April 3, 2011
James Murphy Is Playing At My House
Final LCD Soundsystem concert in its entirety. [3hrs 41mins]
Clothing of the futcha.
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
Stephen King and John Mellencamp will debut their long-awaited Southern gothic musical 'Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County' next year. The story concerns the deaths of three people in Atlanta in 1957 and the CD will have songs by Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Meg Ryan, and Matthew McConaughey. King is also working on the 8th Dark Tower book, 'The Wind Through the Keyhole', which is due next year.
This spring: Winter is Coming
HBO has a free 15 minute preview up for their adaptation of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series A Game of thrones. The folks over at Westeros.org have seen rough copies of the first six episodes and report on them. In general, reviews are very positive so far. Previously on the Blue. Via this thread at hipinion. Bonus: Next Media Animation briefs you on the subject. All links contain minor-to-major spoilers.
You're Doing It All Wrong!
You're Doing It All Wrong A collection of How-To cooking videos from Chow.com.
No one is condoning the crime, but...
Decades after school bus kidnapping, strong feelings in Chowchilla. 'Thirty-five years ago in Chowchilla, Calif., three young men from upscale families kidnapped a bus full of children and their driver and buried them in a quarry. Some of the officials who put the culprits in prison are calling for their parole — a sore point for many residents.' [more inside]
Monday, 9:00 AM. Briefing meeting with Deparment Research Team Thirty-Two.
The Department. Regular listeners to The Bugle (previously) will have been missing their usual weekly dose of historico-politico-silliness. But there is a fallback. [more inside]
Nawaat
Nawaat, a Tunisian group blog (mostly in French).
The Ramones Live: 26 Songs In 54 Minutes
The Ramones Live: 26 Songs In 54 Minutes. Recorded at the Palladium, NYC, January 7, 1978.
Space Jam
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Discharge
After chalking up 14,316 military discharges to its credit (261 from the last year alone), the reign of Don't Ask Don't Tell crumbled when Petty Officer 2nd Class Derek Morado's DADT-motivated hearing ended on Thursday with the three member panel voting unanimously to retain the openly gay soldier.
Vladimir Nabokov
Half a Century of Hope
Amnesty International is 50 years old this year. It was started in 1961 by a British Lawyer, Peter Beneson
and in 1977 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some of the 50 years of Posters and the latest Amnesty Report 2010
The Secret Policemans's Ball was a long running charity event to support Amnesty. Featuring some of Britains' best comedians and Musicians.
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9;
and in 1977 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some of the 50 years of Posters and the latest Amnesty Report 2010
The Secret Policemans's Ball was a long running charity event to support Amnesty. Featuring some of Britains' best comedians and Musicians.
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9;
Talk Whedon to me, baby.
好一朵美丽的茉莉花
As words of a Jasmine Revolution started circulating online, several Chinese dissidents were disappeared, including the activist and lawyer Teng Biao.
Today, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained, along with several of his staff.
Sweet Scent of Freedom Sold Seperately
Some people have claimed that Barbie is really about giving girls the image of an empowered woman. There can be little doubt of empowerment when it comes to Black Moses Barbie - she fights for freedom and has all the coolest playsets and accessories.
And if this old world starts a getting you down, there's room enough for two - up on the roof
At the University of Southern California, in the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love…making atop the roof of the campus' Waite Phillips Hall. Photos of the tryst went *cough* "viral" this week, and in the aftermath of the incident, the male Kappa Sigma member has gone into hiding. Web forum Hipinion checks in with some Photoshop re-interpretations of the couple's romp.
The Weeknd
Unsigned 20-year-old R&B singer the Weeknd is what all the cool kids are talking about. Plus he gives away his music for free.
It turns out the future doesn't really care about space travel.
Cory Doctorow's new science fiction story collection, With A Little Help, is available in text and audio. The stories range from an order of datamining monks to Google gone terrible wrong, and the readers include Neil Gaiman, Mur Lafferty, Mary Robinette Kowal and Wil Wheaton. The introduction is written by Jonathan Coulton.
Peeling back the layers.
Animated Anatomies is a new exhibition from Duke University Special Collections that examines the beautiful intricacies of anatomical flap books. [more inside]
By the power of . . . you know what, never mind, that's a terrible pun
Skeletor Saves [NSFW]: a New York City art show based on artists' memories of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, to benefit the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth. (Gawker.) But this is no mere set of rasterbations from DeviantArt accounts. The abstract (Skeletor's Universe, Teela); the photographic (She-Man), the sculptural (Keldor's Mirror); the outsider-art style (Series of 6 Pappteller Paintings); and, of course, that which cannot be unseen (The Seduction of He-Man.)
The Good The Bad The Hot
'030', from the album 'From 001 To 017' by The Good The Bad; SLVimeo; 3.30, totally NSFW. Download track at A Girl Called '030'; blog here.
Cannabis culture
Shakespeare and Verlander
Why are we [U.S.A.] so good at developing athletes and so lousy at developing writers? excerpted from sportswriter Bill James's book Solid Fool's Gold: Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom. Via: [slate.com]
Kissinger on von Bismarck
Henry Kissinger on Otto von Bismarck Von Bismarck was a formidable 19th century German statesman. via thebrowser.
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