January 2012
Politicians are for reforming government in the same way regular folks are for super strict drunk driving laws — some actually are serious some of the time, but most are just hoping to keep going without getting caught.
““Apple’s an example of why it’s so hard to create middle-class jobs in the U.S....”
– Apple and a Squeezed Middle Class
Christ, I had no idea Eichten was the Don Shelby of MPR.
“I don’t give a damn about ‘reputation.’ If I’m wrong I correct or re-think. Once...”
– This is a killer journalism quote that’s likely to be overlooked by the comment that came just before it (no pun intended), from Andrew Sullivan’s live chat. (via newsweek)
The more one reads Sullivan, the more one misses Hitch, who upheld a fantastic rep.
“People choose shitty things. People choose 2 and a Half Men and NASCAR and...”
– Gawker on the People’s Choice Awards (via frangry)
I’ve been thinking a lot about media advertising lately and come to the conclusion that, following the TV advertising model, that there’s really a dual and simultaneous niche-ification and mass-market play taking place.
“In between myself and the live performer sit a few incredulous folks. One says,...”
– Not About the Stamps: Truth and Justice in Looking
LOL. Erin and the other Supergroupers are blogging at the Walker Art Center blog for the Re:View Series and Out There programming. You should go check it out and throw some comments.
A Song of Ice and Fire fan fiction by Gingerhaze
gingerhaze:
Once upon a time there were some Starks. They were awesome.
The Lannisters were being butts so the Starks were like, “Stop.” So they did! The Lannisters apologized for their mean behavior.
Everyone was friends and had a big party. No one got killed or raped.
The end.
right on
Playa del Carmen treats us well. In the short time I’ve been here, I had done the following in no particular order:
— Drank a very, very good mojito
— Got a haircut at a Mexican barber
— Read several chapters of David Lee Roth’s auto-biography “Crazy from the Heat”
— Drank a beer in the rooftop hot tub
— Gave a bunch of high fives
...
mspmag:
The man who does these for the magazine (and a monthly column):
…is now doing this too:
You’re gonna want to follow @TheCohenReport to keep up with the one and only Burt Cohen.
I can honestly say that Burt Cohen is in the top 5 of local twitters, it’s amazing.
Marxists in space: Žižek and the chocolate... →
“Today’s hedonism combines pleasure with constraint — it is no longer the old notion of the “right measure” between pleasure and constraint, but a kind of pseudo-Hegelian immediate coincidence of the opposites: action and reaction should coincide, the very thing which causes damage should already…
“In a recent jobs posting, Tumblr advertised for in-house editorial staff who...”
– Tumblr In 2012: More Original Content, Less F*** Yeah Memes
(via fastcompany)
2012: The Year Tumblr Ended
My Resolutions for 2012
I’m not super great at keeping resolutions, but it doesn’t hurt to have them, right?
In no particular order, here are my resolutions for 2012:
* Floss more regularly
* Meet and hang out with Mike Tyson
* Meet my personal gross income goal for the year
* Beat Arkham City
* Stick to a home budget
* Have BRONTO play a show with Rollerblade with free beer
* Get back to...
December 2011
“Breezy pop and R&B station 96.3 Now will be reborn Sunday as adult Top 40...”
– holy shit that sound amazingly awful
“In the past ten years, as curate has exploded in popular culture and as a...”
– Ain’t Miscuratin’ (DIS) [Via] (via frontofbook)
There’s good reason to worry. Often when I see terms like “curate” and “content” their use is far removed from my own concepts and definitions.
I hold content to be all media of value. Media that is informational or otherwise emotionally gratifying....
Politics Over Principle - "evidence of a... →
wilwheaton:
The Editors at the NYT on Obama and NDAA:
President George W. Bush claimed that his office had the inherent power to detain anyone he chose, for as long as he chose, without a trial; to authorize the torture of prisoners; and to spy on Americans without a warrant. President Obama came into office pledging his dedication to the rule of law and to reversing the Bush-era policies. He...
gifparty:
“After he put money into the savings accont from his job, Daniel Ganziano’s...”
– TCF Bank. Fighter of debit card fee restrictions. Top donor to Michele Bachmann. And active redistributor of hundreds of dollars to their bottom line from a kid with $5.10 in their bank.
When U of MN students flash their TCF cards at Gopher games, do they understand who they are supporting?
(via...
“That all cultural products, even non-conformist ones, have been incorporated...”
– I think of this quote from Adorno every time I read about an Occupy being razed
“Pierce! They’re just trying to pander to your demographic’s...”
– Community is going out in a blaze of glory
“Asked later if he thought Sutton may have deceived him, Brodkorb chose his words...”
– from a truly explosive report at Politics in Minnesota that recently resigned MN GOP chairperson Tony Sutton agreed to take on the recount debt.
This shit is straight up BANANAS. Like one of the biggest local stories in all my years of living in MN. Unbelievable.
