February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
5 posts
“I think probably our universities and colleges have not been vigorous enough in...”
– Governor-General of Canada, David Johnston on innovation in Canada.
I have mixed feelings about him but this is spot-on.
November 2011
1 post
Watchpitchfork:
Watch Real Estate perform “Green Aisles” on some abandoned train tracks as part of La Blogothèque’s series of impromptu videos from this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
2 posts
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“In the face of the obscene, explicit malice of the jungle, which lacks only...”
– Werner Herzon in Conquest of the Useless - Reflections from the making of Fitzcarraldo.
Just finished this. Hearing what was going through Herzog’s genius and borderline-insane mind during this absurd endeavor is something to behold. I haven’t laughed as hard or been as inspired reading...
2 tags
July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
4 posts
Shabazz Palaces - Are you… Can you…...
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
5 posts
February 2011
5 posts
“Now Ahern is just another Irish backbencher, with a hangdog slouch and a face...”
– When Irish Eyes Are Crying
January 2011
5 posts
“The railways were and remain the necessary and natural accompaniment to the...”
– Bring Back the Rails!
“Privately, IAEA officials wondered whether the Americans really understood what...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/07/iraq-weapons-factory-al-qaida-us-failure
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
2 posts
As the World Burns →
I challenge you to find an article more depressing and maddening than this.
September 2010
3 posts
“A few days after we spoke, Zuckerberg changed his Facebook profile, removing...”
– Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New Yorker (via Instapaper)
“The more we got to meet people [in the media], it was—‘Oh! You’re fucking...”
– Jon Stewart via America Is a Joke
August 2010
4 posts
