Links: Soviet techno, music as a weapon, archive your damn tapes, oh Earache no.

Гимн СССР, techno remix. (And the light jazz-funk version.)
From Nickelback to Sesame Street: how music is used to battle crime and fight wars. Why do they never pull out Metal Machine Music or Whitehouse.
Archive your damn tapes.
This is below the standard to go in a review post. “Mexico” by Danny Worsnop is actually on the Earache label. Remember Earache, the grindcore label of choice in the ’80s and ’90s? … yeah. Lite bro-country blues rock with a video that features using your bikini model girlfriend’s arse to hold your beer is the quintessence of punk rock in the year of our lord 1995. I lasted forty-five seconds, see how you do. HT Dave Lang.