July 2009
Just started up a new Tumblr for web video shows... →
It’s all original, legit content and, so far, features the likes of Sonic Youth, Passion Pit, Mick Jones, Amanda Palmer, Brazilian Girls, Of Montreal, Genesis P-Orridge, Matthew Dear, A Place To Bury Strangers and KRS-One. Lots more to come!
You can read it in blog mode or watch it in TV mode. A good chunk of it should playback on iPhone/Pre/Android, too. We just started today and are...
Some critics attack single-payer, arguing that under such a program, government...
– Obama’s Doctor Speaks Out for Single-Payer Healthcare Reform (via azspot) (via marco) (via squashed) (via asprettyasasong)
A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll finds that 77% of Americans believe President...
– Poll: 28% Of Republicans Are Birthers, 30% Undecided | TPMDC
Presumably these same people are also creationists, believers that Iraq was behind 9/11, and ex-Governors of Alaska.
Greasemonkey script to replace all Youtube... →
(via bellicosity)
Schwarzenegger eliminates ALL funding for Domestic... →
bellicosity:
apodeitic:
Seriously? How can he cut ALL state funding for domestic violence shelters in good conscience? Cambridge just had a huge outcry over a 30% cut in the operating budget for one of the 2 zoos in the area, because a few animals would be euthanized.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were less of an outcry over this, which will most likely lead to the deaths of dozens of...
It is the U.S. Constitution, and not some competitive agglomeration of...
– Christopher Hitchens (via kottke)
The 1944 “soundie” that inspired Devo’s “Whip It” music video.
Southern Comfort is taking its $8 million marketing spend online to reach its...
– Southern Comfort Dumps Cable For Hulu, Facebook
Demonstrators Want Lemonade at Obama Beer Summit →
notthatkindagay:
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union also isn’t happy. “There are so many other beverages he could have chosen that would have served just as well,” said president Rita K. Wert, suggesting lemonade or iced tea.
Twyman is concerned about booze as a “gateway” drug.
“Studies show that alcoholism leads our previous youth to use harder drugs like cocaine that is responsible for...
Prior to switching to Tumblr, I was an obsessive...
I spelled “commentator” with a “d”. I suppose I could blame it on Comedy Central. By the time I finish editing their 487 line embed codes, I’m too tired to check for typos.
The Daily Show | So You Think You Can Douche
Jon runs through the latest in GOP commentator crazy.
I think it’s brilliant that Leno is at 10pm, because America can get bored...
– Joan Rivers
History Channel releases very low resolution trailer for seemingly imprssive “WWII in HD”. (via The Live Feed)
Did VoloMedia invent Podcasting? They claim they did, in late 2003. I’m...
– Dave Winer
Will Curry and Winer bury the hatchet and firebomb VoloMedia’s offices?
A Boston police officer was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly...
– Police: Boston Cop Calls Gates ‘Jungle Monkey’ In E-Mail - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston
I’ve never really understood that slur. What other kind of monkey is there? Wall Street monkey? Suburban soccer monkey? Do racists think we won’t understand what they’re...
A political adviser to Stormy Daniels, the porn star who’s considering a Senate run in Louisiana, told a New Orleans TV station Monday that someone bombed his car. (via Report: Stormy Daniels’s Adviser Has Car Bombed | LiveWire)
First, Hawaii checked out that birth certificate once more, because they’re...
– A Bad Day for Birthers — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine (via peterwknox) (via banalitycheck)
itsthr33am:
here-is-the-house:
Beck/All Tomorrow’s Parties (Velvet Underground & Nico)
Beck
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show - Ep. 16 with Jason Lee
Today, blip.tv announced a raft of new distribution deals, including YouTube,...
– Advertising Age
Damn straight!
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