December 2009
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“For masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcomes of...”
– Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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holysoul:
Allen Toussaint-Last Train
One of...
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November 2009
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HOW TO SOLVE THE HOUSING GLUT: →
SHIP POOR PEOPLE INTO ABANDONED SUBURBS AND PRIVATIZE INNER-CITY PROJECTS
By Yasha Levine
CLASS WAR FOR IDIOTS / NOVEMBER 17, 2009
From The ExiledD
A look at the suburbs, the housing crisis, crime, ghettos and Neo Liberal solutions. The long article is sarcastic and a flippant, but is spot on with much of its criticism.
After all, pushing the poor out into the exurbs would solve a lot...
“If you’re looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot) (via unburyingthelead)
Amen
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mialegria:
Owl City - Hello Seattle
Because...
Victoria BC
I will be in Victoria BC for the next 4 days, if anyone who follows me is there say hello.
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Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails -... →
continuum:
A few days after leaked e-mail messages appeared on the Internet, the U.S. Congress may probe whether prominent scientists who are advocates of global warming theories misrepresented the truth about climate change.
This is another attempt by climate change deniers to throw a monkey wrench into Obama’s climate change initiative and right before the Copenhagen Summit;...
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Ambient Atmospheric Electronica,
autechre,...
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Watchfuckyeahkarindreijer:
Fever Ray- Keep the Streets Empty for Me
**MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE — A homeless girl wanders through an apocalyptic wasteland in this clip directed by Jens Klevje and Fabian Svensson.
(via P4k)
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Love and Truth: Václav Havel in Bratislava, Twenty... →
New York Review of Books has a TUMBLR, it’s worth following.
From NYR BLOG
by Timothy Snyder
excerpt
………When asked why any young person would choose to take part in politics, Havel answered that each person has to take responsibility for the world, without taking the world as it is as a given. Havel’s ideas about freedom arise from a tradition many of us do not know, the...
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Hitting the Brakes on Afghanistan →
From Foreign Policy In Focus World Beat
by JOHN FEFFER | Tuesday, November 23, 2009
Vol. 4, No. 47
Imagine finding yourself in the driver’s seat of a car heading directly at a brick wall. You panic: What to do?
Fortunately, there are three people in the car with you, and they all have very firm advice. The person in the passenger seat tells you to push the pedal to the metal. Right...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
BK-One (21)
Jimi Tenor (6)
Dubfire (4)
ROBAG WRUHME ALS ROLF OKSEN (2)
Martin Eyerer & Toni Rios (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The California Coast Through Edward Weston’s Lens →
From NY Times
By RICHARD B. WOODWARD
Published: March 29, 2009 Multimedia slide show of Edward Weston’s work.
Weston lived and worked on the Monterey Peninsula, California in the 1930’s and 40’s. I lived very close to his house in the 1970’s. This area, Point Lobos and Big Sur, is incredibly beautiful,it is also one of the most photographed places in America.
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‘Daily Show’ leads to Iranian reporter torture -... →
negevrockcity:
Iranian internal politics mean that appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart can be dangerous to your health. Imprisioned Iranian-Canadian Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari was kept in custody for four months in his country of origin
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rd67:
Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - Filhos De...
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“The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”
– Kurt Cobain (via mialegria)
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dirtyskydub:
David Bowie - The Motel [Outside,...
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jhnbrssndn:
clingtomymouth:
“Of the more than 6,400 people surveyed, 53.2 said ‘Transfer of Palestinians to another Arab country’ when asked, ‘What’s the best solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict?’”
LENIN’S TOMB: Tihur
It seems obvious to me that “transferring” Palestinians away from the West Bank is the unofficial policy of Israel and has been for years. Buy their land,...
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The bad sex factor: extracts from the prize... →
From guardian.co.uk Thursday 19 November 2009
Strictly for readers of a robust disposition, here are some of the passages highlighted for particular attention by the judges of the Literary Review’s 2009 bad sex in fiction prize.
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In the Bolshevik cabaret →
Commonwealth, By Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, By Slavoj Zizek
Reviewed by John Gray
Friday, 20 November 2009 The Independent.CO.UK
Insightful critique of proponents of communist revival. Political theory as entertainment in the 21st media circus.
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Americans will spend $450 billion this Christmas....
arsvitaest:
water4christmas
(via vanmoose, i-peach-feng-shui, chauvhan, mzreport, carolynsfebruary,theamazon, ephesiansfive11 and hannahbanena)
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