March 2008
USSR posters - a photoset on Flickr →
“There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they...”
– Error Gorilla: Unhappy men are all alike How true. Give me happiness over meaning every time.
“num (from number) us (like you and me) tay (like mr. zonday)”
– Me, on how to pronounce ‘namaste’ (via aatw) Thanks, aa. As a longtime reader of Fake Steve, I always wondered!
@squashed: You’re welcome, my friend. No apostrophe in “thanks” btw ; )
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-30) →
The Morning After Girls
Augustus Pablo
The Jesus and Mary Chain
King Tubby
The White Stripes
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
“Just Journalism aims to promote accurate and responsible reporting about Israel...”
– Just Journalism Yes folks, those poor, under-represented Decents are taking up the trusty sword of thingy and the decent shield of fair wotsit against the appalling bias of the British media. What’s that? Usual suspects? Well only if you regard JJ’s endorsement from Mad Mel, and...
“Some of these truths are so horrible you don’t want to think about that, but...”
– John Cusack (via azspot)
Spring 2008 Reading List
azspot: It’s been awhile since I logged some book reviews. Some are worthy of far more than a short blurb. Others have been omitted because they were not noteworthy enough or I’ve just plum forgotten and will write them up in a future post. In addition to a house overflowing with books, I typically check out 3-4+ books from the local library per week. In fact, in the days that I have compiled...
Nail on the head
Me: Would you like me to put that Augustus Pablo album on your iTunes?
My daughter: Who's Augustus Pablo?
Me: Just google it
My daughter: Just tell me!
Me: He's only the Godfather of Dub!
My daughter: Ugh, no thanks
Me: What, you don't like dub?
My daughter: No!
Me: Why not?
My daughter: It's like listening to jazz
Me: Which is precisely why I love it
Can somebody explain to me why muxtape is better...
“That’s the thing about painting, it helps you work stuff out. It’s a...”
– Paul Simonon
Question
macuyiko: Wouldn’t it be handy if you could subscribe to your Dashboard’s RSS feed? I don’t want to import all the people I’m following into Google Reader, and a global Dashboard RSS would be nice. Answer Fuck yes.
I lose my memory in eBuyer Hell
So 10 days ago I ordered some RAM for the MacBook. Except, silly me, I ordered two lots of 2x1GB, instead of two 2GB sticks. eBuyer wouldn’t let me cancel the order online, and the next day I couldn’t cancel on the phone because the account is in my wife’s name. So we cancelled the order the next day, and then I placed a new order for the correct parts. Now, as each order has...
is.gd →
aatw: Our goal is to allow shortening URLs to the maximum extent technically possible.
“Living alone is tranquil but the hypertrophy of your personality, when unchecked...”
– mills.tumblr.com: Notes
toldorknown: Emerson has started smiling, but only in her sleep. Four weeks old and already her inner world is more entertaining than stark reality. @toldorknown: She’s dreaming. Of milk!
Obligatory European destinations?
heather-rivers: I’ll be passing through Europe in late June, early July, with no strict schedule. I’ve seen quite a bit of France almost nothing else in the ‘Rope. Pray tell: where must I go? This is less “what are some nice places to see and things to do?” and more “what is it a crying shame that I have not eyed in 22 years of eyesight?” Thoughts very much appreciated. Anywhere in Italy,...
Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the... →
(via azspot) THIS IS A MUST-READ
“England is a strange place, it’s like New Jersey but with a better accent.”
– In Which You Want To Say You See Through Me « This Recording
The British antiwar movement: new research. →
FDR's Democratic Propaganda →
“Many progressives today have an adverse reaction to propaganda: ours is a...”
– Stephen Duncombe
“I remember in the 80s when cellphones first started to pop. I remember how, if...”
– Dork Talk: Douglas Coupland—The Guardian (via ragdoll) (via jpsmythe) (via claudia)
SDS.
bunnynico: I’m wondering where SDS has been throughout this election process. Last year around this time, I read an article about how the organization Students for a Democratic Society re-formed in January of 2006. SDS once represented an organizational high point for student radicalism in the U.S., and has been a strong influence on various leftist political organizations since its demise at...
