July 2011
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Holy Rollers →
pretty good article about New York’s bicycle culture
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Why we do not need a debt ceiling →
We may nonetheless end up with a halfway sensible budget deal. But that would be the result of luck, not design. Instead of figuring out ways to raise the debt ceiling, we should simply go ahead and abolish it. The U.S. economy has plenty of real problems to deal with. We shouldn’t have to wrestle with ones we’ve created for ourselves
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“when someone is deserving of your anger, they’re still deserving of compassion....”
– Jonathan Tropper - Everything Changes
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Supakitch & Koralie Collaboration
dialectmag:
A Short film documenting a wall painting collaboration between Supakitch & Koralie at the VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG / SWEDEN. A beautiful piece of work by two artists who I wasn’t really familiar with until now. I will however be paying close attention from now on!
Visit The Artist’s Sites: supakitch.com | koralie.net
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“People think it’s reassuring to say “life carries on”; don’t they understand...”
– Rosamund Lupton - Sister (p. 58)
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Inside Match.com →
“With Netflix, people are constantly rating movies,” Thombre told me. “But there’s only oneThe Godfather, and you rate it once.” Predicting preferences in human beings is altogether more complicated. “Even if you like The Godfather, The Godfather doesn’t have to like you back,” he said. “The whole problem of mutual matching makes the problem...
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How Google Dominates Us →
The logical conclusion of our relationship to computers: expectantly to type “what is the meaning of my life” into Google
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“I have no idea, and that ignorance gives me every right to insist on protection....”
– High Fidelity—Nick Hornby (pg. 255)
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“But making nebulous calls for centrism, like writing news reports that always...”
– Paul Krugman - The Centrist Cop-out
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“Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in...”
– Jonathan Franzen - How to be Alone
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Oh, Those Chubby Genes! →
By the early afternoon, the entire civilized world had its eyes fixed on Budapest. The television companies were swarming over the roof tops, and with a large entourage in tow, the Minister of Domestic Affairs appeared on the scene, where he was told that apart from the curious circumstance in question, no curious circumstance had occurred. The damage, too, was slight. When asked to prove his...
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Friendship: why social networks are too crowded to... →
zeb:
#goodread
Social networks are trying to be more subtle at accommodating our shifting allegiances, but they’re no substitute for real time with our friends
….. as far as I can tell, each additional node on an online friendship network reduces the significance of the connections that came before. It’s impossible to keep up. I can’t identify what’s important anymore, and so rather than...
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“It frightens him to think of her this way. It makes her seem, in terms of love,...”
– John Updike - Rabbit, Run
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“Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath”
– John Updike - Rabbit, Run
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Thomas the Imperialist Tank Engine →
The not-so-hidden subtexts of the popular children’s show
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“Adolescence is best enjoyed without self-consciousness, but self-consciousness,...”
– Jonathan Franzen - The Discomfort Zone
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“You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; you need...”
– Nick Hornby, High Fidelity (via maggieteschler)
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From "Norwegian Wood," by Haruki Murakami
alightment:
Sometimes I feel like a caretake of a museum- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I’m watching over it for no one but myself.
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Watch
RIP FONCE MIZELL
Shouts to Kevin Beadle for the mix.
TRACKLIST
gary bartz – music is my sanctuary (capitol) donald byrd – lansana’s priestess (blue note) bobbi humphrey – chicago, damn (blue note) blacks & blues the blackbyrds – reggins (fantasy) edwin starr – easin in (motown) johnny hammond – tell me what to do (milestone) donald byrd – stepping into tomorrow (blue note) bobbi humphrey...
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WatchIn ‘The Art of Blending’ film, De Longeville documents the musical icons that Hennessy brought together for a special once-in-a-lifetime event - including Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Mary J Blige, The Roots, Eve, Bobby Brown and Erykah Badu.
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WatchStunning solo debut from ST Louis born, LA based producer, musician, singer I’Ced who’s a member of the Hawthorne Headhunters. Ced is also one of the go to engineers in LA, as well as in demand session player, having played with the likes of Shafiq Husayn, Sa-Ra & Dam Funk.
