June 2008
15 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29) →
Jack Johnson
Red Hot Chili Peppers
American Public Media
John Mayer
Jim Sturgess
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WatchNewspaper Blackout Poems — I’ve been subscribed to his feed for a while, and I thoroughly enjoy Austin Kleon’s work.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22) →
Gorillaz
Jack Johnson
Linkin Park
Council on Foreign Relations
WGBH Educational Foundation
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“Polls suggest that 10-20% of the electorate are willing to define themselves as...”
– Raising the Barr - The Economist
Pools in security lather over shampoo →
Commuters carrying bottled drinks on Beijing’s subway were bemused last month when station workers began demanding they take a swig to prove they were not holding banned liquids like petrol. — Somehow, the way the Chinese deal with security threats seems to actually be entertainingly logical. If you’re not willing to use it, then you can’t bring it.
WatchStained Glass — Artists in NYC placed semi-opaque cover on some of the advertisement displays on the subway and created a stained glass look which changes colors when the ad changes. Interesting social critque, eh? (via Urban Prankster)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15) →
John Mayer
Snow Patrol
Green Day
Jack Johnson
Incubus
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8) →
Jack Johnson
Gorillaz
The Postal Service
Green Day
Bono
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Holdouts at FEMA Trailer Park Test Aid’s Limits →
A NYT’s piece on some of the residents up at Reniassance Village trailer park just north of Baton Rouge. I’m not fully convinced that FEMA deserves all of the blame here, they certainly should not have been then agency in charge of long-term housing for Katrina evacuees.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1) →
Flobots
Newton Faulkner
Green Day
John Mayer
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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