September 2008
“Democracy doesn’t require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires...”
– (via antikris)
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“The Palin speech was a political masterpiece, one of the most ingenious pieces...”
– The scariest thing about Sarah Palin isn’t how unqualified she is - it’s what her candidacy says about America | The Smirking Chimp
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28) →
Murder by Death
Roxy Music
Beirut
Sigur Rós
Okkervil River
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Company will apply green spraypaint to dead... →
Nick Terlouw has launched the Greener Grass Co., which amounts to a service in which he sprays dead lawns with a deep green, water-based dye that makes the turf look good enough for a golf course or a professional football stadium.
For between $175 and $225 per yard, Terlouw uses a motor-powered 50-gallon insecticide sprayer designed for treating orchard trees. He waves his magic wand and in...
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Apple selling unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong |... →
The “iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier,” the site states. “Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.”
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WatchDiesel’s SFW XXX Party Clip Video
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“Crooner Frank Sinatra was arrested by the Bergen County, New Jersey sheriff in...”
– Pictures of Celebrity mug shots - Photos - NME.COM
Gotta love ol’ blue eyes/The Chairman of the Board/The Voice.
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Kanye West won't face felony charges in LAX... →
Business & Technology | Feds seize WaMu in... →
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The Last Works Of Egon Schiele →
mills:
Joshua Heineman (Cursive Buildings) has written a very affecting short story about the artist Egon Schiele and his wife Edith, which I can’t recommend highly enough. The effortless subtlety with which he’s displayed private catastrophe against serial global paroxysms of death is moving, as are the gently honest references to all the threads of a marriage: disappointment, dependence,...
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Gogol Bordello plot North American tour | News |... →
Gogol Bordello have announced the dates of an extensive North American tour, beginning tomorrow (September 25) and stretching into the winter. The gypsy punks will kick things off in New Orleans and play cities including Austin, Tucson, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
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NASA commissions rap about astrobiology | News |... →
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TV Shows Boost Their LGBT Quotient | The Underwire... →
Television shows in this fall’s prime-time lineup will include twice as many gay and lesbian characters as appeared on-screen last year, according to a study released Monday by The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
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“Women who wait in public bar-rooms and smoking-saloons, though not themselves...”
– Sept. 25, 1878: Yes, Smoking Is a Health Hazard
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“My student loans are too big and it is hurting the economy. Can I have a...”
– Letters - The Financial Crisis - A Range of Voices - Letter - NYTimes.com
Men with sexist views 'earn more' →
feastingonroadkill: “A US study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, suggests that they will consistently out-earn more “modern-thinking” men. On average, this meant an extra $8,500 (£4,722) a year. One UK psychologist said men inclined to wield power in their relationships might also do this at work.” Maybe, but the $8.5K extra all has to be spent on hookers…
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Mogwai's Brathwaite Howls About Hawk, CDs, Bush |... →
“Doing Young Team in full was fun,” Mogwai honcho Stuart Brathwaite explained to me, “but I don’t know if we’d do it again. I suppose if the offer came we’d have a think about it. It’s not complicated, but I think its better to do new music than old stuff.”
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I added some new work for sale in my etsy store. →
25 Metrolink crash victims linked forever by twist... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-21) →
Murder by Death
Roxy Music
Massive Attack
Circa Survive
2Pac
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“What serious person could want those collages of dead butterflies, which are...”
– Robert Hughes on Damien Hirst’s upcoming Sotheby’s auction (Don’t feed the trolls, dude.) (via popmechanic)
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Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices --... →
Black Comic Introduces McCain | The New York... →
“Remember those awful Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates? Well, now...”
– It’s Not Gold, Jerry! | Epicenter from Wired.com
Notorious Crime Forum DarkMarket Goes Dark |... →
A wave of bittersweet melancholy has descended on the thousands of phishers, hackers and credit card swindlers inhabiting the computer crime supersite DarkMarket.ws. On Tuesday the site’s operator, known as Master Splyntr, announced that he was shuttering the forum, which has hummed along for nearly three years as a premier vehicle of criminal commerce.
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MC Frontalot: ‘Indier Than...
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The Creatures: ‘“2nd Floor”....
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