December 2008
41 posts
All life is just a progression toward, and a regression from, one phrase—‘I love...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Offshore Pirate” (via scout) (via beautifulanddepraved)
Unless it is mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of time. There...
– via don´t touch my moleskine (via sleepanddream) (via beautifulanddepraved)
Photo Shoot
Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Flying Lotus remix)
Now, I’ve really been hating on Kanye lately. I truly believe that he needs to ditch the auto-tune and get back to the basics. However, I do think that there is some good coming from all of this and that is that Kanye is providing some great artists with great sampling material. Take the his Flying Lotus remix for example…
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So what if a guy a threw a shoe at me?!?!
– President George W. Bush
Meet Schmeat! →
Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, humane, and “commercially viable” test-tube meat by 2012. This announcement, not at all surprisingly, piqued public curiosity (for starters, why is PETA endorsing anything with the word “meat” in it?).
Because this is what I do on the daily!
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Justice Fakes Live Sets →
People’s History: An Interview With Howard Zinn
With the financial crisis and the election of Barack Obama, allusions to the Great Depression, The New Deal, and FDR have become commonplace. But what can the past teach us about the current historical moment? Are the parallels useful? Historian and author Howard Zinn is well known for his People’s History of the United States. And he says...
Beim Schlafengehen - Hermann Hesse
Nun der Tag mich müd’ gemacht,
soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
wie ein müdes Kind empfangen.
Hände, laßt von allem Tun,
Stirn, vergiß du alles Denken,
alle meine Sinne nun
wollen sich in Schlummer senken.
Und die Seele unbewacht,
will in freien Flügen schweben,
um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu leben.
Wag The Dog
Winifred Ames: Why Albania?
Brean: Why not?
Winifred Ames: What have they done to us?
Brean: What have they done FOR us? What do you know about them?
Winifred Ames: Nothing.
Brean: See? They keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.
The Daily Beast: A Recession Is Just What Teens... →
“It would take an act of God to get high school students to clip coupons, but buying used T-shirts is a start.”
Царь-бомба (Tsar Bomba) →
Dropped from over 10 km (6 miles) and detonated at 4 km (2.5 miles) above the earth, the Tsar Bomba’s massive fireball, measuring 8 km (5 miles) in diameter touched the ground, and nearly reached the altitude of the deploying Tu-95 bomber