(I’m surprised to note that as far as Discogs knows, this track was never released as a single in the USA, so it may not be as familiar as some, to some. The relevance, however, should be pretty clear.)

speaks volumes

(via FFFF)

Twenty five minutes (in two parts) explaining the problems with capitalism, twenty five years ago. 1986 seems so long ago, Nancy, as another Cohen once observed. What a different world that was, and still, twenty five years later, the exhilarating analysis laid out here basically nails it. The observations on education under capitalism in the second part are especially pertinent just now.

(sideways via 3quarks)

While I don’t actually disagree with any of the points made in this, I’m a little disturbed that the NYT’s Lead Bits Blogger (whatever that means) appears to think that “memory” is synonymous with “storage capacity”…

(image via FFFF)

It’s too early to be absolutely sure about this, but I have a vague feeling that I’ll be coming back to more regular blogging before too much longer. This post (like rather too many of them over the last couple of years) is just to let you all know that I’m not quite dead yet…

Here’s a funny thing. I was casting an eye over a bunch of recent music artwork when I thought I noticed something. The thing I thought I’d noticed wasn’t especially interesting, actually, and the effect I thought I’d seen evaporated on closer examination – but in the course of that closer examination, I found this here goat demon — this vogueing goat demon, what’s more — lurking in the cover photo of the new Demdike Stare elpee.

And now I’m wondering, was it put there deliberately?

I’ve had this page open in a browser tab for about a week. Can’t seem to let it go, so here it is. I’ve understood for years that people should not under any circumstances go anywhere near polar bears, and that goes double or triple for females with cubs. So, the pictures here are quite shocking (apart from being mad cute – look at the cub nibbling experimentally on the guy’s knees!)

The delicacy on offer, btw, is condensed milk…

(via English Russia)