July 2009
144 posts
"The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online" →
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Only a month ago, I was doing fieldwork in Atlanta where I found heavy usage of MySpace among certain groups of youth. They knew of Facebook but had no interest in leaving MySpace to join Facebook.
Herein lies the reality that makes all of this quite messy to deal with. It wasn’t just anyone who left MySpace to go to Facebook. In fact, if we want to get to the crux of what...
June 2009
148 posts
Bank of America accused of exploiting Latino... →
abbyjean:
Gabby Ornelas, a former teller at the giant Bank of America Corp Ornelas was instructed to use her Spanish language skills and Latina heritage to sign up customers for as many kinds of banking services as possible, she said — services that led to lucrative fees for the bank and financial entanglement for many customers.
“We were coached every day to push multiple checking accounts,...
Funky shit, indeed… Thanks!
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Jackson's Death Puts Lucrative Beatles Copyrights... →
(via annielin)
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman, by 13-year-old... →
abbyjean:
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
“To musicians who believe that their music is being pirated, Anderson is blunt....”
– Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson: Books: The New Yorker (via davidhoffman) (via artistspaid)
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“Whenever I talk about someone in hip-hop, I kind of have to take for granted...”
– Jay Smooth: On Hip-Hop, Blogs And Race : NPR Music (via ayse)
The “m” in Smooth is actuall for mentsch.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
My Morning Jacket (59)
The Beatles (36)
Bat for Lashes (24)
Sonic Youth (12)
The Mountain Goats (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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this is uncomfortable
abbyjean:
so i am watching the BET awards and they are primarily a michael jackson tribute show, as you would imagine. but all of it has been entirely uncritical, he’s a legend, he’s a great man, he’s responsible for all music everywhere ever. and then joe jackson, michael’s father is there. joe’s abuse of michael is well documented:
Joe Jackson says “I whipped [Michael] with a switch and a...
Snitchtown by Emma Byrne →
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Jordan Chandler Admits He Lied About Michael... →
This appears to still be at the level of rumor.
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The Bedroom Interview: Stephen Malkmus by Cheryl... →
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“At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an...”
– Lisa Marie Presley - MySpace Blog
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Trying to Make Sense out of MJ's Dark Side
Michael Jackson, Celebrity, Empathy, and the Culture of Silence (Tiger Beatdown)
And, given the fact that sexual abuse is common and underreported, and that false allegations are rare, and that children rarely if ever give coherent accounts of it because they are children, and have been raped, I consider the evidence against him to be so very overwhelming as to make any less-than-serious...
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The Prurient Trap →
azspot:
And this kind of hypocrisy isn’t confined to the politicians. It permeates the electorate. While conservatives fight to “defend” marriage from gays, they can’t keep theirs together. According to the Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract, states that went Republican in November accounted for eight of the 10 states with the highest divorce rates in 2006.
Conservatives touted...
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“So much of what Michael Jackson did in music doesn’t seem like the work of...”
– Pitchfork: Michael Jackson, R.I.P.
This is What Transmisogynistic Hate Speech Looks... →
abbyjean:
thecurvature:
On “Tranny Alert” — a blog which encourages people to photograph trans women or “suspected” trans women, and to send in those photographs for posting on the site. It’s despicable and dangerous. Read GallingGalla’s post for details, spread the word, and tweet about it using the hash tag #trannyalertfail.
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“CANTON, MA – The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) today condemned a...”
– Statement in Response to Sen. Richard Moore Who Compares MNA to Terrorist Organization
Pitchfork: Michael Jackson News and Reactions →
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WatchThe Word - Stonewalling
Barack Obama will give rights to the gay community — he’s just putting it off for a while. (04:09)
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Buy This Record →
(h/t @abbyladybug)
Great musicians come together to cover Mark Mulcahy, one my most favorite musicians. And the record is to raise money for Mark, who is now raising his kids on his own, following his wife’s tragic death last year. Enjoy these interpretations of Mark’s songs and help make sure he can continue making music. Video is of the beautiful, beautiful Miracle Legion song,...
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My first tumblr question
Anyone else finding that the dashboard notifications miss a fair number of the reblogs of your posts?
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Just thought I’d mention that I caught the first rumors of Michael Jackson’s death here, on Tumblr. I’m also a heavy twitter and friendfeed user.