April 2009
'Cluetrain Manifesto' Still Relevant 10 Years... →
(via azspot)
March 2009
Seymour Hersh: Obama helped end Israel's Gaza... →
vruz:
Obama has shown numerous signs of being eager to change the equation in the Middle East. Even before his inauguration, Hersh notes,”the Obama transition team also helped persuade Israel to end the bombing of Gaza and to withdraw its ground troops.” When former Vice President Dick Cheney learned that Obama had been putting pressure on the Israelis, he angrily disparaged him as...
Laurie Anderson in Conversation with Ken Goldberg →
Laurie Anderson, Artist, New York In Conversation with Ken Goldberg
Pitchfork: Red Red Meat: Bunny Gets Paid (Deluxe... →
jayparkinsonmd:
This little girl has to be the cutest little person I’ve ever seen or heard…
You are eight times more likely to be killed by a... →
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →
Elliott Smith (94)
Bon Iver (62)
J.B. Lenoir (48)
M. Ward (27)
The Mountain Goats (25)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Antony & the Johnsons - Twilight (live)
More at Pitchfork.tv.
Son of Sylvia Plath Commits Suicide - NYTimes.com →
This is heart rendingly tragic.
creativesage:
The very sad legacy of depression and suicide in the Plath-Hughes family. This perhaps supports even more the evidence that depression is genetically-based or biological in origin.
Song.ly: share & discover music on Twitter →
artistspaid:
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NYT on Obama: Has a 'Katrina Moment' Arrived? →
claytoncubitt:
It appears that Frank Rich at the NY Times does not understand what the “Katrina Moment” actually was.
Or, more likely, Upton Sinclair was right: ”It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-22) →
The Mountain Goats (38)
Elliott Smith (21)
Feist (20)
William Bell (17)
Dusty Springfield (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
thestereotype:
just in case you forgot about forte.
francisandthelights:
Francis and the Lights play SXSW tomorrow, March 19th. 5pm at the Fader Fort, 8pm at Emo’s Main Room.
The best bands of SXSW 2009 →
This looks like a nice digest to start with. Then we can move on to the torrets with nearly 6 gigs worth of free, legal and DRM-free MP3s from this year’s SXSW bands.
artistspaid:
jonathan-deamer:
In honour of the end of SXSW interactive and the start of what we’re all really interested in - the festival’s music side - I’ve put together an Opentape (“open source Muxtape”) of the best...
Military women are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by...
– congresswoman jane harman, a congressional critic of the military’s handling of sexual violence, on a new report that the pentagon received 2,923 reports of sexual assault across the military in the 12 months ending Sept. 30 2008. “The Pentagon office that collects the data estimates that only 10...
Fripp & Eno / Frippertronics →
Mark Mulcahy Interview →