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New York Times: It’s Not You, It’s Your Books
“I had a boyfriend I was crazy about, and it didn’t work out,” Nora Ephron said. “Twenty-five years later he accused me of not having laughed while reading ‘Candy’ by Terry Southern. This was not the reason it didn’t work out, I promise you.
(tags: books culture relationships)
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artist: “track” – album (label)
Spaceways Incorporated: “Tapestry from an Asteroid” – Spaceways Incorporated (Atavistic)
Jimmy Giuffre 3: “Jesus Maria” – Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 (Hat Jazz)
Thelonious Monk: “Bemsha Swing” – Brilliant Corners (Riverside)
Noertker’s Moxie: “Ladders Cross the Sky in a Blue Wheel of Fire” – Sketches of Catalonia, vol 2: Suite for Miró (Edgetone)
Carla Bley: “Ad [...]
Ken Kesey’s Mexico – On the Lam with Ken Kesey – Travel – New York Times
“I did not become a wave and did not find many physical traces of the Kesey interlude, though I came close, much closer than I thought I would. You can, too, if you go as the Pranksters did, poor and [...]
At Megastores, Hagglers Find Prices Are Flexible – New York Times
“The change is not particularly overt, and most store policies on bargaining are informal. Some major retailers, however, are quietly telling their salespeople that negotiating is acceptable.”
(tags: retail economics)
The Republican Resurrection – New York Times
“You have to wonder if her Iraq speech would have been [...]
Story behind the story: The Clinton myth – Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen – Politico.com
“In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe. The real question is why so many people are playing. The answer has more to do with media psychology than with practical politics.”
(tags: [...]
Pharyngula: A late night quick one
“I’ve also got a story to tell: when the creationists saw me and Dawkins in a lineup, I am the one that had them so frightened that they had to call for the guards. I feel mighty.”
(tags: creationism religion filmtagged film:imdb=tt1091617)
Crayon Physics Deluxe, an ingenious video game that looks like [...]
IO9: Rant: Prequels Aren’t Just Dumb, They’re Evil
“Star Trek and Star Wars keep venturing down the dreary route of prequels, and in the process, they’ve made the universe a way less interesting place. But prequels aren’t just boring and predictable–they’re also morally wrong and a scourge on humanity.”
(tags: sciencefiction starwars startrek)
Coudal Partners: Your Gambling Problem [...]
The Power of Sound and Music – The Naked Scientists Podcast
Jam packed with science tidbits: interviews on “the science of the voice,” “music and the brain,” and “evolution of music”; science news on the mental model of improvisation, bat navigation and more…
(tags: music science audio interview)
MoveSmart.org — Technology for an Integrated Chicagoland
“MoveSmart.org will [combine] data [...]
artist: “track” – album (label)
Milt Hinton: “Cantus Firmus” – East Coast Jazz/5 (Bethlehem Archives)
Dave Holland Quartet: “Nemesis” – Extensions (ECM)
Mark Helias’ Open Loose: “Hegemony” – Verbs of Will (Radio Legs)
Dierdre Murray/Fred Hopkins: “Jolly Ollie” – Firestorm (Victo)
Never Enough Hope: “Des Moines” – The Gift Economy (Contraphonic)
Pachora: “Snap” – Astereotypical (Winter & Winter)
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone [...]
Comment is free: Substance, not style
“Obama’s slogan, “stand for change”, is not a vacuous message of uplift, but a content-laden token of dissent from the old-style liberal orthodoxy on which Clinton and Edwards have been campaigning.”
(tags: 2008 barack_obama economics policy election_2008)
Freedom Road: Look What I Saw On Mulberry Street…
“One of the cool things about this [...]