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Manel

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About Me

"Life is pain...
Anyone who says differently
is selling something."
- Captain Dread Pirate Roberts

My Interests


Pretend: "All the world is green."
- Tom Waits

Music:


I like to go to shows.

Movies:


Double features under the stars at Kaptain Kool's.

Books:


My Blog

Banksy

Fucking hilarious. Thanks David! BREAKING: The Story Disneyland Doesn't Want You To Know Families visiting Disneyland on their holiday this week saw a life-size Guantanamo bay inmate standing insid...
Posted by Manel on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:36:00 PST

Rababah

Rebab, rabab, rababa, rebâb Name: rebabClassification: chordophonesOrigin: Middle East                                 ...
Posted by Manel on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:13:00 PST

My Scottish Hero

  "You don't give a damn." George Galloway, Scottish MP in British Parliament This is absolutely stunning.  I have never seen anyone use 9 minutes to attack so many misperceptions and media ...
Posted by Manel on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:34:00 PST

From water to blood.

  And the blood of children ran through the streets Without fuss, like children's blood. And you'll ask: why doesn't his poetrySpeak of dreams and leavesAnd the great volcanoes of his native lan...
Posted by Manel on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:00:00 PST

Not out of the blue.

"The hour of the barbarian is at hand.  The modern barbarian.  The American hour.  Violence, excess, waste, mercantilism, bluff, conformism, stupidity, vulgarity, disorder." - Aimé Césa...
Posted by Manel on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:55:00 PST

Shame

  "God's away on business." - Tom Waits       **Warning: link to graphic images posted below article.  Not for sensitive viewers.     Note: I am not a fan of Paul ...
Posted by Manel on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:08:00 PST

Paradise Lost

www.independent.co.uk Paradise Lost:  Robert Fisk's elegy for Beirut Elegant buildings lie in ruins. The heady scent of gardenias gives way to the acrid stench of bombed-out oil installations. An...
Posted by Manel on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:37:00 PST

Polaroids

Let the Katrina niggahs drown!   Let the sand-niggahs burn!   D.C. always gives the green light.    Let the slaves drown    and Lebanon burn.   And there's st...
Posted by Manel on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PST

Letter from Beirut

From Reem: July 16, 2006 Hello everyone... Here's an update.  Israel just bombed our major ports from the South to the North, in both mostly Muslim and Christian areas including Saida, Beir...
Posted by Manel on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:53:00 PST

Smash It Up

  1.Pound awayfuck shit upIt's okayI'll still stand up.  2.Spit on mescratch & hissI've overcomedirtier piss.   3.Smash it upblack & bluebruises & scarsdon't mean I'm ...
Posted by Manel on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:09:00 PST