August 2009
“Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing...”
– Guy Debord
Liam Gallagher: An Apology →
“In an article published on 22 July 2009 about the Oasis iTunes gig at the Roundhouse on 21 July 2009, the BBC News website wrongly suggested that Liam Gallagher stormed off stage for almost half an hour, disrupting the performance.
We accept that the suggestion in the article that the performance was interrupted was wrong and that Liam only briefly left the stage whilst his brother sang...
Jangly scottish punky pop for the morning.
The...
“Although the Pirate Party UK provides an “interesting additional...”
– Ah, the ‘media industry’ (sic). Still treating its audience with undisguised contempt and derision.
And they wonder why everyone hates them…
via here.
Bo Diddley: ‘I’m The Greatest Lover In...
Tom Waits Project:’Skeleton At The...
They're Richer Than You, Because They're Cleverer...
Or maybe not. Via NYT here
“Last year, the number of Americans with a net worth of at least $30 million dropped 24 percent, according to CapGemini and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Monthly income from stock dividends, which is concentrated among the affluent, has fallen more than 20 percent since last summer, the biggest such decline since the government began keeping records in...
“1. “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you...”
– Saul Alinsky - Rules for Radicals
Kraftwerk: ‘The Robots’
“The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do...”
– Erich Fromm
The Shat does Jarvis.
William Shatner:...
Possibly the one song on the planet that’s...
“Generally speaking, art is an expression of man’s need for an harmonious and...”
– Leon Trotsky
Still in funkeh mood.
Tom Browne: ‘Funkin...
Twitter's bid to trademark 'tweet' fails →
Bad luck. Mr Feastingonroadkill still smarts from his failure to trademark and gain a monopoly on use of the term ‘knobhead’.
“…consider the equation progressive=state=Left. The Labour government has...”
– Will Davies here
The epitome of funkeh.
War: ‘Low...
