February 2012
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Battleships — “In Retrospect”
January 2012
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“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution,...”
– “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Rev. Martin Luther King, 4 April 1967
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December 2011
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November 2011
3 posts
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October 2011
4 posts
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Watchmagnolius:
Thom Yorke spins a 30-minute set at Radiohead’s remix album release party in London last Tuesday. rock legend on the decks?
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“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by mean of...”
– Justice Louis O. Brandeis (Olmstead vs. United States)
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WatchGraham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
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September 2011
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“Far beyond official Washington, we would seem to be witnessing a fraying of the...”
– The Fraying of a Nation’s Decency, Anand Giridharadas
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“This nation of tanned, toned, comatose vegetables is choosing to cash in its...”
– The Opulence Bubble, Umair Haque
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Young Man — “Nothing”
(via I Guess...
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Mr. Little Jeans — “Suburbs (Arcade Fire...
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“Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them....”
– John Holt
August 2011
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“The iPad is the fire that sucked all the oxygen out of the room. Apple zigged...”
– Minimal Mac
Boom.
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“No one cares about your ideas. They only care about what you make.”
– Blain Hogan, from his book Untitled: Thoughts on the Creative Process
(via jonathanmoore)
As someone who works largely in the realm of the intangible — partnerships, negotiations, deals — I appreciate and admire the maker movement. As a lapsed musician, I’m guilty of not making enough....
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“An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster...”
– Douglas Haddow, Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization (via jerrybrito)
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July 2011
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“Mr. Ford’s attack is ironic, because no public service puts democracy on display...”
– Margaret Atwood’s inspiring defence of Toronto’s libraries
That this argument is happening at all saddens me greatly.
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Washed Out — “Wicked Game” (Chris...
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Fast Food founders & longevity
jayparkinsonmd:
Ray Kroc (McDonald’s) at age 82 Jimmy Dean died at age 81 Taco Bell founder Glen Bell died at 86 Sonic founder Troy Smith died at 87 Hardee’s founder Wilber Hardee died at 89 Baskin-Robbins founder Irvine Robbins died at 90 Carl’s Jr. founder Carl Karcher died at 90 Frozen french fry mogul J.R. Simplot died at 99 Murray Handwerker, credited with making Nathan’s Famous Hot...
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen — “Steep...
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Active Child — “Hanging On”
From...
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Arctic Monkeys — “The Hellcat Spangled...
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“Unlike R.J. Reynolds, Pfizer, or Bank of America, the U.S. populace lacks the...”
– American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress
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June 2011
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ideas, instincts, and intuitions: Obama Admin... →
romeviharo:
The effort includes secretive projects to create independent cellphone networks inside foreign countries, as well as one operation out of a spy novel in a fifth-floor shop on L Street in Washington, where a group of young entrepreneurs who look as if they could be in a garage band are fitting…
Fascinating. The question that occurred to me as most pressing is What happens if...