this pale blue dot
(media)
(neocolonialism)
(mobilzation in the name of peace)
The US and its rotating list of favored despots.
"But if ideology is meant to legitimate the illegitimate, then exaggerating the threat to class rule by normalizing the rulers and demonizing enemies is paradoxically a necessity."
-Myerson and Roberto
apartheid ,
WMD , NeoConservatives (tools) , pod people , the current US occupation of Iraq , resistance , holistic life , beat-boxing , three-legged legs , war profiteering (and how to fight against the circumstances that enable it) , "Patriotism" (?) , the death of the United States , The Wolfowitz Doctrine , fascism , Bil'in , Israel , the colour line , Ontological Anarchy , controlled demolition , dancing Israelis , collusion , Neo-Liberalism/white man's burden/plunder on a world-scale , Greg Palast , Norman Finkelstein , bilocation - the ultimate bi-polarity , extremity , voyeurism & vanity , republics over democracies , impeachment, our freedom , armageddon , cruelty , School of the Americas (SOA) , Idaho Independent Media Center , COINTELPRO , Jr. Thought Police , doublespeak , Big Brother , telescreens , two minutes of hate , The Ministry of Truth , fine arts , graffitti , yoga , photography , the war of terror , the war on terror and other colonialist tools , compassion , activisim , honesty , humor, motivation , style and substance , suicide doors , fucking and fashion (to name a few).
"Virtually all of the financial institutions in this country, including the Federal Reserve, are arrayed against working families. Congress is working for big business rather than working families, as evidenced by their policy decisions and voting records. Let us be clear about whose side they are on."
- Charles Sullivan
"Anyway, the thing is that we need to understand that with all — frankly, with all due respect for the requirements of international law, at the end of the day, at the end of the day, a peace process is a political enterprise. And there are things that governments can do and things that they cannot do, because if you do things that leave you without political support, then you can do nothing. You can write poetry , not make peace."
- Shlomo Ben-Ami
Music:
Lately I've been into:
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"Just because the radio will play you doesn't mean that you're great."
-Ghostface Theodor
five of my favorite songs:
Björk - "Headphones"
Ace Rizzle - "Zodiaccupuncture"
Radiohead - "Climbing up the Walls" (Fila Brazillia rmx)
Erlend Øye - "Every Party Has a Winner and a Loser" (feat. Prefuse 73)
RjD2 - "Ghost Writer"
tight snares ( Prefuse , LB). whomptronica . brushy snares ( Elec West , Dabrye,
Dial M). soulful jams (Jamie Lidell, Leela James, Otis Redding, Al Green, Telefon Tel Aviv, Gnarles Barkley). thoughtful indie pop ( Spoon , Wolf Parade, CYHSY, Minus the Bear). concept albums (
De-Loused,
Yoshimi, Pink Floyd, Deltron,
Year Zero). funky bass lines (Mathew Dear, old Stevie Wonder, Prince and MJ). hot sex dance floor jams (edIT, Bassnectar, Adam Freeland, Justice, Sebastian, Mr. Oizo and pretty much everyone on Ed Banger). a smooth melody (Bobby Darin, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck). girls with pretty voices ( Liz ) and incredible musicianship (Regina Spektor, Björk, CocoRosie). dudes with incredible musicianship and good falsetto (Chad Vangaalen, Elliott Smith, Thom Yorke, Beck). dope rhymes (Tha Three Bad Brothas You Know So Well, Three Melancholy Gypsies, California Music Authorities, pretty much all the Living Legends, Lifesavas and pretty much all Quannum Spectrum). francophone hip-hop (ATK, Ghislain Poirier). dope cuts (Pat B, Derek Fritcher, MMM, Shadow and pretty much all of Quannum). tight flows (Mos Def, Tech , Ace Rizzle, Slick Rick, De La). revolutionary music (Fela Kuti, The Coup, Dead Prez, Rage "Makeshift Patriot" ). groundbreaking talent (Coltrane,
Beck, Jimi, Danger Mouse). jazzy/bluesy trip-hop (St. Germain,
Mad-Blunted and other DJ Cam). music to make love to your old lady by (Nathaniel Merriweather) samba influence, heavy bass-lines (K & D). percussive vocals (Boards). other invigorating and inspirational idm (Funkstörung, Prefuse 73). tightly-knit bands (SZN, Steely Dan, Ween, Broken Social Scene). post-rock (Yanqui U. X. O., Explosions in the Sky). strong control over the cross-fader ( DJ Dazy , Danny Tenaglia), hot electro (Charles Manier, Anglo Satellite). post-synth pop (Junior Boys, The Faint,
Welcome to the Monkey House). house (DJ Dan, Mark Farina, Derek Carter, the funky kind ). drum'n'bass/jungle (The Usual Suspects, Kause 4 Koncern, Kenny Ken [esp. w/Stevie Hyper B],
From Here to There). delish, buttery trance (Sasha, Deep Dish, Dave Seaman, BT, Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells). dubstep ( Evol G and Hecca , Burial, Skream). older punk (Bad Religion, The Vandals, Propaghandi, NOFX), etc.
More here.
Check Twin Defect
and
for Electric West
"Today, Gangsta Rap currently dominates the nation’s radio airwaves with messages of misogyny, violence, and excessive consumer consumption. It is largely corporate driven, heavily marketed, and commercialized by corporate media in a way that more socially conscious Rap cannot be. Gangster Rappers promote anything from sneakers, jeans, iPods, cellphones, colognes, and sports drinks. By solidifying corporate control of the nation’s radio air waves, the Telecommunications Act has stifled the social commentary and diverse views in Rap that were once heard over the radio, and has encouraged the proliferation of Gangsta Rap and the creation of the Gangsta image that has become the defacto voice of contemporary Hip Hop culture. The image and the message are clear: consume, consume, consume! Overlooked for radio air play, are female rappers, and non-Gangsta Rap songs that might appeal to niche audiences or to audiences with smaller buying power."
- Akilah N. Folami
Movies:
"I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I got older I converted to narcissism."
- Woody Allen
...briefly...
(and minus the foreign films I like because I want to appear to be only so pretentious)
some favorites:
Spike Lee, Woody Allen, Spike Jonze,
Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, Nathaniel Hornblower, David Fincher, Kenneth Branagh, Coen Bros, Wes Anderson, Kubrick, Guy Ritchie, Scorsese, Stone, David O. Russell, Soderbergh (even
Schizopolis) and the rest of the backlot guys (except the only P. T. Anderson movie I like is
Punch-Drunk).
Focus and Warner Independent
[click any of these links to watch]
We Interrupt this Empire ,
The Corporation ,
Death in Gaza ,
Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land ,
Hijacking Catastrophe ,
Advertising and the End of the World, that other documentary Jhally did on Said ,
Hacking Democracy ,
The Smartest Guys in the Room,
Bush Family Fortunes ,
Freedom to Fascism ,
American Blackout ,
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties ,
Why We Fight ,
Outfoxed and anything else Robert Greenwald does
Television:
If I watch TV, usually it's on-line or on DVD. Otherwise it's Free Speech TV.
Trailer Park Boys, Robot Chicken, and Frisky Dingo make me laugh hysterically. I rate them quite highly.
special commentaries
-and-
Brasscheck TV
Brave New Television
Tegenlicht
The Power of Nightmares
Bill Moyers - Buying the War
Democracy Now!
Books:
"Do you realize if antidepressants were available fifty years ago, the existentialists could have been happy? We would have been spared reading so many dull books."
- Rabih Alameddine , Koolaids: The Art of War
some favorites:
JSF 's
Everything is Illuminated and
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Delillo's
Falling Man
Billy Collins -
Picnic, Lightning
Saul Williams -
, said the shotgun to the head &
Malcom Gladwell's
Blink and
Tipping Point.
VN -
Lolita &
Pale Fire
Welcome to the Monkey House is my favorite KVJ book.
Toni Morrison's
The Bluest Eye and
Beloved
Salman Rushdie's
Satanic Verses
Both of Marilynne Robinson's novels.
Anthony Doerr, naturally.
My two favorite Chuck P novels are
Invisible Monsters and
Choke
Charles Baxter -
Feast and
Shadow Play
I also like Carl Sagan, Kurt Vonnegut, Arundhati Roy and J. Krishnamurti. That'll have to be enough for now.
"Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and then you discover the hallway you passed through is papered with the novel you've written."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Heroes:
Noel Ignatiev
Brooklyn.
(for obvious reasons)
culture jammers.
Rachel Corrie and others who put their body on the line .
Cornel West changed my life a few years ago.
I'm like a lot of people. I think Bruce Lee was a bad-ass.
I also admire a select group of Harvard grads .
Might as well mention Olbermann , cliche as that is.
There's at least one Reagan conservative I like. (I know. Weird, huh?)
Sibel Edmonds
Anyone who likes democracy likes Cynthia McKinney .
And everyone's favorite punching bag, Bill O'Reilly (not really)
