Bastille Day
14/07/2011
The parody of this song I really like is Caught in a Bad Project by the Hui Zheng Lab, but this one is for Bastille Day! Axé.
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Paul Street
13/07/2011
Obamaism’s shortcomings are the failures of the Democratic Party’s longstanding corporate-imperial centrism and of the dominant narrow political culture that pits an arch-plutocratic, extremist military party (the faux-“conservative” Republicans) against the “inauthentic opposition” of the conservative, faux progressive, and corporate-neoliberal Democrats and leaves no room for non-corporate parties that accurately reflect majority progressive opinion. The … More Paul Street
Edie Brickell
12/07/2011
One thing that has been nice for me this summer is the weather. I have been unable to travel other summers when it has been dark, humid, and rainy. This year has been less humid and very luminous. I have not taken advantage of the good weather as well as I could have, but I … More Edie Brickell
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking I
11/07/2011
Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird’s throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight, Over the sterile sands and the fields beyond, where the child leaving his bed wander’d alone, bareheaded, barefoot, Down from the shower’d halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they … More Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking I
Betty Ford
11/07/2011
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, via commenter human: According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana — and if she were their age, she’d try it, too. She told “60 Minutes” she wouldn’t be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a … More Betty Ford
Postcards from Houston
10/07/2011
I’d like to go to this. In the meantime I have turned my compost heap, and it had created a great deal of fresh soil. Then I deleted many of the links on this blog. I have so many that I tend not to see any, and the space feels cluttered. I have created a … More Postcards from Houston
Berlin Alexanderplatz
09/07/2011
Am I the only one who has a hard time watching Berlin Alexanderplatz — so interesting, but so scary, rough, and sad — and would rather read the book? Watching the film is very good for my German, but I really want to look away. Key words and resources: Ernest Pawel on Döblin, NYT 1983; … More Berlin Alexanderplatz
Facundo Cabral 1937-2011
09/07/2011
Amo tanto la vida porque me costó tanto gozarla … me costó mucho sentir que era protagonista y no una basura. Axé.
Bebo & Cigala
08/07/2011
Neo-nomadic music. Axé.
Paul Krugman
08/07/2011
I think Obama and the Republicans are trying to destroy the country. I think the plan is to get as much US capital into the top 1% of bank accounts, and invest it elsewhere. From yesterday’s New York Times: On Thursday, President Obama met with Republicans to discuss a debt deal. We don’t know exactly … More Paul Krugman
