The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is the new book from Naomi Klein detailing what she claims is a systematic foisting of Free Market Economics and Privatization upon countries, inlcuding our own, during times of shock such as “natural” disasters, war and terrorist attacks. From her web site:

At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq’s civil war, a new law is unveiled that would allow Shell and BP to claim the country’s vast oil reserves. Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly out-sources the running of the “War on Terror” to Halliburton and Blackwater. After a powerful tsunami devastates the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts. New Orleans’s residents, still scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be reopened.

Interesting.

Remember a year ago when people were all about freak folk? Yeah.

Animal Collective’s Strawbery Jam is out on September 11 on Domino Records.

“In terms of its scale and vision Strawberry Jam feels like space dust and radar falling on the desert and making it bloom.”

quite.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE TOUR DATES

WED 9/5 - The Roxy - Boston, MA
THUR 9/6 - Le National - Montreal, QC
FRI 9/7 - Bronson Centre Theatre - Ottawa, ON
SAT 9/8 - Phoenix - Toronto, ON
SUN 9/9 - Dionysus Club, Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH (tkts sold to students first)
MON 9/10 - Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL
TUE 9/11 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
FRI 9/14 - Neumos - Seattle, WA
SAT 9/15 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
SUN 9/16 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
MON 9/17 - The Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA
TUE 9/18 - Henry Fonda Theater - Los Angeles, CA
THUR 9/20 - Rialto Theater - Tucson, AZ
FRI - 9/21 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
SAT 9/22 - Emos - Austin, TX
SUN - 9/23 - Bricktown Ballroom - Norman, OK
MON 9/24 - Gargoyle Club - St. Louis, MO
TUE 9/25 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
WED 9/26 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
THUR 9/27 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro, NC
FRI 9/28 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
SAT 9/29 - Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA
SUN 9/30 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
MON 10/1 - Webster Hall - New York, NY