September 2009
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Mariette Papic - Electric Bathtub Psalms →
Mariette Papic has a new book of poetry coming out, called Electric Bathtub Psalms.
You can listen to a couple of readings:
Love Song 4/22 (from Electric Bathtub Psalms)
The Corn Plastic Dancefloor (from a different project)
August 2009
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Free MP3 Monday: Caseyland - Velveteen Rabbit →
Caseyland - Velveteen Rabbit by Caseyland
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This American Life: Arms Trader 2009
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Listened to this last night - it was incredible. A two-year operation to catch a “terrorist” - except what really happens is so confounding: the US government sends an informant to buy a missile from a suspected crook, and then, frustrated, supplies the crook with said missile to sell to the informant in order to complete their strike. And the one juror who thinks this might be...
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Why I am Not a Professor: Dr Mark Tarver, Lamba... →
An interesting piece from a disillusioned professor.
This year, 2007, marks the marks the eighth year at which I ceased to be a tenured lecturer in the UK, what is called I think, a tenured professor in the USA. I’ve never worked out whether I was, in American terms, an assistant professor or an associate professor. But it really doesn’t matter, because today I am neither. You see I simply...
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Beck - The Black Angel’s Death Song
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ResEdit
Anyone remember ResEdit?
Please do not put your entire question into the...
Because it’s annoying, harder to read when the subject line gets cut off in the preview pane (which is the exact opposite of what you want), and I get a preview of the first few lines of the text of your email (if not the whole thing) anyway. Thanks.
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WatchPart 1 and Part 2 of the John Stewart / Betsy McCaughey interview. Watch it, and prepare to be outraged. More on this on The Atlantic here and here.
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“When the U.S. Congress declared the week of October 20, 1991, World Population...”
– How Many People Can Earth Hold? | DISCOVER Magazine
Can't keep up
I’m going to mark 317 items as read in my Google Reader. Let me know if I missed anything important?
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Beck - I’ll Be Your Mirror
More VU at...
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Question
Is it “I don’t know what I’ve been told” or “I don’t know but I’ve been told”?
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Beck - There She Goes Again
More VU at beck.com
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psychelovely:
the velvet underground - i’ll be...
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The National - Pretty in Pink (Daytrotter Session)
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http://www.batforlashes.com →
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Free MP3 Monday: Caseyland - Bedsore →
Caseyland - Bedsore by Caseyland
I’ve joined SoundCloud and figured this would be a good time to start posting my music again. I’ll post something weekly as part of Free MP3 Monday.
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New Radiohead: “These are My Twisted...
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Long-exposure shots in St Petersburg, Russia turn... →
via Boing Boing
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“He was acting very suspicious,” Buble said. “Not delusional, just...”
– New Jersey Homeowner Calls Cops on Bob Dylan
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http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publicat... →
Here, you can look up Section 1233 (it starts on page 424). It’s convoluted, sure, but it’s not forcing anyone to do anything. It’s saying Medicare would cover end-of-life consultations. They’re optional.