Thursday 5 July 2012

Cory Doctorow: Music: The Internet’s Original Sin

Music Labels Prepare Action To Block Major BitTorrent Sites

HA!

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'All work and no play makes jack a dull boy'

Single typewritten page from The Shining, filled with the repeated phrase “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” This particular page with its zig-zag pattern was not seen on-screen in the film, but was part of the stack that Wendy flips through. 
The prop box of yellow typing paper is located in the Stanley Kubrick Archive in London. About one-third of the stack was manually typed; the remainder was photocopied. There are also additional boxes in other languages.
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Iggy Pop: Behind the Music





Bonus:
'You turd'

KonKoma - Kpanlogo

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♪♫ Kevin Ayers - Shouting In A Bucket Blues/Didn't Feel Lonely


Bonus:
With John Cale - Heartbreak Hotel/Howling Man

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Moodymann: Let's Talk Dilla


As I stood there in Ikea, naked and ashamed, I came to an important decision. Next time only one of us would wear a blindfold.

Frank Ocean

I salute you


I bet Frank Ocean sent that letter to Andrew Sullivan too but it got caught in his spam filter.

Mona Motörhead

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(Thanx Joly!)
Dang!!!

Global warming: It's "I-told you-so" time

HA!

(Thanx Tommy!)

Where the Money Lives

For all Mitt Romney’s touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments. Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow the very wealthy to skirt tax laws, and investigating just how much of Romney’s fortune (with $30 million in Bain Capital funds in the Cayman Islands alone?) looks pretty strange for a presidential candidate...
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