January 2010
WatchZe Frank On America in Afghanistan Since 2001 - Video - TIME.com
(whoops embed code got screwed up; should be good now.)
Butthole Surfers - Sweat Loaf (from Double Live)
Only thing better than this is the Butthole...
December 2009
Google Has Big Plans for Google Voice, Cloud... →
“We had just put the kids in the bathtub when Special Agent Robert Flaherty...”
– Full text of my subpoena from the Department of Homeland Security
WatchThe Antlers - Shiva - A Take Away Show on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The Antlers playing one of their song in a doll repair shop in Paris.
WatchThe Antlers - Two / Epilogue - A Take Away Show on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“On a very cold December day, far from Harvard Square, on an otherwise...”
– Toscanini’s » Blog Archive » Coffee tourism Cafeturism
I still need to pick up coffee beans today. I think I’m going to swing by this place.
Hell yeah.
My teenage years in the 80s were a...
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Remembering the Names →
New blog post on Hungry Blues (my other blog) about the possible naming of the Jackson, MS FBI Field Office after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman.
“JACKSON, Miss. — This state, whose civil rights history is marred with...”
– FBI building in Miss. may be named for slain civil rights trio - USATODAY.com
I’m having some trouble feeling this. There are other things the FBI could have done in the past or could be doing in the present regarding these and other civil rights murders that would be more meaningful than...
“Let us face it, the protest movement in Iran is no more peaceful. Yet, I don’t...”
– The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Iran: Revolution versus Revolution (via clingtomymouth)
atticinabasement:
yourdealer:
Seven Nation...
How long have you been tweeting? Find out the age... →
More Julian Lynch
spacemountain:
A new song,...
adult supervision recommended
amyphetamine:
The Book of Genesis illustrated by R. Crumb
so, i'm wondering.
lowendtheory:
never having my been a white parent, i’m wondering what do you do when you are a white parent and you happen to also have a white child who also happens to be in the throes of a serious and intense “look, a negro!” moment in public space? kids—especially young ones—have these moments around me all the time, but their parents seem especially inept at figuring out how to respond. ...
un:
apethink:
Frank Zappa - Willie the Pimp...
Black Youth Project →
(h/t @negrophile)
The Black Youth Project’s website is a cyber-resource center for black youth and all those who are committed to enriching the lives of black youth. Within the pages of this website, visitors can access research summaries, read blogs about and by black youth, search an extensive rap database, access black youth social justice organizations, and download social justice curricula...
shaneguiter:
benjaminhilts:
So This Is...
un:
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Silver Jews - Federal Dust
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WatchRachel Maddow Hits Lindsey Graham for Listing African American Population Among Problems Facing South Carolina
Dear This Recording and Alex Carnevale...
furryrabbits:
Dear Alex Carnevale: You are an Internet-savvy person. I know because I follow you on Tumblr. From your Tumblr, I know you edit a blog called This Recording. This Recording is about art and culture. You’d think those three facts would insure that when one of your writers needs images for a piece she’s writing, those images are damn well not going to go uncredited. Especially...
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“The Obama Administration does not report the racial breakdown of who’s...”
– Minority Businesses Shut Out of Stimulus Loans - NAM
Watch The Civil Rights Cold Case Project (Trailer)
Since I first posted about The Civil Rights Cold Case Project, we’ve added the trailer for the documentary mini-series that we are currently developing in partnership with WNET.org and Paperny Films. I’m on there with the Clifton Walker case a few times, starting at around 00:45.
Obama and the Democratic Congress did something...
squashed:
Watching the snuff drama that is healthcare reform makes it easy not to notice some of the very significant, very important changes. That doesn’t mean they aren’t happening. As of today, federally funded legal aid organizations can ask for attorney fees from opposing parties just like any other law firm.
Federal legal aid money is distributed by the Legal Services Corporation. Before...
Robert Harris', Twenty Pieces of Music That... →
(via austinkleon)
Vimeo Sued By Capitol Records Over Lip Dubs →
Whoa. Love some of those lip dubs. So much stupid from Capitol.
annielin:
mikehudack:
spytap:
mikehudack:
ihatemornings:
As far as the internet is concerned, the lip dubs are more interesting than the original videos. And loads of people are watching the videos, remembering or discovering the bands and associating that experience with fun, positive feelings. Sounds like great marketing...
“In October, I was in Mississippi again, following leads in my investigation of...”
– Picking up the trail from a 25-year-old tip | The Civil Rights Cold Case Project