Posts Categorized: politics
Bangin’ Books! The Music & Writer Edition
There are two books currently occupying our must-read book list: How Music Works (David Byrne) and The Good Girls Revolt (by Lynn Povich). We’re particularly giddy with excitement because they tie in two of mousybabe’s favorite hobbies: music and writing! The Good Girls Revolt (Lynn Povich) In The Good Girls Revolt, Lynn Povich recounts a seminal lawsuit… Read more »
Rib-Crackin Top Tweets on #GOP2012
(photo from Funny Or Die Tumblr) We’ve been tickled pretty funny these last few days from tweets on the presidential election. Check out some of our faves: From @PaulRyanGosling (“the better Paul Ryan”): Hey girl, don’t worry about saving the planet. Mitt says we can always get a new one. Hey girl, I’m a little worried… Read more »
Kinshasa One Two
Teaser for a new album, Kinshasa One Two, by a DRC collective of producers assembled by Damon Albarn. Proceeds go to the Congolese people. 3 words: Check. It. Out.
MIA vs. New York Times
… this is ancient news by today’s standards, but there’s something I took away from this whole “Truffle-gate” fiasco and meant to post about awhile back. so here goes, just in case you missed these entertaining NY Times and Pitchfork articles a couple months ago, one of which led MIA to angrily tweet the columnist’s… Read more »
Artists In Times Of War
The other day I was in a rush to catch my train to Philly, and I grabbed a small book out of my little library – I needed something digestible for the 2-3 hour train ride. It was a copy of Howard Zinn’s “Artists in Times of War” (Seven Stories Press, one of my favorite… Read more »
Thank you – "Jin Doh Xia"!
(For translation, see below!) So… our fundraising deadline of Sept. 1 has finally arrived and we’re still dumbfounded by the response for our little home video – 108,000+ hits! From what we know, we were able to encourage at least $6,065 in donations for the relief efforts, which also exceeded our humble expectations. While no… Read more »
ok What the Fudge…
So we pared our goal down from 2,000 hits (in the video) to 500 hits. But in less than 48 hours, we were at 11,000+ hits! And now a week later, we’re at 72,000+! We’re so moved you could squeegee tears out of us. Thanks so much to everyone, friends, families, strangers across the Pacific… Read more »
Swine Flu: The ‘Not It’ Syndrome
Keith Bradsher’s article in the NY Times about what to name the Swine Flu is pretty comical, despite the seriousness of it all. It’s like a hot potato, and every country, religion, nationality, race, &culture is trying not to get burned. It reads like an Onion article! Government officials in Thailand, one of the world’s… Read more »
The Great 'Douchebag Drain'
Couldn’t resist posting Andy Borowitz‘s latest news blip, in light of the friendly little discussion we hosted on exec bonuses a few weeks back. What can I say? The guy captures the essence of the story, in so many words. 😉 Wall Street Salary Caps Drive Away Assholes Experts Warn of ‘Douchebag Drain’ As the… Read more »
