December 2009
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Kate Rusby (16)
The Hidden Cameras (12)
Gillian Welch (4)
Vampire Weekend (2)
Dixie Chicks (1)
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President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA →
Damn straight.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
The Decemberists (7)
Rilo Kiley (4)
Sufjan Stevens (4)
The Weepies (4)
Alexi Murdoch (4)
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Wary Book Publishers Are Fighting the Future →
“Infinite digital bits don’t have to deal with the supply-and-demand business models that once existed. You create one version and can disseminate it everywhere, instantly, at virtually no distribution cost.”
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“Health insurance industry trade groups opposed to President Obama’s health...”
– Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill
(via thedailywhat)
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I'm terrified of Monsanto.
Reblogged newsweek:
This investigative piece from the AP on Monsanto is earnest, thorough and fascinating, if a bit long. A taste:
With Monsanto’s patented genes being inserted into roughly 95 percent of all soybeans and 80 percent of all corn grown in the U.S., the company also is using its wide reach to control the ability of new biotech firms to get wide distribution for their products,...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
The Decemberists (3)
Paul Simon (3)
Tori Amos (3)
The White Stripes (3)
Rilo Kiley (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Stop Feeding Your Garbage Can →
“Of the 350 billion pounds of food produced in America each year, we throw away a gut-wrenching 98 billion pounds, 98 percent of which ends up in landfills.”
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“The lesson of Hanukkah is that even the struggles that saved a people are...”
– David Brooks - The Hanukkah Story - NYTimes.com
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The Dockers "Man-Ifesto": Pants, Pants, Devolution →
Oh, good. Jezebel broke the ad campaign down.
And I love what the author wrote at the end:
Can I tell you something about Dockers? My father loves them. Wears them when he’s golfing or on a casual business day. They are stain resistant and wrinkle free. They look nice with a sweater or a golf shirt. They are sturdy and reliable and reasonably-priced and my mother has been buying them at...
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“The brand’s new “Wear the Pants™” global ad campaign celebrates the reemergence...”
– - Dockers’s press release about the ad campaign
Unfortunately, the ad on the Docker’s website indicates nothing of the sort. That “balance” she implies (“men who can change a tire AND a diaper”) is absent, but what’s very much present is, “Once upon a...
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What Would Jane Austen Have Twittered? →
(via Geek Feminism)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Echo & The Bunnymen (65)
Annuals (11)
Yeasayer (11)
Belle and Sebastian (8)
Cat Stevens (3)
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Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence →
This is a MUST READ.
(via Geek Feminism)
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The Bookstore [Yarnstore] and User Experience →
Yarnies take note! We have a lot to learn from booksellers. Just sub “yarn” for “book.”
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"The Road" Leads to a Sentimental Post-Apocalypse →
The movie, not the book. The book is stark, devastating and beautiful. I wouldn’t say it’s impossible to adapt to the cinema, but this review of the movie supports my initial impression upon learning they filmed it: “That’s gonna suck.”
More than that, I fear it will give people the impression that it reflects the book – again, going just from this review since I...
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