Frothy Paradise

The Smiths’ “This Charming Man” done in the...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:42:00 -0500

The Smiths’ “This Charming Man” done in the style of Super Mario Bros. Best. Thing. EVER.

No BS! Brass Band plays a-ha’s “Take on Me.” I...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:01:25 -0500

No BS! Brass Band plays a-ha’s “Take on Me.” I don’t know about you, but I like this cover better than the original.

"Far beyond official Washington, we would seem to be witnessing a fraying of the bonds of empathy,..."

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:54:00 -0400

“Far beyond official Washington, we would seem to be witnessing a fraying of the bonds of empathy, decency, common purpose. It is becoming a country in which people more than disagree. They fail to see each other. They think in types about others, and assume the worst of types not their own.”

- The Fraying of a Nation’s Decency

Very sad but very insightful. Read this one.

"You know, there’s not a single solitary example on the planet, not one, of a country that is..."

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:59:59 -0400

“You know, there’s not a single solitary example on the planet, not one, of a country that is successful because the economy has triumphed over the government and choked it off and driven the tax rates to zero, driven the regulations to nonexistent and abolished all government programs, except for defense, so people in my income group never have to pay a nickel to see a cow jump over the moon. There is no example of a successful country that looks like that.”

- Bill Clinton

“In Tampa, Florida at the CNN/Tea Party Express debate...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:35:36 -0400

“In Tampa, Florida at the CNN/Tea Party Express debate Monday night, the tea party-filled audience literally cheered aloud for the uninsured to be allowed to die.

The moment came during an exchange between moderator Wolf Blitzer and Ron Paul, whose libertarian views often make for good theater at Republican debates.

Blitzer asked if under Paul’s libertarian philosophy, a sick man without insurance should be allowed to die in the hospital rather than have the state pay his medical bills. Before Paul could answer that question, shouts of “yes!” and cheering bubbled up from the audience.”

This is the Tea Party, folks — if you can’t pay, you die. Words fail.

Photo

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:17:17 -0400

clavicola: Aerial view of Spiral Jetty (1970), Great Salt Lake,...

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:58:00 -0400

clavicola:

Aerial view of Spiral Jetty (1970), Great Salt Lake, Utah, August 2003. Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks and water. Coil: 1500 ft. long and 15 ft. wide. Photographed by David Maisel.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t list the name of the artist: Robert Smithson.

nickoftime: If you like your weekends off, a 40 hour work week, paid vacations, healthcare, or if...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:28:16 -0400

nickoftime:

If you like your weekends off, a 40 hour work week, paid vacations, healthcare, or if you simply like the idea that child labor is no longer an accepted practice… thank a union member.

Foxy!

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:50:25 -0400

Foxy!

Noel Coward, “There Are Bad Times Just Around the...

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:22:00 -0400

Noel Coward, “There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner”

Liberals Are Cool: Chuck Hagel: Republican Party Has ‘An Astounding Lack Of Responsible Leadership’

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:53:39 -0400

Liberals Are Cool: Chuck Hagel: Republican Party Has ‘An Astounding Lack Of Responsible Leadership’:

Former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel (NE) can’t muster any praise for his Republican colleagues’ behavior in Congress over the past few months. In an interview with the Financial Times, Hagel blasted GOP leadership for their “irresponsible actions” during the debt ceiling debacle, noting that “I think…

mudwerks: Raymond Scott | Powerhouse One of my absolute...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:26:29 -0400

mudwerks:

Raymond Scott | Powerhouse

One of my absolute favorite pieces of music, and one that has had a tremendous amount of influence on me, only in part because of Carl Stalling’s heavy use of this (and other Scott themes) in the background music for Warner Brothers cartoons.

The piano intro to the second section - robotic, mechanical - is perfection.

His approach was interesting - no written score - and he was an electronic music pioneer as well…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Scott

ohhleary: inothernews: Media who are doing or who have done...

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:07:50 -0400

ohhleary:

inothernews:

Media who are doing or who have done Irene “hype” stories should be forced to decamp and head to upstate New York and Vermont, because STFU already.

Still pissed off about this. All the major news networks ended their wall-to-wall coverage just as this started, then begrudgingly each sent a single reporter to Vermont.

Meanwhile, CNN had three reporters in Lower Manhattan alone reporting the eight inches of water that trickled a block inland during Irene.

Grand Central as Hurricane Irene approaches. (by MTAPhotos)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:22:11 -0400

Grand Central as Hurricane Irene approaches. (by MTAPhotos)

chrisreblogs: The MTA’s alerts are getting sassier and...

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:46:35 -0400

chrisreblogs:

The MTA’s alerts are getting sassier and sassier.

"As president of the United States, I would pray. I would pray and ask the Lord for guidance."

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:10:56 -0400

“As president of the United States, I would pray. I would pray and ask the Lord for guidance.”

- Michele Bachmann (via revolutionaryatheist)

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:02:00 -0400

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich :

“I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone — not even when capital gains rates were 39.9 percent in 1976-77 — shy away from a sensible investment because of the tax rate on the potential gain. People invest to make money, and potential taxes have never scared them off. And to those who argue that higher rates hurt job creation, I would note that a net of nearly 40 million jobs were added between 1980 and 2000. You know what’s happened since then: lower tax rates and far lower job creation.”

It’s official: I love Warren Buffett.

The rich are different — and not in a good way, studies suggest

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:44:31 -0400

The rich are different — and not in a good way, studies suggest:

“In an academic version of a Depression-era Frank Capra movie, Keltner and co-authors of an article called ‘Social Class as Culture: The Convergence of Resources and Rank in the Social Realm,’ published this week in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, argue that ‘upper-class rank perceptions trigger a focus away from the context toward the self….’ In other words, rich people are more likely to think about themselves. ‘They think that economic success and political outcomes, and personal outcomes, have to do with individual behavior, a good work ethic,’ said Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Because the rich gloss over the ways family connections, money and education helped, they come to denigrate the role of government and vigorously oppose taxes to fund it.”

Wow. Who ever would have guessed?

Vespa near Union Square, NYC

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:56:00 -0400

Vespa near Union Square, NYC

theparisreview: Philip Levine named America’s new poet laureate. Read his Paris Review interview...

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:56:18 -0400

theparisreview:

Philip Levine named America’s new poet laureate. Read his Paris Review interview here.