News/posts
links for 2008-8-7
20 January 2012
- "Singing sand tends to be found in amphitheatre-shaped dunes on the steeper side that faces away from the wind. In Arabic, it is called za'eeq al raml, or 'the shouting sand.'"
links for 2008-8-9
20 January 2012
- Ethiopian music hits Time magazine.
- So-so list but makes me want to catch up and see some more of these.
- NY Times article about Gregg.
links for 2008-8-11
20 January 2012
- Thomas Frank and Arthur Bentley.
- Zizek, interviewed in the Guardian. Pretty hilarious.
links for 2008-8-12
20 January 2012
- "Tyrant, romantic, hypochondriac, slacker - Jean-Luc Godard has played an astonishing array of roles both away from and behind the camera. His greatness is not in doubt, says Chris Petit, but are his films any good?"
'A conversation with Joybubbles', reposted.
20 January 2012
Today BoingBoing ran a nice post about Joybubbles, and the history of phone phreaking. Rather than reBlog it, I though I'd save my old interview from Internet oblivion.
When I was 18, I worked for the University of Pittsburgh Information Science library, mostly shelving books and doing general student summer job tasks. That summer, Joybubbles was visiting the library to listen to every...
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When I was 18, I worked for the University of Pittsburgh Information Science library, mostly shelving books and doing general student summer job tasks. That summer, Joybubbles was visiting the library to listen to every...
Salad days
20 January 2012
On the Terminal Boredom messageboard, someone started a brilliant thread, asking about 'The first time you ever heard Minor Threat'. The brilliant thing about it is everyone's heard Minor Threat - at least everyone who would be reading Terminal Boredom - and apart from a few naysayers, everyone remembers this moment and the impact it had on them. Except me.
It's...