Blank Editions continue their Solo Series of limited edition 7″ releases with a new single from Thurston Moore, founding member of Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving and, most recently (and locally!) Thurston Moore UK in February 2014.
The new single sees the ever prolific songwriter deliver two new original compositions, ‘Detonation’, which pays homage to N16
London libertarian and communitarian activists, while the flipside features ‘Germs Burn’, a celebration shout to punk rock secret society love.
Recorded and mixed on the 24th of October 2013 in London by Orlando Leopard with assistance by Charlie Nash and contains art direction and design by Ecstatic Peace Library.
The edition contains:
1. Handcut, numbered, stamped and printed numbered card covers
2. 7” vinyl record
3. Limited edition postcard made especially for this release
Peter Dinklage is photographed for Cruelty Free International, sending an appeal across the U.S. to support the global organization committed to ending cosmetic tests on animals
Following Europe’s cosmetics animal test ban in March, Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Peter Dinklage has become an ambassador for Cruelty Free International to call for an end to cosmetics tests on animals in the USA, as part of the non-profit’s mission to end product testing on animals worldwide. Peter Dinklage, known for his show-stealing role as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones states: “I am so pleased to support Cruelty Free International and be part of the global campaign to end cosmetics tests on animals. It is unacceptable that animals continue to suffer around the world, including the United States of America, for the sake of beauty. I appeal to the USA to follow the European Union’s lead and end animal testing for cosmetics.”
Peter posed in a Cruelty Free International t-shirt to raise awareness of the continued cruel use of animals to test everyday beauty products and toiletries from soap to toothpaste.
Peter Dinklage joins Cruelty Free International celebrity supporters Joss Stone and Global Ambassador Ricky Gervais, whostarred in a video launching the global organization last year
Animal tests involve rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats who can be injected, gassed, force-fed and killed for cosmetics. Animal tests for new cosmetics are now banned in the European Union and in March, new animal tests for every cosmetic product to be sold in Europe were also brought to an end. This significant historical milestone was achieved after over twenty years of campaigning by Cruelty Free International’s founding organization, the BUAV.
Peter Dinklage and Cruelty Free International are joining forces to bring about a ban in the U.S., following Europe’s lead and moving the U.S. off the global list of countries that still allow animals to be used in painful and fatal test to develop beauty products.
