January 2012
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Just quickly on the SOPA blackout.
The SOPA Blackout protests are a typical response from people used to snivelling while their lunch money gets stolen. We’re turning the other cheek instead of doing everything we can to punch the other guy’s lights out.
So, you know, yay us.
By which I mean to say “Look at my huge dick, I read Foreign Affairs and shit”.
“In 1978, it might have been economically feasible and perfectly legal for an...”
– George Packer, “The Broken Contract”, Foreign Affairs Vol 90 #6 (November 2011)
Missy Elliott v Joy Division (Mixed by D S I C O)
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“And this push-poll tendency is shared by many of those who ask, “Why on...”
– Puritan Pundits Should Chill Out — Here Are 5 Reasons I’m Happy I’ve Had Lots of Casual Sex | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet
Via ccake
December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Serge Gainsbourg (42)
Sloan (33)
Beastie Boys (32)
A Plus D (19)
Titus Jones (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“If you’re out there right now, and you’re a pretty girl who may wonder from time...”
– Kelly’s Krush Korner - Karen O | VICE
“For over five years I have been the victim of a hate blog against me. On 9...”
– Apology. - Marieke Hardy
Ouch.
“PROMINENT columnist and author Marieke Hardy is believed to have paid about...”
– Michelle Griffin in The Age Writer Hardy pays up in legal row over wrong online shaming
“Apparently I trade on my good name, and therefore there’s a public...”
– Hugh Grant, quoted in this article:
‘Privacy is for paedos’: The Leveson inquiry so far, in quotes | Online Journalism Features | Journalism.co.uk
Hey jerkfaces! Best of Bootie 2011 is out. You... →
Unless you hate mashups, in which case I can’t do nothin’ for ya, son.
“The next thing I knew, it was two days later and I was lying hogtied and naked...”
– I knew Christopher Hitchens better than you - Salon.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Frank Black and The Catholics (36)
Wilco (32)
Girl Talk (26)
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (23)
Beastie Boys (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Founders are film directors. We get judged not by one film but by our body of...”
– Jason Calcanis, Am I Happy about the Gowalla and Facebook Deal? - LAUNCH -
Both this quote and the thinking behind it make me very uncomfortable deep down in my gut.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Serge Gainsbourg (43)
Sloan (40)
Beastie Boys (27)
Matthew Sweet (20)
The Aliens (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“There’s this back room where you go to have sex, and there’s always...”
– Sex by Numbers | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage
“Than it could be”.
“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready, it goes on because it’s 11:30”
– Lorne Michaels (via davidgillespie)
November 2011
“A court in France has ordered a man to pay €10,000 ($13,500) in damages to his...”
– Husband ordered to pay wife for lack of sex
“Justice McCallum said she did not see how the partners could have prevented...”
– Sexism case dropped as lawyer reaches settlement with former employer
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Mudhoney (56)
Wilco (41)
The Aliens (32)
Kurt Vile (29)
Matthew Sweet (27)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
