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.
““If we’re shortsighted and only focus on electing ideological...”
– OMG this report on the infighting in the MN GOP is blowing my mind. We know these guys are something else, but man. I’d say Arne Carlson would be losing his voice from saying “I told you so”, if it weren’t so obvious that short circuiting the party by making it hyper-partisan...
