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Amazing new song by our national treasure, Pete Seeger, via...

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:39:27 -0400

Amazing new song by our national treasure, Pete Seeger, via Rolling Stone. Just posted it on my other blog but figured I better put it up here too.

What Happened in My Birth Year?

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:08:52 -0400

What Happened in My Birth Year?:

misterjt:

Type in your birth year. A bittersweet story of pop-culture and your place in the world. “What path have you taken?”

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Killing Them Safely - Trailer (by Nick Berardini) In the summer...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:14:38 -0400

Killing Them Safely - Trailer (by Nick Berardini)

In the summer of 2008, Stanley Harlan was pulled over by police in the small Missouri town of Moberly. Minutes later, he was fighting for his life. It was a fight he would ultimately lose. As he lay dying in front of his mother, who begged for an ambulance, police officers mocked him. On August 28, 2008, just after midnight, Stanley Harlan was tasered by Moberly Police for 31 seconds. Minutes later, he was dead.

The next day, the police portrayed Stanley Harlan as a violent criminal. They claimed that he attacked the officers on the scene. They said he was dangerous. They said, “Policy and procedure were followed to the letter.”

But over the course of several months, the facts of what really happened to Stanley Harlan took shape. He was not threatening, dangerous, or violent. The fact was, he wasn’t even committing a crime when officers killed him.

Killing Them Safely is the gripping investigation into how Stanley Harlan was murdered by the police, and how he is not alone. Several hundred North Americans have died following a taser application, while the private company that makes the weapon insists that it is physically impossible to kill someone with a taser. Killing Them Safely promises to leave you on the edge of your seat, guessing for answers to unthinkable questions.

This is my Photojojo Daily Pic Pick entry from HONK! 09 in Davis...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:38:00 -0400

This is my Photojojo Daily Pic Pick entry from HONK! 09 in Davis Square, Somerville, MA.

Shot on Velvia 100 slide film with a Nikon N70.

Today’s topic is ROYGBIV.

vneckandacardigan: Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, please. Why...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:55:26 -0400

vneckandacardigan:

Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, please.

Why not french fries and chocolate fondue? Come to think of it, sweet potato fries and chocolate fondue might actually be kind of awesome.

Arizona Helped Deport 26,000 without New Law

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:56:51 -0400

Arizona Helped Deport 26,000 without New Law :

abbyjean:

Without the benefit of their state’s strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. Statistics obtained by The Associated Press show that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was responsible for deportations or forced departure of 26,146 immigrants since 2007. That’s about a quarter of the national total of 115,841 sent out of the U.S. by officers in 64 law enforcement agencies deputized to help enforce immigration laws, some since 2006, under the so-called 287(g) program.

Getting there (GPOYTh) The flash on the new iPhone is pretty...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:36:00 -0400

Getting there (GPOYTh)

The flash on the new iPhone is pretty good.

obscene-odes: kammander: Want to see this.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:57:45 -0400

obscene-odes:

kammander:

Want to see this.

"We recorded it on tape, we press it to vinyl, and the digital is the archive of this physical thing..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:54:15 -0400

““We recorded it on tape, we press it to vinyl, and the digital is the archive of this physical thing that exists in the world,” Mr. Butler said. “We’re preserving it and using digital as a mode of distribution, but ultimately there was something real that was made.””

- The Arcade Fire, a Thriving Throwback - NYTimes.com

Facebook security fears after 'private details of 100m users leaked to web'

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:06:53 -0400

Facebook security fears after 'private details of 100m users leaked to web':

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Coroner Calls Death of Mississippi Man Homicide, Attributed Solely to Taser | Hungry Blues

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:02 -0400

Coroner Calls Death of Mississippi Man Homicide, Attributed Solely to Taser | Hungry Blues:

On my other blog.

Jermaine Williams, a 30-year-old African-American man from Bolivar County, MS, died in police custody on July 23, 2010. Little has been released about the circumstances of his death—except that the local deputy coroner is calling it a homicide by taser.

Parking sign (by Sweetsop)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:55:35 -0400

Parking sign (by Sweetsop)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:46:17 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"The easy way to rebel early on for us, the White Stripes, was not to give out information like..."

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:48:05 -0400

“The easy way to rebel early on for us, the White Stripes, was not to give out information like everybody else was doing, and not give it to them in the way they wanted it. Rock ’n’ roll and punk rock rebelled in 50,000 ways, and what’s left? There’s not much left. The things that always bugs me as a person, as a creator of things, was that we’re sort of giving everything away, which seems to be anti-showbiz, in a sense.”

- Jack White, on building mystique, in the Detroit Free Press. (via crumbler)

Route du Rock - Jour 2 (by Nathanaël Le Scouarnec) Quirky,...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:15:29 -0400

Route du Rock - Jour 2 (by Nathanaël Le Scouarnec)

Quirky, casual, backyard concert by one of my favorite bands of late, Forest Fire.

Backyard Brunch Sessions Ep 2: Team B with special guests The...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:12:11 -0400

Backyard Brunch Sessions Ep 2: Team B with special guests The Luyas (via backyrdsessions)

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (Live)

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:36:07 -0400

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (Live)

DYKCTV: “Porter” (by Do You KNOW Clarence?) Filmed...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:58:00 -0400

DYKCTV: “Porter” (by Do You KNOW Clarence?)

Filmed and edited on an iPhone 4 by Mr. @dykc. Nice work Clarence. You took an experience from my everyday, took it apart and put it back together again and gave it drama I didn’t know it had.

Untitled-4 (by minorjive)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:41:58 -0400

Untitled-4 (by minorjive)

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Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:58:16 -0400

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