While we’re talking about the music of resistance, here’s a reminder that revolutionary music doesn’t come only from angry young black men (or other clichés). Malvina Reynolds reminding us of some important facts about fighing for justice: If you decide to stand up for anything, you will find that people …
I have, on occassion, been accused of being a bit on the pretentious side. It’s an accusation I resent, because pretentiousness is something I abhor, and strive to avoid as much as I can. Pretentiousness is the death of art: that, if you want, is my most central objection to …
Wikileaks has released nearly 400,000 files about the Iraq War. They document tens of thousands of murdered civilians, torture, and other war crimes. Have a look at this map. It says more than be easily described by words. These are not revelations per se; we knew the war was brutal, …
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk …
On this anniversary of 9/11, I thought I didn’t have anything to add to what I said last year. But as it turns out, Michael Moore does have something to say, and I think it’s very important: If the ‘Mosque’ Isn’t Built, This Is No Longer America We’re rather poor …
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter …
A short video-type-thing about one of arguments that always get repeated when the “Are games art?” debate pops up again. I mainly did this to get it out of my head.
Last night I had a creepy dream about an asteroid hitting the Earth and generating a huge wave (or several, actually, in the dream). The dream wasn’t particularly realistic – my parents and Verena and I survived the second wave in a submerged car – but it certainly was frightening. …
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
The whole tooth disaster has kind of thrown everything into confusion here, and we’re still trying to catch up. So many boring things need to be done: the flat needs to be cleaned, paperwork taken care of, that sort of thing. And we also have to work on creative or …
