May 2012
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“When people didn’t rally around Dead Prez, I knew the black hip-hop audience had...”
– Killer Mike talks about the evolution of hip-hop’s relationship with politics in Pitchfork’s latest feature interview. (via pitchfork)
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the Main B!: Call for Submissions! →
themainb:
We are starting a newsletter, and this is a call for interviews, reviews of music or art, local activism, show reviews, cartoons, small illustrations, poetry, short fiction but not flash fiction, and short serial fiction. Please keep all submissions to a paragraph or two, around 150 to 200…
Writer/Artist friends of Buffalo! Submit!
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Mayor Sam Adams: A fresh take on building... →
samadamspdxor:
PORTLAND — I help lead one of America’s cities – Portland, Oregon. It is known for being a well-planned city. It’s not. At least, not as well as we want it to be. And not as well-planned as every American city must be.
When I talk about planning, I’m not just referencing plotting spots on a map where new bikeways will run, or where new business districts will pop up. Instead,...
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March 2012
6 posts
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February 2012
5 posts
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usagov:
Saturn Radio Waves
Audio Description
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“There can’t be anything in the film that tells you one way or another because...”
– Christopher Nolan on the ending of Inception | Screen Rant (via stayforthecredits)
“He’s left it behind.” Of Course!
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“You know, you sound really good on the phone, you’re articulate. If you...”
– Someone’s Grandfather, recently, to me on the phone. I kinda want his desk, though I think I’d run the risk of third place.
January 2012
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)
Yes!
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Public Park over a highway in the US
secretrepublic:
“Construction has been underway for some time on this public park over a highway in Dallas, TX of all places. The arts district with the city’s finest museums, concert hall, new opera hall, et all will now be walkable for the thousands of residents residing in “Uptown” who would traditionally have to drive across the highway to cover the short distance to the arts district. ...
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December 2011
3 posts
“Ultimately, I know what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. I’m trying to be a...”
– Ian MacKaye (via pitchfork)
November 2011
5 posts
“It’s not democracy, it’s Digiorno.”
– Jon Stewart, on Congress’ recent decision to declare frozen pizza a vegetable in public school cafeterias (via natteringnabobs)
“Films are subjective- what you like, what you don’t like. But the thing for me...”
– Christopher Nolan (via helloemile)
October 2011
8 posts
What's Haunting America This Halloween? →
npr:
As America hurries down the haunted trail toward Halloween, scariness is everywhere. Ominousness is omnipresent. So many real and imagined aspects of the future are frightening. On the right, Patrick Buchanan, author of the recently released Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? howls about pending national death. On the left, Occupiers — riled by Wall Street and war...
“It’s robots, right? They are taking over the world. Slowly, their goal is to...”
– Tom Waits on the internet and computers. (via pitchfork)
Tom Waits, everyone.
lazenby:
The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn...
September 2011
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demiurge:
Every rock star needs an astronaut...
August 2011
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Don't Touch My Stuff: Fuglies Unite →
olliebck:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/ugly-you-may-have-a-case.html?_r=1&hp
I speak to you today in this low-lit room, my crater faced brethren, because the time has come for us to demand our rights. Now is when we must join one hideous hand with another and fight for equality…