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History is a Weapon
-- Featuring
Propaganda by the inventor of modern PR,
Edward Bernays, essays by
Bill Clinton,
Eugene Debs,
Frederick Douglass,
Sojourner Truth,
Mark Twain, the entirety of
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and
much, much more.
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at 11:58 PM on May 26, 2008
(55 comments)
The bastard offspring of
New Age,
Techno,
Industrial and
Acid House,
trance is one of the most
popular and most
maligned musical genres of the 21st century.
Trance can be
bombastic or
delicate,
psychedelic or
rock and roll,
spacey or
deep,
euphoric or
dark,
commercial or
underground,
lush or
funky,
melodic or
monotone,
hard or
laid back.
You can try making some yourself with this
toy, or go in depth with this
tutorial. You can find it
online, but if you want to really experience it, you need to
hear it at a club.
posted to MetaFilter by empath
at 7:42 PM on January 16, 2008
(184 comments)
Angry White Man.
The New Republic examines the archives of Ron Paul's newsletters.
posted to MetaFilter by empath
at 12:53 PM on January 8, 2008
(284 comments)
The Four Horsemen:
Just in time for holidays, enjoy a pleasant chat between the world's most famous atheists - Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett.
posted to MetaFilter by empath
at 8:52 PM on December 23, 2007
(79 comments)
Hitchcock on Hitchcock:
Alfred Hitchcock reflects on his career in movies, discussing among other things, the origin of the term "MacGuffin", his creative process and what his earliest fear was.
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at 10:48 PM on December 17, 2007
(7 comments)
The Peace Drug
The Washington Post Magazine takes a look at MDMA as a cure for PTSD.
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at 4:53 PM on November 27, 2007
(76 comments)
Triumph of the Will - the Director's Cut
This rare director's cut of Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Neger) is a propaganda film by the German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the Nazi getting fonky at Nuremberg. The film contains excerpts from rhymes kicked by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including dat Brooklyn flava by Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of splifted party members.
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at 3:35 PM on October 6, 2007
(39 comments)
Mad About the Boys
"Until he fled the country in January, accused of embezzling more than $300 million, Lou Pearlman was famous as the impresario behind the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync. Turns out his investors weren't the only victims, colleagues reveal: Pearlman's passion for boy bands was also a passion for boys."
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at 1:49 PM on October 5, 2007
(60 comments)
Like free music? Like Blogs? Try putting them together:
To start, search
Hype Machine and
Elbo.ws to find music you like. Then start following the links and blog-rolls, and before you know it, you'll have dozens of blogs just begging to give you songs to download. If you like indy dance music like I do, here are some blogs to get you started:
Digital Eargasm,
Missing Toof,
Palms Out Sounds,
These Rocks Pop,
Kiss Atlanta,
Resonator Magazine,
Fluo Kids,
Discobelle,
Disconap
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at 8:16 AM on September 21, 2007
(24 comments)
A Brief History of Disbelief
--
2, 3,
4. An excellent documentary on the history of Atheism from the ancient Greeks to today. Wonderful food for thought whether you are a believer or not.
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at 4:16 PM on August 6, 2007
(62 comments)
A Pale Blue Dot - An Unauthorized view.
Some time before he died in 1996, Carl Sagan recorded a partial audio version of his 1994 book "Pale Blue Dot". Often described as the "sequel" to Cosmos, the audio version of Pale Blue Dot is, at this moment, regrettably out of print.
This video is "episode one" of an unauthorized attempt at producing a series of videos based on Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" audio book combined with a soundtrack and appropriate video and still images intended to recall the feel of the classic documentary series "Ascent of Man" and "Cosmos"
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at 4:43 PM on July 9, 2007
(8 comments)
Have a lazy sunday ahead of you? Feed your head with a few hundred downloadable and streamable
BBC Documentaries, uploaded by a single usenet user. I've only watched the majestic and sometimes depressing
The Planets and can't wait to go watch more.
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at 3:16 AM on July 1, 2007
(22 comments)
"He asks each of them to write down...any dollar integer between 2 and 100 without conferring together. If both write the same number...he will pay each of them that amount. But if they write different numbers, he will ... pay both of them the lower number along with a bonus and a penalty--the person who wrote the lower number will get $2 more...and the one who wrote the higher number will get $2 less.... For instance, if Lucy writes 46 and Pete writes 100, Lucy will get $48 and Pete will get $44."
What amount would you choose? And what does your answer tell us about the limits of
Game Theory?
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at 8:56 AM on May 30, 2007
(246 comments)
Drowned out by boos,
former White House Chief of Staff, Andy Card, receives an Honorary degree from UMass Amherst. (youtube)
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at 4:20 AM on May 27, 2007
(96 comments)
Berliner Trance.
A 1993 documentary tracing the origins of modern trance music in East Berlin. Featuring interviews with many of the biggest names in trance, including a very young
Paul Van Dyk, now currently
ranked as the #1 DJ in the world.
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at 2:47 PM on April 7, 2007
(49 comments)
A bizarre skin condition.
"A friend of mine has a relative who is a missionary in Eastern Europe. He recently shared photographs and the story of a man he is caring for, who has an extremely bizarre skin condition. The man has keratin-like matter growing out of the skin on hands and feet, which started when he was young, and very slowly continues to spread and grow..." (warning, gross pictures)
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at 10:57 AM on March 14, 2007
(108 comments)
The dismissals took place after President Bush told Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales in October that he had received complaints that some prosecutors had not energetically pursued voter-fraud investigations...
Sampson sent an e-mail to Miers in March 2005 that ranked all 93 U.S. attorneys. Strong performers "exhibited loyalty" to the administration; low performers were "weak U.S. attorneys who have been ineffectual managers and prosecutors, chafed against Administration initiatives, etc." A third group merited no opinion.
White House Said to Prompt Firing of Prosecutors (NYTimes) -
Firings Had Genesis in White House (WashPost) [
via]
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at 6:01 AM on March 13, 2007
(106 comments)
The Must-Do List.
The NY Times lists the administration policies that congress must reverse if it intends to undo the damage done to America by the Bush Administration.
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at 11:17 AM on March 4, 2007
(17 comments)
"I think that the appetite for me is to make a movie that feels more like Taxi Driver than like Fantastic Four."
Zack Snyder
talks about his upcoming
Watchmen adaptation, which may start filming this summer.
But
some fans couldn't wait:
1,
2,
3 (youtube)
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at 6:03 AM on February 23, 2007
(109 comments)
"I failed to disobey a meritless order, I failed to protect a prisoner in my custody, and I failed to uphold the standards of human decency. Instead, I intimidated, degraded and humiliated a man who could not defend himself. I compromised my values.
I will never forgive myself."
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at 10:25 AM on February 9, 2007
(58 comments)
