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Archive for January, 2007
Sundance 07 Short Films @ iTunes, Jan 22, 07
Jan 19th
Short films from the upcoming Sundance film festival will be released through Apple’s iTunes for download. Documentary, animated and drama shorts from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will go on sale at $1.99 each on the iTunes Store from Monday, January 22, 2007.
Now if you could just download the parties…
Originally from The Register, ReBlogged by Geraldine Juarez on Jan 18, 2007 at 06:11 PM
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HANK’S HI-FI, WebRadio, Blatant Self-Promotion
Jan 19th
Yes, webRadio is everywhere and I couldn’t resist joining the party. Check out my Live! station, "Hank’s Hi-Fi" @ http://www.live365.com/stations/hankshifi
Comments, requests, suggestions? Send in your music and if I like it, I’ll throw it into the rotation.
Lenin Monuments, Zizek would be proud!
Jan 19th
Anders Thorsell has compiled a remarkable list of Lenin statues around the world. Some of my favorites:
"Literate Lenin"
And of course Seattle’s very own, "Freemont Lenin"
via Neatorama
Bush, de Gaulle, Torture, and The Battle of Algiers
Jan 19th
“ ‘The depressing problem of getting entangled in the Muslim world,’ [author Horne] replied. ‘Algeria was a thoroughly bloodthirsty war that ended horribly and cost the lives of about 20,000 Frenchmen and a million Algerians. There was a terrible civil war. …De Gaulle ended up giving literally everything away and left without his pants.’
President de Gaulle had all the same misconceptions as W., that his prestige could persuade the Muslims to accept his terms; that the guerrillas would recognize military defeat and accept sensible compromise; and that, as Mr. Horne writes, ‘time would wait while he found the correct formula and then imposed peace with it.’
Mr. Horne also sees sad parallels in the torture issue: ‘The French had experience under the Nazis in the occupation and practiced methods the Germans used in Algeria and extracted information that helped them win the Battle of Algiers. But in the long run it lost the war, because it caused such revulsion in France when the news came out, and there was huge opposition to the war from Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.’
In May 2005, Mr. Horne gave a copy of his book to Rummy, with passages about torture underlined. ‘I got a savage letter back from him,’ the author said."
Subscription Only NYTimes article: Aux Barricades! – New York Times.
Wiki: The Battle of Algiers – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
via Wit
Sex appeal is the keystone of our civilization, Henri Bergson
Jan 18th
Le sex-appeal est la clef de voute de notre civilisation. – Henri Bergson
[Sex appeal is the keystone of our civilization.]
photo Eolo Perfido
John O’Brien on Contemporary Art
Jan 18th
This is typically wonderful, as are most observations from O’Brien:
"I’ve been among those observing the fragmented trajectory of contemporary visual art as it clears the 20th-Century with great interest, and am heartened by the diversity I see–and worried about the stark relational contrasts. Of the many vectors emerging, there are a few common threads–like the timeless uniqueness of the art experience and the fascinating nonsense of art expenditure–as energy or acquisition, for example. But there is at once large group of conflicting and fundamentally different paradigms that appear to be without any convergence in either ideal or practical terms. Today the role of an art writer, consequentially, must be that of a thoughtful and conscientious observer of the flux of all these trajectories. Writing intelligently about the wonder and complexity of all contemporary art (with a touch of skepticism to acknowledge one’s own historical limits) is essential to understanding, delineating and deciphering the trends of the present. That is the only way to respect its sense of accruing critical mass given its current delicate state of imbalance.
"Critical Mass"? Sounds spooky, John…
via ARTSCENE
LAPD Maps the Homeless
Jan 18th
From the website: "Downtown Los Angeles is the epicenter of the largest homeless population in the United States.
The Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Map takes raw data about those sleeping on the streets and transforms it into a visual tool for understanding the situation.
via BuzzFeed
Dave Muller @ Mandrake, LA. Tuesday, 1/23/07
Jan 18th
Sorry we missed T. Kelly Mason, but Dave Muller will be spinning this Friday. Don’t miss it!
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