January 2010
44 posts
“The ex-Whitehall chiefs cite examples of bad laws that have resulted from the...”
– BBC News - Ministers passing too many ‘bad’ laws, say ex mandarins
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“… if music is going to be more than a hobby, someone, literally, has to...”
– Open Letter From OK Go - OK Go
“What if everybody did this? Perhaps some form of anarchy would ensue. But if we...”
– Billy Bragg | Why I’m withholding my tax | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“All the signs were in the air all around with ambient music in the mid 1970s,...”
– On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno | Interview | Music | The Observer
“There’s a lost art to the ‘a’ and the ‘b’,”...”
– BBC News - The cassette comes back as art
“For children, sweets take on huge significance, since in most cases they are the...”
– Get your hands off our sweets! | From the Guardian | The Guardian
(As an aside… is it just me, or does the picture at the top of this article look like a fascist rally?)
“Writing is a form of therapy. Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write,...”
– Graham Greene (via samsaramotel)
“In 1994 the Ku Klux Klan applied to sponsor a portion of United States...”
– Rosa Parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Basically this is the first time in the economy of the United States that a male...”
– Meet America’s First Legal Male Prostitute: Sex + Other Releases: Details
Shame we can no longer find out whether Rosa Parks agrees with his analysis. (Via Lia.)
“In short, Brad showed us that when we do something creative, we’re not...”
– Remembering Brad L. Graham - Anil Dash
“These [cyber] attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered—combined...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
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“Feed your audience great material, that they can pull when they want to. Don’t...”
– Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » In Your Face
“On first hearing, [Trout Mask Replica] sounded as if the individual musical...”
– Life under Captain Beefheart’s regime - Times Online
“Here’s my capsule view of the great financial meltdown of 2008: For the past...”
– The Vicious Cycle of Stagnant Wages | Mother Jones (via dyfl)
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“It’s a new world. Don’t see this as direct to dividend. See it as a living,...”
– Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Using Twitter
“To this day I’ve not run a traditional business, I’ve not been driven by money,...”
– A new year of opportunity for a Padawan. I am poorer than I have ever been but I have never been so opportunity rich!!! | Fellow Creative
“I do listen to myself sometimes and think, is my moral compass so easily swayed...”
– Andy Serkis: From Gollum to Ian Dury | Film | The Guardian
“When an Inuit becomes lost, he will make himself comfortable and conserve...”
– A brief history of snow | UK news | The Guardian
“These [so-called “ugly” MySpace] pages are as deliberately ugly as...”
– How to say stupid things about social media | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“If you let the crowd decide everything, you’ll lose yourself. The crowd is dumb,...”
– Gluue - A blog about work, life, and internet apps. By Paste Interactive
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“… on the surface what looked like an underachievement is actually the...”
– Gallows’ great rock’n’roll swindle | Music | guardian.co.uk
“This story is not about the origins of 2008’s financial meltdown… It’s about the...”
– Capital City | Mother Jones (via dyfl)
“… it must be said that Jello Biafra is a man with certain obsessions, both...”
– The Quietus | Reviews | Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine
“… the reason for the prominence given to John Lewis results is at least in...”
– BBC News - Why are John Lewis’s results so important?
“Chesnutt was one of those rare artists for whom there seems an absolute marriage...”
– Hail, Hail, Rock’n’Roll | Music | The Guardian
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“… the sheer dominance of a small number of franchises, the narrowing of...”
– Retailers fear Simon Cowell and Harry Potter overkill | Business | guardian.co.uk