Microlog: February 2007
The Guardian profiles Fray Tormenta, the Mexican wrestling priest Fri 02 Feb 2007
Published near the release of Nacho Libre, the film very loosely based on his life. The Independent also has a profile of ‘Friar Storm’ — or ‘Father Thunder’, as he was called in a documentary on lucha libre I once saw on RTE Two in the early ’90s.
Meet the Life Hackers Fri 02 Feb 2007
Another piece from my year-old collection of open tabs, thanks to which a new term has been introduced to my vocabulary: ‘interruption science’.
The AV Club interviews documentarian Errol Morris Fri 02 Feb 2007
It might be more than a year old, but it’s still worth posting; I always find the background workings and politics of film production a fascinating read.
David Byrne posits a Marshall Plan for the Middle East Fri 02 Feb 2007
I was thinking of something along these same lines when I first noted this link some months ago: some Americans love to boast about their nation’s nobility towards Europe both during and after the Second World War, but their government hasn’t demonstrated much of anything like it elsewhere in the world in the 60-plus years since. Isn’t it about time they started building things instead of destroying them?
What Really Causes Civil War? Fri 02 Feb 2007
In the end, it all comes down to greed, power and money.
How I never quite fell for South Africa Fri 02 Feb 2007
The Guardian’s Rory Carroll reflects on his tenure as Africa correspondent, giving a glimpse of the all-too-real dark side of the ‘Rainbow Nation’. Having been there (and soon to return) myself, beyond the paths where the tourists tread, I can somewhat identify with his sentiments.
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