Reunited Soundgarden Play Secret Seattle Show
Will they play over here? I sure hope so! Still regret missing them at Sunstroke '95. #link
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Date: April 2010
Will they play over here? I sure hope so! Still regret missing them at Sunstroke '95. #link
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Very nice print-on-demand service for small-scale magazine publishing. They don't ship to EU countries yet (except for the UK) but this could be very useful in the near future... #link
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A brief history of the US alternative indie label that wasn't Sub Pop or SST, and the dodgy business practices that brought about its downfall. I thought late-period SST was shady, but Greg Ginn's got nothing on this. #link
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Basically, the inability of the average individual to transcend the linear comprehension of time is to blame for everything from climate change to the obesity epidemic. And it's a very convincing argument. Says Brooker of the exceptional few: "Every jogger is essentially a clairvoyant. They've transcended the shackles of contemporary subsistence and risen above the likes of you and me, to witness a vision of the future so captivating it blocks out the pain of the present, so enticing, they're literally compelled to run towards it." #link
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One for the 'so that's what it's called' file. #link
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The whole idea of this just creeps me out. #link
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This isn't even really a debate: anything can be art in the right context or circumstances. Ebert should know better. #link
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It's bullshit of the highest order, of course. But at least our ISP isn't willing to play along. #link
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The one thing that seems to be forgotten with the recent stories and flighty prose about the ash cloud disruption is how most people just don't have the time or the money! We have tight budgets, jobs to get back to, medicine to take, promises to keep, etc -- we simply can't sit there and wait while the airlines leave us hanging. #link
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The solution seems so simple. Yet as with all simple things, it'll take fucking forever to fix it. #link
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One from the backlog, here. The verdict? It's pure formula, but with enough interestingness in the animation to put it above the competition. That's probably why I enjoyed it more than I expected, too. #link
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We want much less red this season, please. And some wins would be nice, too. [c/o Subtraction] #link
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I’ve been thinking a lot about television recently — more so since we got our first PVR last weekend. I hadn’t felt I was missing out in not having one before (apart from the programme clash conundrum); I’d always been in the habit of scheduling myself around my favourite shows, and didn’t think that would ever change.
But it’s been three days now and I’m already converted. It’s really been one of those ‘you don’t really know until you try’ experiences. From now on TV will be fitting into my schedule, not the other way round.
Now, while I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s part of the ‘democratisation of television’ or anything, thinking about it does lead naturally to ideas about how the TV audience behaves in the networking age — and how this audience isn’t adequately served.
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South Africa can't and won't improve until dangerously misleading relics and liars like Malema are out of the picture. #link
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A wonderful feature piece (with YouTube clips) on the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'; part of a series on dead wrestlers that Deadspin's treating with the kind of respect the business doesn't usually get. #link
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In short, the concept of curation is being corrupted by the use of the term as a fancy synonym for 'editing' or 'selecting'. After all, the act of curating is about preserving things, not cutting them away. [c/o Fimoculous] #link
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A primer for anyone who always wanted to but was afraid to ask. I defy you to watch Sweet Smell of Success and not be knocked out of your socks. #link
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High-quality open source fonts. Because we don't all have the resources of a design house. #link
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I knew something was off, and now I know why. #link
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Sadly it's only an April Fool's prank. I wish it was real. #link
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Tickets go on sale in spring next year? That's closer than I expected; not long left to decide if I'm going. #link
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Very, very nice. I may have to make one myself. #link
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So nice to see there's more to online advice than Yahoo! Answers (which really lives up to its name, come to think of it). #link
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More publications should do this sort of thing. (See also: every issue of Plan B magazine in a handy torrent.) #link
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It's an interesting phenomenon, but not the kind of trend I want to see. Kottke says: "In the end, people don't buy content or plots, they buy physical or digital pieces of media for use on specific devices and within certain contexts." I disagree: people DO buy content. If I buy a book, I'm buying it for the story; the format is entirely secondary, regardless of my personal preferences. Giving a book a bad rating because you can't read it on your Kindle or whatever? That's just bullshit whatever way you cut it. #link
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