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"What was radically disturbing in archaic times was the idea of unrestrained wealth-seeking. It took..."

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:35:51 -0400

“What was radically disturbing in archaic times was the idea of unrestrained wealth-seeking. It took thousands of years for the idea of progress to become inverted, to connote freedom for the wealthy to deprive the peasantry of their lands and personal liberty.”

- The idea of “Debt Jubilee” as the only way out of our mess. After a 200+ year “experiment”, has capitalism been proven inherently immoral? And if so what preserves the ideal of personal liberty and gain in the next worldwide economy?

Odious debt, Jubilee, and the cost of ignoring history | The Economic Populist

Cullen Jones sets American Record in dramatic fashion at US...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:00:44 -0400

Cullen Jones sets American Record in dramatic fashion at US Nationals

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 11. WITH the “Ecstasy of Gold” playing over the public address system adding to the drama of the western-style showdown, the crowd erupted to the introductions of SwimMAC-Carolina’s Cullen Jones and Longhorn’s Garrett Weber-Gale as they prepped for the men’s 50 free swimoff.

Jones did more than just take the second U.S. spot at the World Championships in the men’s 50 free away from Weber-Gale, he also snatched his national record. Jones blazed to the wall in 21.41 for the fourth-fastest time in the year this year. He stands behind Fred Bousquet (20.94), Cesar Cielo (21.14) and Alain Bernard (21.23).

Jones’ time cleared Weber-Gale’s American mark of 21.47 set at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

“I went to Mare Nostrum and swam against Alain Bernard and had to do the same thing,” Jones said of the swimoff. “I’ve done it before, and I was pretty confident. This is a friendly rivalry, but it is a rivalry.”

Weber-Gale finished in 21.70 on the disappointing end of the swimoff.

Good thing Cully didn’t grow up in Philadelphia—GH

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:53:20 -0400

lickystickypickyme: At 33 meters (328 ft) deep this is the...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:31:43 -0400

lickystickypickyme:

At 33 meters (328 ft) deep this is the worlds deepest manmade pool. The Nemo tank in Belgium is loved by scuba divers around the world.

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Still carrying the flag for the Felice Brothers. Watch this for...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:28:23 -0400

Still carrying the flag for the Felice Brothers. Watch this for a glorious 10 minutes wasted. The-Best-American-Band-Today.

stfumarrieds: bwa ha ha ha ha….I’m so old and...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:44 -0400

stfumarrieds:

bwa ha ha ha ha….I’m so old and married and out of it!

the antipode of this: http://www.latfh.com/

If anyone can pull this off it will be him. Superb physical...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:01 -0400

If anyone can pull this off it will be him.

Superb physical gifts, the finest modern training methods available (cough) and a sociopathic winners ego…My money is on Lance to win (or at worst podium) The Tour de France, which begins Saturday.

fuckyeahtattoos: mariess: “you rock” “you rule”

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:14 -0400

fuckyeahtattoos:

mariess: “you rock” “you rule”

She is the gift that keeps on giving, bless her frostbitten...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:37:33 -0400

She is the gift that keeps on giving, bless her frostbitten little brain.

Karl Malden, Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in Elia...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:28:01 -0400

Karl Malden, Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in Elia Kazan’s “On The Waterfront”

Altered Images - Don’t Talk To Me About Love...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:26 -0400

Altered Images - Don’t Talk To Me About Love

Gregory’s Girl: Clare Grogan and Altered Images in 1983 on Britains Top of the Pops. Lip-sync heaven of course, but weren’t these Scots “OT” (Original Twees)? I would play Killing Joke and Black Flag loud (for manhood’s sake), but what a secret crush I had on Clare with her baby girl voice and 80’s boy cut. A perfect euro-pop moment in time.

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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:19:53 -0400

Lobo: “I’d Love You To Want Me” Summer of 72...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:21:25 -0400

Lobo: “I’d Love You To Want Me”

Summer of 72 and the babysitters (hey I was 10) all loved Lobo. A pleading, plaintive melody with a swelling chorus made to hum out of an AM transistor radio, while sitting on the front steps, smoking Winstons and Marlboro reds and talking bout boys. More about Roland Kent Lavoie here

Happy Fathers Day. Close your eyes, play the great one hit...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:40:24 -0400

Happy Fathers Day.

Close your eyes, play the great one hit wonder groove of “Express” and focus on the word of the day…

Seek.

You know, back in 1980/81, in the full violent raging of my...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:57 -0400

You know, back in 1980/81, in the full violent raging of my attempts at collegiate re-invention, The Clash were a touchstone. Now we are all creatures of our time, and claiming the “only band that matters” as yours is as much a “past expiration” stamp as Be Bop a Lula, or Shake it Sugaree, or Ice Ice Baby. I’m old, and while I’m still constantly looking for new music, what I seek still falls in the narrow confines of late century rockism. I could prattle on on how most modern pop sounds video game inspired, with even the urgency of classic hip hop (classic: meaning the earlier stuff that I like) diluted to focus group targeted, autotuned, mallpaper audio. Anyhow I gave Sandinista a fair enough thrashing through when it first came out; I’m sure that most of my friends were sick of hearing me spin it from my dorm room. Quantifiably? Well it was 3 lp discs so it HAD to be their best-right? Listening to it now I’m impressed by the heavy dub, stoned-in-the studio, undercurrent. And the airy, whisperiness to Mick Jones vocals on his alotted tracks (like “Somebody got Murdered” posted here) None of the barked sloganeering of Joe Strummer; more like the McCartney to Strummers’ Lennon circa the White Album. I used to agree with those who said that “theres one great album out of the three discs of material” but today I’m totally sucked in by the production, the brightness of the music coming though the Lee Perry/Ganja dub echo. Smart music that you can feel rather than think about. Thanks again boyos.

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Summer in the city ( Almost )

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:09:56 -0400

Summer in the city ( Almost )

A Celebration of Ordinariness

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:25:11 -0400

…Vladimir Nabokov once said that the purpose of storytelling is “to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of future times; to find in the objects around us the fragrant tenderness that only posterity will discern and appreciate in far-off times when every trifle of our plain everyday life will become exquisite and festive in its own right: the times when a man who might put on the most ordinary jacket of today will be dressed up for an elegant masquerade.”

From NYT OpEd 6/16/09 “But Always Meeting Ourselves”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/opinion/16mccann.html?_r=1&em

So flash forward about 40 years to Seinfeld/David and the “show about nothing”. Not saying that Seinfeld was high art. (not that there’s anything wrong with high art) Storytelling though, lifting the mundane to the sublime through the act of recording and retelling.

I still believe in Christopher Hitchens. And If I could I would...

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:05:44 -0400

I still believe in Christopher Hitchens.

And If I could I would commission a Tony Millionaire drawing as a new tattoo.