April 2009
67 posts
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Create Your Own... →
PS22 Chorus →
Did you check out those kids singing Eye of the Tiger, below? This is their blog. I love them.
WatchI’ve been seeing Louie around Boston ever since I moved here for grad school in ‘94. I’ve never known anything about him till now. I like this but I would have liked to have learned more about him. Where he was born, raised. Some other details that would give him more dimensionality and context.
caseydonahue:
This is a really awesome doc about one of the most recognized people...
“B&H was like Santa’s workshop, except instead of toys there are electronics,...”
– Twitter / Steve Isaacs: @FreshPlastic B&H was like … (via furryrabbits)
“There must be many like Andrew Sullivan who are breathing an exasperated sigh of...”
– Evidence in US Government Documents Spurs Spanish Torture Investigation
(Blog post by me on PHR’s Health Rights Advocate blog.)
Sebadoh "Infatuation Or True Desire"
I’m reblogging lalitree’s post because I love the description of Sebadoh. I’ve never listened to them before, but I’ve just downlaoded and am checking it out…
lalitree:
I’m re-blogging MP’s post here in order to take the opportunity to say that “Happily Divided” has long my favorite Sebadoh song (Lowenstein FTW). Other faves: “S. Soup”, “Homemade”, “Skull”.
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"Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!]" - frank o'hara
Keeping with my policy of always reblogging Frank O’Hara. Thank goodness for Frank O’Hara.
furryrabbits:
Poem Lana Turner has collapsed! I was trotting along and suddenly it started raining and snowing and you said it was hailing but hailing hits you on the head hard so it was really snowing and raining and I was in such a hurry to meet you but the traffic was acting...
Hell yeah. Fats Waller.
thedirtythirties:
Fats...
The defining moment →
vruz:
by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
—via unburyingthelead:
One addendum to today’s column: the truth, which I think everyone in the political/media establishments knows in their hearts, is that the nine months or so between the summer of 2002 and the beginning of the Iraq insurgency were a great national moral test — a test that most people in influential positions failed.
The Bush...
jstn:
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This morning Congress unveils a statue of... →
thesmarttart:
“It is important to remember that Truth is not the first black woman for proposed to be enshrined on federal land. In 1923, Mississippi senator, John Williams proposed a bill seeking a site for a national Mammy monument. The Richmond, Virginia chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was prepared to pay for the statue, which would stand on federal land “as a gift to the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Graves (30)
Frank Zappa (27)
The League of Gentlemen (27)
Bowerbirds (24)
Nas (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
holysoul:
Al Green-I Think It’s For The Feeling
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-19) →
Gnarls Barkley (58)
M. Ward (21)
Grandaddy (21)
Elliott Smith (19)
Lykke Li (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Love this song. I think I remember first hearing...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-12) →
Lykke Li (25)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (22)
The Mountain Goats (13)
Little Wings (7)
LL Cool J (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
holysoul:
Little Milton-Grits Ain’t Groceries
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WatchFriendface - you’ll feel so social! on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
bijan:
Keys To Your Heart - The 101ers
Before...
Mother Sues Florida School Board over Police... →
From my other blog:
You may remember the story of Ja’eisha Scott. It broke almost exactly four years ago.
A Black kindergarten girl in Pinellas County, Florida had a tantrum in school. The school decided the best way to handle it was to call the police and request that the girl be charged and arrested. St. Petersburg Police officers responded to the call; the officers felt the best thing to do...
Cat Power - Moonshiner
I love this cover. She...
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
bob dylan- moonshiner
and...
Watchcaseydonahue:
apparently, all disney movies are exactly the same
Radiohead, Pink Floyd and others form music lobby... →
vruz:
Robbie Williams, Blur, Radiohead and Pink Floyd are launching The Featured Artists’ Coalition, a group aimed at defending artists’ voices in a digital era. The group believes that it is “a defining time for the industry”, with artists gaining power on the internet, communicating and selling their music directly to fans. “A lot of the rights and revenue streams are being carved up, and we...