides between the voices conjuring up the spirits of early Rai or Balkan dances.
Whilst songs such as « Dreamer » « Three Times Betrayed » or « The Beggar & The Thief » undeniably evoke the dryness of Mediterranean landscapes. Others, on the map of this album, such as « A New Morning, » begin like an ancient work song before flowing into an ocean of choir and strings, transporting us to other climes and to one of the cornerstones of Piers Faccini’s writing : the legacy of Skip James, Son House and other pioneer troubadours of the great American songbook.
At the time of his first album in 2004, ‘Leave No Trace,’ Faccini was living more from his painting than writing and singing songs, and yet the slow-burn impact of his music around the world since then has allowed him to switch his energies full time to music. After years of travelling, and countless gigs with stop-overs in the studios of LA or Paris, collaborating with producers such as JP Plunier or Renaud Letang, this fourth album, « My Wilderness » is a return to this home-spun craft – an album which has been entirely produced and conceived by the singer-songwriter himself.
Faccini recorded this album at his home in the foothills of Southern France, nestled in the Mediterrannean rocks and flora. For Piers, recording albums means surrounding himself with old friends, people he can talk music with, true accomplices, fellow souls who share a common vision. For the last year or two, the friends he has invited to play and record music with him, at home, are the bassist Jules Bikoko, the drummer Simone Prattico and the violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo. If music is a journey then with a band such as this it’s easy to travel.
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17:55:03 10/31/11
Piers Faccini - Live in Studio B
[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 17:55:03 10/31/11
Piers Faccini performs live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco FACEBOOK WEBSITE MYSPACE TWITTER
Melodies and words are in Faccini’s bones and his finely crafted songs resonate with traces of his ancestry. If his songs were maps they would stretch from the English moors to the Saharan dunes via the parched plains of the Mediterrannean before spanning the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi Delta.
With the opening track from the new album 'My Wilderness', the narrator ‘calls out to ... the darkness’ seeking answers to unknown mysteries, as the rhythm builds to a Southern Italian Pizzica. Piers Faccini uses this beat, traditionally associated with healing and trance, to throw out his lament, weaving in his own lyrics while cellist and long-term friend and accomplice Vincent Segal replies with his bow.
With the track « The Beggar & The Thief » the creative net widens further. As the beguiling dialogue unfolds between the two characters, the song becomes an anthem to the stateless travellers of the world as Ibrahim Maalouf’s unmistakable trumpet slides between the voices conjuring up the spirits of early Rai or Balkan dances.
Whilst songs such as « Dreamer » « Three Times Betrayed » or « The Beggar & The Thief » undeniably evoke the dryness of Mediterranean landscapes. Others, on the map of this album, such as « A New Morning, » begin like an ancient work song before flowing into an ocean of choir and strings, transporting us to other climes and to one of the cornerstones of Piers Faccini’s writing : the legacy of Skip James, Son House and other pioneer troubadours of the great American songbook.
At the time of his first album in 2004, ‘Leave No Trace,’ Faccini was living more from his painting than writing and singing songs, and yet the slow-burn impact of his music around the world since then has allowed him to switch his energies full time to music. After years of travelling, and countless gigs with stop-overs in the studios of LA or Paris, collaborating with producers such as JP Plunier or Renaud Letang, this fourth album, « My Wilderness » is a return to this home-spun craft – an album which has been entirely produced and conceived by the singer-songwriter himself.
Faccini recorded this album at his home in the foothills of Southern France, nestled in the Mediterrannean rocks and flora. For Piers, recording albums means surrounding himself with old friends, people he can talk music with, true accomplices, fellow souls who share a common vision. For the last year or two, the friends he has invited to play and record music with him, at home, are the bassist Jules Bikoko, the drummer Simone Prattico and the violinist Rodrigo D’Erasmo. If music is a journey then with a band such as this it’s easy to travel.
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15:05:00 03/28/11
Lore Hound Com Golden Sun Dark Dawn Asks You Not To Cross The Streams
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 15:05:00 03/28/11
When we previously talked about the venerable Golden Sun franchise I was a bit upset. I hadn’t hit any head-scratching puzzles, the staple of the series, yet. What was encountered were distractions. Tasks that any old person could solve. No need to bring an adept wielding untold mental powers to complete. I toughed it out and boy, am I glad I did.Later in the game you’re tasked with clearing Craggy Peak Ruins. Nestled inside this dungeon is a great machine. Upon entering the area the player is deployed in a circular room full of doors. To make the machine operation we’re tasked with solving a puzzle for each of the zodiac signs, which are emblazoned above the doors. As puzzles are solved, more doors are open. The challenge ends up being the “boss” for the zone and a none too easy one. My brain was tickled more than once. I’m glad to admit that I was flat-out stumped on Capricorn puzzle (ironically, my sign).In the room, dubbed “The Goat” due to the statues, the player is told that “The Goat Leaves No Trace Behind.” I figured the task was to repeat that old kindergarten game of hitting the circle block through the circle hole. In homage to Ghostbusters (or not), the paths of the statues cannot cross. The challenge is that each statue is on the opposite side of the room from its destination. An artfully-crafted puzzle for an overall challenging area.Give it a whirl on the screenshot (click for a larger version) before you see my failures and the solution in the video.
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10:53:48 02/01/10
Mark Thomas Mtp 05 01 Dpa
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* DPA o Note this show made the Channel 4 news earlier in the evening it was broadcast as a piece about the DPA o Tonight's show is a celebration o UK has more CCTV cameras per Capita than any other country o DPA became law in March 2000 o If anyone has personal data about you you can request it, they have 40 days to comply before you can report them to the registrar o Mark decided to write to a few of the companies he had had dealings with in the past to see what personal data they had on him o First company to respond was Nestle includes this quote: + "I think that as soon as I can lay hands on proof of his acceptance of Nestle money a few years ago, I will pass it to a suitable source following this latest incident - clear hypocrisy" o Balfour Beatty claimed they didn't have any which is a bit odd as someone sent Mark a letter from Lord Weir to Stephen Byers about him. o The letter was complaining about the disruption of their AGM. o Refers to "Mark Thomas, the soix dissant comedian". soix dissant means so-called or self styled. Send off a complaint to the regulator o BNFL sent a pile of stuff but missed some. o Environment agency sent one including: + "Mark Thomas often pulls stunts, chance he could arrive at a public surgery with radioactive mud, pigeon, seafood, whatever, dressed in comedy productive clothing and with a large Geiger counter." o Goes on to explain how they are going to counter-stunt Mark by having their own Geiger counter and everyday objects to demonstrate how everyday items are radioactive. o Most interesting stuff came from government departments. Wrote to DETR and they replied: + "Unfortunately the Data Protection Act comes under the Home Office." o They had confused the act with Mark's request for data from them o DTI quote found amongst the response from them: + "it is unfortunate that even when the Freedom of Information Act comes into force our open government regime will be more closed than many other countries" o MOD stuff had emails including chatting between colleagues about the show and swapping videos of the show + "I have a video of the first of the two programmes which you can borrow at any time. The second is presently being copied by Technical Services..." * A30 o A30 event loads of protesters and campaign groups got together to recreate the front cover of Sgt Pepper at Highbury Fields on 30 April 2000 o Across the front in flowers was the word "Terrorists?" o Police were there filming as they were leaving o Mark asks the senior officer about this who claims they don't have a video crew there. o But Mark finds them o The data protection act also covers CCTV footage so Mark wrote to ask for copy of their footage and they complied. * Securex o Security exhibition where over half of the companies exhibiting hadn't registered for the DPA o So Mark and the crew went along on 20 September 2000 and asked a few of the companies about it o Convinces some of the companies to register on-line in the internet cafe on site * CCTV o Mark goes down to the DTI and holds up a sign in front of their CCTV and then asks for the footage, which they get. o Competition for creative CCTV footage launched, Jonathan Ross has agreed to judge it o Went to Newham. The council have a software system called Mandrake which is attached to their CCTV cameras. The system is designed recognise faces and put red rings around known faces on the footage. o Went down with some Morris dancers on 10 November 2000 and danced on the pavement and in McDonalds o Sent in DPA requests for both o McDonalds sent footage. Newham didn't. They wrote: + "It has not been possible for us to extrapolate your images from those of unknown 3rd parties. In view of that we are unable to release the vdeo footage." o Their Mandrake system isn't that good then * Football o Found out that the Met police 1st XI football team were playing in North London o took 25 video activists along to film them o Also took along a portable video display screen and PA system and Mark starts commentating on the game
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10:10:17 02/01/10
Mark Thomas Mtp 04 11 Series Updates
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* Nestle o Richard Howitt, MEP 19 Jan 2000 brought up the Nestle baby-milk labelling problem at the European Parliament o "Nestle have instructed that all baby milk must be labelled in the correct primary common language by 30 March 2000" * Iraqi sanctions, bear to Iraq o Recently banned Iraq from importing 12 bulls from France o Bear did get to Baghdad hospital * Shayler o D-Notice committee Nick Wilkinson o Played him the long version of the tape o He thought it very funny but has to show it to MI5 and MI6 o David Shayler has said he will send Mark a Xmas card and in the card he will put a surprise in o Mark wants to know if the surprise breaks the OSA and he reads it will he be liable to a charge? o Nick Wilkinson says, "Not if you bring it straight to me". o Xmas card arrives and Mark phones up to be told not to open it, Nick will read it for him. o He reads it and starts laughing " I haven't got a problem with that". o It reads "To Mark and Jack" ****** ***** has an MI5 file, have a good one, Dave." (In the interests of national security the name has been withheld) o Can't tell us the name, but it could be Cherie Blair. o cant broadcast the full contents of the card * Burma o After Mark's use of similes with the Burmese ambassador he gets a phone call from a mate. "Turn on the TV, Dr Kwai Win is on talking about democracy!" o He was there going "democracy is like a very delicate flower, it doesn't grow easily anywhere and is not easily transplantable" (Hardtalk, BBC World, 24 September 1999" * ECGD o Ilisu Dam. Day before the programme Mark leaked some of the documents to the Guardian who ran a front page item on the ECGD funding of the dam project. o Mark went along to the select committee hearing on international development o Richard Caborn giving evidence. Stephen Byers says he is minded to approve the project, he says he hasn't made his mind up, what is the status of the project? o "Well look, I'm the minister, and I'm telling yer, we haven't mad us mind up yet" o Has there been a report on what Kurdish people think of the dam? "Yes" o How big was the team, how long were they there for? "It was just one person that went, they were there for 8 days o Could they speak Kurdish? "No, they couldn't". o Even then the report is scathing of the whole project. Mark thought people should read this for themselves so Mark placed an advert in Saturday's Guardian (6 February 2000) detailing how to get your free copy of the report from the DTI. o Phoned up the DTI to ask for some copies and check they were free and requested half a dozen copies. Encourages audience to write in for their free copy. o Caborn was in full funk. After reading out he Guardian comment, he comments that the Guardian haven't submitted a report, so Mark persuades Alan Rusbridger (The Guardian Editor) to do just that. o ECGD have an advisory committee comprising people from industry, corporations, banks, etc. Wonder how much business these companies have received due to ECGD projects? This was tabled as parliamentary question number 105419 on 24th January 2000. o David McClachlan (HSBC Bank) said they received 794 million pounds of business relating to ECGD projects. That's over a quarter of the ECGD budget! o "There are no rules disbarring ECGD cover for companies or banks in which council members have a declared interest" o Ann Clwyd asked in the committee if this wasn't a conflict of interests to which Caborn replied "There is a conflict of interest all round...if they are not giving advice from the quarter or experience that they work in, why have their advice?". "I'm the minister, I like a sausage!" o Like saying "Yes we do sell guns to murderers, who else would use them? * Cambridge two o On the front page of "Baptist Times" is a story about the piece where Mark handed himself in at Parkside Police Station, Cambridge (27 January 2000). o Reverend Martin Blakeborough (Member, Advisory Committee on Misuse of Drugs and Director, Kaleidoscope) went along with Mark to a garden party where Mo Mowlam was appearing to ask how come money could be given for drug projects and then arrest people who are working on them? o Mo knew of the case and refused to answer as the case is under appeal. o Normal shit politician, that's what she is. o She says there are other people there with questions that she could be answering but all the journalists just looked around and twiddled their thumbs. * Aldermaston o Did a programme (12 October 1999) on how they were illegally discharging Tritium into the Aldermaston stream. o After we did the show the environment agency took them to court and charged them and on 13th December, Hunting Brae the operators pleaded guilty to all charges. o While we were down there we said they were doing so well dealing with the press maybe one day you'll open your own visitors centre, and they went "well that's been a pipe dream of ours for some time". o We went down and put up a big sign opposite the establishment saying AWE VISITORS CENTRE - COMING SOON... o Went and updated the sign with a banner confirming the court ruling. o Hunting Brae have also lost the contract to operate the centre, unfortunately BNF won it off them and they take over on April 1st. * The Dome o Went to the Dome which is everything Mark could have hoped for. o 5th February 2000 Mark and a gang of associates went down there. o If you haven't been, Mark recommends you don't! o Designed for middle England. Nothing there for the people the Labour party are supposed to represent. o Went to the work zone, where this a glass wall with post-it notes behind it. A bunch of people just started sticking their own up. Things like "Old Mac Donald had a farm but it's been downsized since Monsanto became involved." Got about 60 or 70 up before someone spotted them and started taking them down, laughing at them as he read them. o Behind him people were just putting more up. o Next stop, The Mind Zone sponsored by British Aerospace Marconi The weapons system manufacturer. They sponsored the mind zone and there's nothing in it, presumably because they've shot it out. o Some friends from CAAT went in dressed up as generals asking to see the BAE Systems weapons o One of the PR people went up to someone and apologised if she was upset by this display. "Yes I am she said, I didn't know British Aerospace sponsored this zone!" o Formed up by the Home Planet zone (a big stick with a globe on it) Then suddenly all the UCATT trade unionist guys get out a load of banners, pile down to Macdonalds at speed and start asking if the staff are in a union and if they are getting minimum wage. MacDonalds doesn't recognise trade unions. o Security try and stop them, claim they are upsetting people (You can hear Sam in the background shouting "I'm not upset, I'm having a great time". o Next to the Body Zone with 10 people from the Kaleidoscope project that works with homeless people who started making tents out of blankets and sheets and settling down for the night under the body. o Security state the if the public are impacted by what they are doing they will be escorted from the premises. Mark asks what "impacted" means? o Arrange for the head of the companies press department (Adam Liversage, who is very nice) to come and talk to Mark. o He says they are OK there for the time being, Mark asks for a time limit for them staying there. "I'll look into it". Mark asks is that a minute or an hour? "I'll come back to you on that". o "Visitors are free to leave and re-enter the Dome at any time. The NMEC apologised for refusing our homeless visitors re-entry." o Now off to the main arena, by now being followed by security full time, but they have one more card to play. Mark goes over to them and chats, suddenly out of the corner of his eye catches 30 dancers on the main stage, taking their jackets off and they have each got one letter on their T-shirts, spelling out "
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23:24:02 01/31/10
Mark Thomas Mtp 04 03 Nestle
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* Nestle o Baby Milk powder - Nestle largest food manufacturer in the world, their annual budget is $7 billion. o Brand loyalty is important, how can I be loyal to a bar of chocolate? o Problem with baby milk powder. Nothing wrong with he product but something wrong with how it is used. o WHO say if t=you could reverse the downward trend in breast feeding you could save 1.5 million children's lives. o Products not clearly labelled. 1981 WHO developed the WHO code (Nothing to do with Roger Daltrey swinging microphones and trout fishing) o WHO code about the advertising and marketing of baby milk powder, Nestle signed up to it and even give out a charter to members of the public. o "Nestle Does... Comply with both the letter and the spirit of the WHO International Code" o "Nestle Does... Support efforts by governments to implement the International Code" o Also ask the public to bring to their attention any practises in developing countries that do not comply with the WHO code. o Mark's moral duty to bring a few things they had found to their attention o Nescafe launch party on the day of the eclipse in Piccadilly circus. Martine McCutcheon launches new Nescafe sign, 11 August 1999. o Mark speaks to Marion Irving, Chief Press Officer, Nestle UK Ltd. o Tells her their charter is wrong, she says she believes they behave ethically. o She says if people come up with actual evidence then they will act upon it, but people don't. o We went away and started phoning up some of the Southern African countries. Phoned Zimbabwe and got put through to Dr Timothy Stamps the Health Minister and Vice President of the WHO. o Nestle say that Zimbabwe support them and that they comply with the code. He says they do comply with the original 1981 code, but don't necessarily comply with subsequent resolutions which are equally important. o Nestle called a meeting with the parliamentarians (only 3 turned up) and told them that if Zimbabwe put the code into regulations then tey would remove themselves from Zimbabwe! o Prima baby show at Olympia. Nestle have a stall there, time to muck about. o New marketing logo is a blue bear, Mark goes in dressed as the grey bear of truth and hugs the blue bear.. o Plays recording of Health minister phone call to staff who aren't interested in listening to any of this. Leave after a few more bear moments. o Then received a tin of baby milk from Mozambique. All instructions are in English. 33 languages ad dialects recognised in Mozambique. English isn't one of them. o Duty bound to tell Nestle about this. Nestle UK refused to talk on camera, said they would fax their answers. o So we went to Switzerland where Nestle have a food museum where we set up a little stall with the tins on show and started phoning up the executives. o No-one in the museum thought for a moment that we hadn't got permission! o Speaks to Geoffrey Fookes, Head of Corporate Affairs, Nestle Suisse S.A. who says he does not give impromptu interviews over the telephone. o We drive round to his office with the evidence that we had on display at the museum. o Huge HQ, went to the boot of the car and were escorted in "This was please, gentlemen". o Sit in concrete room with a view overlooking Lake Geneva. Mark imagines they have underground bunkers with loads of blokes running around in orange or white boiler suits and there's a monorail system or little mini-mokes and somewhere in the middle a big machine going "5 days and 3 hours till countdown. o Eventually Mr Renk walks in and they show him the exhibit, this tin is a breach of the code. He said "that's your interpretation". o Tin from Malawi instructions in English and French. In 1994 the Malawi government asked Nestle to put instructions in Chechewa(sp?), the local language. 5 years later they haven't done it. o Nestle weren't talking to us but we found them at a stall at the Lib Dem conference in Harrogate. o Cut to Mark dressed up as a tin of Lactogen. o Nestle said they agreed to put the Malawi language on the tins but had been having trouble with the Malawi Government. Mark asked if they thought they had been in breach of the WHO code in the intervening 5 years. They haven't answered. o Response on the tin from Mozambique was that it was a rogue tin which had been smuggled in from S Africa to avoid customs duty. They don't market in Mozambique and anyway why isn't there any Afrikaans on the tin either. o Well there is not room on the tin for three languages, yet tins in Switzerland have 3 languages, French German and Italian. o Another tin from Malawi instructions in English Afrikaans and Zulu which is great, but the warning is only in English. o One from Pakistan, no Urdu on it at all. o Nan1 and Nan2 Infant formula and follow-on formula (which must not be given to infants) no appropriate language. o EU Directive - "These products shall be labelled in an appropriate language and in such a way as to avoid any risk of confusion between infant formulae and follow-on formulae." o This prepared in the Netherlands so is subject to EU directives. o Mark rings up Bournemouth MP who is meeting up with a Nestle rep in a hotel in Bournemouth. Mark then rings an MEP (Richard Howitt) who agrees to come along as well. o Mark does an interview about the baby Milk with the MEP with the Nestle reps sat behind them then go and have a chat with Nestle. o Mark makes them very uncomfortable. o Mark asks Nestle if they will remove the statement in their charter that they comply with the WHO code if they are not complying with it. o Tess Kingham is going to take Nestle toe the Advertising standards about their charter. Richard Howitt will raise it in the European Parliament.
