Editor & Publisher:
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (CLRCR) issued a statement today criticizing newspapers for dropping cartoons that might offend Muslims while running cartoons that might offend Catholics.
CLRCR was reacting to the news that at least 25 of the 200 or so “Opus” clients planned not to publish the Aug. 26 and [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Cowboy up, Catholics!
August 29, 2007 – 12:31 pm
Being Gay Now A Crime: Official Entrapped By Fascist Pigs, Man
August 28, 2007 – 11:10 am
Oh, sorry - he was a republican, so the headline is actually GOP Senator Larry Craig Arrested For “Lewd Conduct” In Men’s Room:
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by [...]
The street (dirt road) finds its own uses for things (sewage)
August 28, 2007 – 10:03 am
Does man’s creativity know no bounds?
At the Lusaka sewage ponds, two teenage boys plunge their hands into the dark brown sludge, gathering up fistfuls and stuffing it into small plastic bottles. They tap the bottles on the ground, taking care to leave enough room for methane to form at the top. A sour smell rises [...]
“Much to My Surprise, and Probably Everybody Else’s, I Am Now in the Music Business.”
August 26, 2007 – 1:08 am
Available for pre-order at amazon. I think my photo choice was a bit better.
(I wonder if it’ll sell under this title in Singapore?)
Long drop
August 24, 2007 – 2:15 am
Via Chuck, Alex Tabarrok’s So You Think You Can Be President? game show proposal:
Our system for choosing presidents doesn’t work very well. Voters are woefully uninformed on the most basic of issues and many end up voting on whim. I don’t think restricting the franchise is a good solution, however. A better [...]
Remember that band? “Axis of Evil”? They were awesome.
August 24, 2007 – 12:43 am
Since the wild excesses of crazy front-man Hussein broke up the band in ‘03, his two bandmates have been reduced to touring as “Kim Jong Ilvis and his Flock of Seagulls”… Word is VH1 is already planning a “Where are they now?” episode.
Seriously, what wonderfully ridiculous goofs! The West seems unstoppable.
(subject line ht)
100 Bullets
August 23, 2007 – 4:07 pm
A story so complicated you need a map to follow it [spoilers].
I like this comic, but got quite lost a while ago. When all 100 have been published, I’ll sit down and read the whole thing through, and see if I can make sense of it. If I have trouble, maybe I’ll follow Peace’s lead [...]
The past is another country
August 23, 2007 – 3:36 pm
…and while you wouldn’t want to live there, you might want to check it out via the excellent “Shorpy - the 100 year old photoblog“.
Poetaster popularity finally on the wane
August 23, 2007 – 3:06 pm
Twenty years late, but welcome nonetheless:
Today that same market is telling rappers to please shut up. While music-industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to 10%. Artists who were [...]
Expanding the reach of the regulatorium
August 23, 2007 – 2:47 pm
This is almost as ridiculous as it is evil:
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by [...]
Jeff, you can quit your day job now*
August 23, 2007 – 2:30 pm
Jeff Lester’s written a great review of The Bourne Ultimatum.
*unless you’re already writing for a living, of course.
Pop!
August 23, 2007 – 12:36 pm
Die Speech Bubble Logo, Die.:
It’s frothy out there in web round 2, assuming we’re in round 2, and all those bubbles really add to the effect. Each day, I see more than one new speech bubble logo. Am I the only one who thinks this has passed the point of group think, and entered the [...]
“Letters are things, not pictures of things”
August 22, 2007 – 1:24 am
Man, that’s some beautiful type!
My typography prof worked for a company (boutique might be a better word) that did very cool limited edition books on letterpress. I disagree with Kristensen - I don’t think this sort of thing is going away, no matter how good digital delivery of large amounts of text gets.
(TJIC, we should [...]
Balkanize You
August 22, 2007 – 1:06 am
YouTube user xavierXreivax creates cool music videos from spooky tunes I happen to like, and well-chosen visual materials:
This is part 2-It looks at various types of world propaganda throughout the 20th century moving beyond the historical context to examine the malleability of the word “free”. Original Music Video With Tim Hecker.
Coincidentally, I just stumbled on [...]
FM3
August 22, 2007 – 12:45 am
FM3, makers of the Buddha Machine, live in Berlin.
I found a bunch of Buddha Boxing (
Q: What is Buddha Boxing?
A: Buddha Boxing is the live set we are touring in 2006. It’s essentially a “sound game” played with Buddha Machines. No PA, No mixer, No stage, No lighting. A simple, go anywhere performance concept.
Q: How [...]