Mar 7, 2014 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
I apologise for ‘reprinting’ the offensive terms and language that I received in this email, but equally I didn’t want to let it just sit in my spam folder and passively accept this kind of hateful speech. I received this chain email from someone I...
Feb 24, 2014 | Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies |
Oliver Burkeman from The Guardian Feb 15th and on oliverburkeman.com If you’re feeling overstretched, at work or at home, let me make a suggestion: you need more inboxes in your life. I’m aware that this may strike you as the delusional ramblings of (to...
Feb 19, 2014 | Featured |
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious...
Feb 17, 2014 | Featured, Lies, Truth & Lies |
Black takes advantage of the weather to wander farther afield than previously, and Blue follows. Blue is relieved to be moving again, and as Black continues on his way, Blue hopes the journey will not end before he’s had a chance to work out the kinks. As one would...
Feb 16, 2014 | 2014, Sound & Vision, Toons, Unfamous |
Mark Kozelek has been hiding behind band names since at least 1989. His band the Red House Painters released their debut that year. A strange habit for someone whose lyrics are so personal and honest. He’s often compared to Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) who...
Jan 30, 2014 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
The Garden and the Tower: Early Visions of the New World was divided into two parts of approximately equal length, “The Myth of Paradise” and “The Myth of Babel.” The first concentrated on the discoveries of the explorers, beginning with...
Jan 18, 2014 | 2013, Featured, Mixes, Sound & Vision, Toons |
So I may have missed the New Year’s excitement by a couple of weeks with this post, but figured it’s better to have a bit of time to reflect on something so groundbreakingly significant as a list of the best music released over 12 months…...
Jan 11, 2014 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 The news came down to the prisoners that after lunch they would be allowed to go outside. It had been a week since Zeitoun had seen the sun. During the hour they were allowed in the yard, Zeitoun tried to jog, but felt light-headed. He walked...
Nov 23, 2013 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
“The island of Corsica, being incapable of growing rich in money, should try to grow rich in men. The power derived from population is more real than that derived from finance, and is more certain in its effects. Since the use of manpower cannot be concealed...
Nov 14, 2013 | Truth, Truth & Lies |
…leading figures of the banking sector were arrested in Reykjavik and London to respond to the charges against their unlawful financial management. And former Prime Minister Haarde was brought to trial under the accusation of mismanagement of public funds and...
