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Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters - review by Terry Eagleton

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:52:43 -0700

Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters - review by Terry Eagleton:

Terry Eagleton enjoys a superb biography of an original thinker

A quick review of a “main stream” biography of the radical french thinker.

Ricardo Villalobos - 808 The Bass Queen Lo-Fi Stereo...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:28:20 -0700

Ricardo Villalobos - 808 The Bass Queen

Lo-Fi Stereo Records

Minimalist House music by South American/German DJ Ricardo Villalobos

I am a product of the 70/80’s Dub generation who excepted disco, that then evolved into drum and bass, jungle etc.. The proliferation of electronica styles and genres has been overwhelming. Minimal house or Micro House has a special place in my heart. I guess it is a stoner ethos, trance like body music that grooves and syncs with the heartbeat and the rhythms of human anatomy .

Villalobos holds a black belt in this style.

10 Perspectives Into The Slow, Agonizing Death Of The American Worker | Zero Hedge

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:19 -0700

10 Perspectives Into The Slow, Agonizing Death Of The American Worker | Zero Hedge:

whatmakespistachionuts:

usagia:

The middle class American worker is in danger of becoming an endangered species. The politicians are not telling you the truth, and the mainstream media is certainly not telling you the truth, but the reality is that there is nothing but bad news on the horizon for workers in the United States. The American people inherited the greatest economic machine in the history of the world, and we have wrecked it. Decades of very foolish decisions have resulted in the period of steady economic decline that we are experiencing now. Today, American workers are living in an economy that is rapidly declining, and their jobs are steadily being stolen by robots, computers and foreign workers that live in countries where it is legal to pay slave labor wages. Politicians from both political parties refuse to do anything to stop the bleeding because they think that the status quo is working just great. So don’t expect things to get better any time soon. The following are 10 charts that demonstrate the slow, agonizing death of the American worker…

Some rather sobering charts….

these charts are insane

The fruit of the neo-liberal philosophy ripens.

mastertone: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (feat. Arthur...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:22 -0700

mastertone:

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (feat. Arthur Russell)

An exclusive stream of the previously unheard version of Talking Heads performing ‘Psycho Killer’ featuring Arthur Russell on cello. http://ow.ly/lfwRH

photo credit: Pete Marovich/ZUMAPress.com Trust? One of the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:57 -0700

photo credit: Pete Marovich/ZUMAPress.com

Trust?

One of the Chief Operators in today’s Surveillance State. Hard working, vigilant, and in his own mind honorable. But the whole state apparatus has been twisted by secrecy and surveillance, no one is immune.

The Stasi would be envious.

photo by Saul Leiter

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:43:15 -0700

photo by Saul Leiter

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:43:06 -0700

photo by Saul Leiter

lapetitecole: Photo by Vivian Maier

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42:51 -0700

lapetitecole:

Photo by Vivian Maier

Azealia Banks for Alexander Wang, commercial with style.

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:56:27 -0700

Azealia Banks for Alexander Wang, commercial with style.

I remember trying the yahoo search engine when it was hosted on...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:39 -0700

I remember trying the yahoo search engine when it was hosted on the Stanford campus by a couple of students. At that time Alta Vista was probably the king of search and a blog would have been confused with a log.

I wish the best of luck to all concerned, Tumblr has given me a lot of joy, distraction and education. ….. Thanks!

Backup 6,000 + Posts?

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:49 -0700

Anyone have a suggestion for backing up over 6,000 posts? You know in case someone sets some limits or fees; like things that happened to FLICKR?

Demographic of One: The Situation of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37:04 -0700

Demographic of One: The Situation of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer:

mollycrabapple:

via a friend who just visited him in prison.

Andrew is currently serving 3.5 years for revealing a security flaw by AT&T. He has been in administrative segregation for twenty days as punishment for using his payphone calls to post to Soundcloud, and for sending pre-written tweets to a friend to…

gradientlair: Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz - May 19,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:53 -0700

gradientlair:

Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz - May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965. Happy Birthday.

"Being born a woman is an awful tragedy. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:12:03 -0700

““Being born a woman is an awful tragedy. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, bar room regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording —all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yet, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night.””

- Sylvia Plath (via oh-girl-among-the-roses)

Via: Guardian Online Teresa Forcades, the radical Catalan nun on...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42:02 -0700

Via: Guardian Online Teresa Forcades, the radical Catalan nun on a mission - video

Sister Teresa Forcades is one of Catalonia’s foremost political figures, but uniquely for a faith-led figure in Spain, her ideology is feminist and left-wing. Against a backdrop of continued economic contraction and austerity, she spoke to the Guardian about the need for an alternative to capitalism and criticised the misogyny of the Catholic church

The Lounge Lizards - “The Incredible History Of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:16:01 -0700

The Lounge Lizards - “The Incredible History Of Bones” - ‘the incredible history of groove’

warrenellis: SPEKTRMODULE 22 The Deeps 44 minutes and 13...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:11:11 -0700

warrenellis:

SPEKTRMODULE

22

The Deeps

44 minutes and 13 seconds

If you don’t know what you’re looking at: SPEKTRMODULE is a podcast of haunted, ambient and sleepy music I compile for my own amusement.

@warrenellis / warrenellis@gmail.com

Feel free to tell other people about this podcast for sleepy people if you like it.

#SPEKTRMODULE

1. logotone

2. “Nord I” – Montag (album: Hibernation)

3. “Tidal Wave” – Grouper (album: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill)

4. “Floating Around” - Firetail (album: Learning to Cheat)

5. “Late Night” – Belong (album: Colorloss Record)

6. “Untitled 3” - Eddies In The Water (album: Untitled)

7. “The Slave Quarters” - Moscow Abandoned Hotel (album: The Salem Witch Trials Vol. 2)

8. “Porta Vox Umbra” - Black Seas Of Infinity (album: Amrita - The Quintessence)

9. “The South Sound” - British Sea Power (album: Man Of Aran)

10. logotone

All previous SPEKTRMODULE podcasts live under this category header or at spkmdl.libsyn.com .

I collect them all

Assistant Defense Secretary Michael Sheehan Asked at a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:13 -0700

Assistant Defense Secretary Michael Sheehan

Asked at a Senate hearing today how long the war on terrorism will last, Michael Sheehan, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, answered, ‘At least 10 to 20 years.’

By then our society will be unrecognizable, the bill of rights will be something from the fabled past and you will be safe in your impoverished little lives, free from external threats.

"To speak with an incarcerated loved one for just an hour a week would cost $240 a month — and that’s..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:00 -0700

“To speak with an incarcerated loved one for just an hour a week would cost $240 a month — and that’s on top of the regular phone bill.”

- Step Up FCC: Lower the Cost of Prison Phone Rates, Free Press. (via futurejournalismproject)

A typical 15-minute call can cost more than $15. To speak with an incarcerated loved one for just an hour a week would cost $240 a month — and that’s on top of the regular phone bill.

Given that most incarcerated people hail from low-income communities, their families are forced to make hard choices about whether to keep in touch with their loved ones or put food on the table.

"[The rate that student debtors will have to pay on their loans] is nine times higher than the rate..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:36:34 -0700

“[The rate that student debtors will have to pay on their loans] is nine times higher than the rate at which the government loans money to the big banks. … Why should the big banks get a nearly-free ride while people trying to get an education pay nine times more? It isn’t right.””

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (via bostonreview)