Friday, 1 April 2011

Julian Assange CAN dance after all...

Kashmir Hill at Forbes has written a fresh article regaling the world with the video the Iceland-based American DJ Seth Sharp took at a Reykjavik club he was DJ'ing at and at which Julian Assange happened to be. This was at the time of the Collateral Murder video operation.

Needless to say, hordes of media have picked up the news with varied results - from the matter-of-fact to the ridiculously dull and petty - and Assange fanciers have got even bigger fanciers. After all, it's very good to see his more private and 'normal' side. 

While Daniel Domscheit-Berg had previously described Assange's dancing style in unfavourable terms - his nickname during these dance sorties was Disco King, due to his 'tribesman-like' moves - what we see is actually better than we were made to believe. Ah, very bad of you, Domscheit-Berg.


Apparently Assange can actually dance hence yet probably another proof that Domscheit-Berg is telling tall tales. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, on the other hand, can be seen in the video sitting at the bar looking miserable and in all likelihood taking mental notes of yet something silly to use for his literary masterpiece Inside WikiLeaks. Assange, the man the media can't live without. Domscheit-Berg, the man the media are squeezing in the hope to get rid of him as soon as possible.