February 2012
50 posts
“Carey McWilliams, who served as chair of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee”
– The Sleepy Lagoon Case: Constitutional Rights, and the Struggle for Democracy. A commemorative symposium, May 200-21, 2005, UCLA
How did I not know this?
“That might even be worth it if frictionless sharing enhanced our online...”
– same article as the previous post
“But if today’s Internet has a Baron Haussmann, it is Facebook. Everything that...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur.html?_r=4&pagewanted=2
Lot of interesting stuff in this article.
“Meanwhile, Google, in its quest to organize all of the world’s information, is...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur.html?_r=4&pagewanted=2
Ben Stiller, Jonathan Safran Foer Team for Jewish... →
This article lists a lot of potentially interesting things that I am really excited about/really scared for their almost unavoidable failure.
“It may also boost the prospects of the show he and his wife are developing for...”
– Michael Chabon Goes Hollywood for Disney’s ‘John Carter,’ But Will His Fiction Suffer? – Tablet Magazine
I really want this to happen.
“,” says Scott Rodger, manager for Paul McCartney and Arcade Fire, ”
– Who the Hell Is Bob Lefsetz? | Wired Magazine | Wired.com
Paul McCartney and Arcade Fire have the same manager.
Rawktumblr: A reasonable take on Chris Brown →
mlee525:
“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no longer an acceptable vehicle for corporations to use to sell products to young adults. On a human level, I’m more than willing to eventually forgive Chris Brown, once he seems genuinely remorseful and…
“Blunt’s proposal doesn’t just apply to religious employers and birth control....”
– The GOP Plan to Give Your Boss “Moral” Control Over Your Health Insurance | Mother Jones (via nickdouglas)
Rawktumblr: cdienel: “Think of your typical folky,... →
cdienel:
“Think of your typical folky, indie, female singer/songwriter. It probably sounds something like a mix of Sharon Van Etten, Regina Spektor, Feist, or something more extreme, like Joanna Newsom. Now, take away the raspiness, the bird-like voice, those little yelps and other vocal…
“He’ll probably lose to Foo Fighters (or as we in the Tweedy household call them,...”
– http://spencertweedy.com/post/17380851722/grammys
Danny Bobbe nails the problem with "back in my... →
rawkblog:
I have a feeling those five year ago’ers you speak of have kids now and want to hang their memories like trophies.
This is why he writes the lyrics
"Whiskey straight. New album's gonna be a burner." →
lafontusa:
the Radio Free Silver Lake blog interviewed danny about stuff. read it while you pretend to work
Chad Hartigan: “The motion of the eyes is the... →
chadhartigan:
“The motion of the eyes is the fastest motion in the body. The displacement of the eye has the most rapid acceleration and rapid deceleration. No other muscle can do it like the eye can. Ninety-nine percent of the time we’re dealing with somebody, we’re looking at their eyes. We’re not looking at…
Marius Goring=Toby Jones
Just saw Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Actually really liked it.
Doesn’t Toby Jones remind everyone of Marius Goring? (And, by everyone, I guess I mean probably a handful of people at most—perhaps the real question here should be: does anyone know who Marius Goring is?)
Also, perhaps not unrelated to my brain connecting them, Goring played a Nazi in Exodus and Jones played a Nazi/Red...
“¡Ay Dios Mijo¡”
– The Virgin Mary (via heller)
Bon Iver's Grammy comments
rawkblog:
John Darnielle said it best last year:
Dear artists who get invited to Coachella and then get all mad/refuse to sing, etc., please call tMG next time and we will work your shift
Watchiheartjerusalem:
We have the coolest First Lady ever. It’s not just her willingness to get on the floor on national television to do push-ups, but once she beats Ellen she gives her a high-five and they hug! A model competitor.
thedailywhat:
So This Happened of the Day: Ellen challenges First Lady Michelle Obama to a push-up off.
[ellen.]
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: LARB Podcast #3: Art... →
lareviewofbooks:
ART SPIEGELMAN, author of MetaMaus, interviewed by VAN DYKE PARKS Click here for the third episode of the new Los Angeles Review of Books podcast series (soon to be available on iTunes — watch this space). We hope these podcasts will go beyond the standard promotional Q&A pleasantries…
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
