April 29, 2021
Gaetzgate Smoking Gun Uncovered
The Daily Beast has obtained a confession letter that Joel Greenberg wrote after asking Roger Stone to help him obtain a pardon.
“My lawyers that I fired, know the whole story about MG’s involvement,” Greenberg wrote to Stone on Dec. 21. “They know he paid me to pay the girls and that he and I both had sex with the girl who was underage.”[more inside]
We Should All Be Drinking More Lebanese Wine
How and why we talk about it, though, needs to change. The modern nation of Lebanon might be only 100 years old, but the wine trade here has been around for more than 5,000 years, thanks to a longitudinal coastline that runs the entire length of the country.
STILL His Guitar Fiercely Weeps
In 2004, George Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - but Prince TOTALLY stole the show with an epic solo during a performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". 17 years later, the original RRHOF broadcast director for that night has released a directors' cut of that performance, which puts the spotlight right smack on Prince, where it belongs. [more inside]
I Can’t Promise You That I Have Found the True Origin of This Material
No, the beauty of the televised version is simple. It’s because you can pluck out that existing final punchline, endlessly used over the years, and give it to Bernard. What was just a bit of satire, becomes that same bit of satire… and something greater. That line reflects as much of Bernard as a character than any original line given to him ever did. The genius of Jay & Lynn is clearly evident, and that genius wasn’t in swiping a piece of material. It was swiping a piece of material… and using it in an extraordinarily precise way. From What The Papers Say by John Hoare
18 years of Bruce Sterling blogging at Wired magazine
Beyond the Beyond was Bruce Sterling's blog at Wired Magazine. If you search for Wired + Bruce Sterling, you'll get an index of some of his traditional pieces for the magazine. But you have to dig around to find this stuff, which Sterling describes as "more of a novelist's "commonplace book," sometimes almost a designer mood board." The blog was discontinued in July, 2020, after eighteen years, or as BS put it, "old enough to vote." [more inside]
Sexual Predator.
Actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women. Extremely uncomfortable and important reading. It's not for me to comment on anything in the article, the words of the victims speak for themselves.
I Can't Believe Life's so Complex
This is Love (slyt) is one of just about every clip Miss PJ Harvey has made through her career, remastered (YT play). From Maria Mochnacz's Man-Size and 50 Foot Queenie to Sophie Muller's Stories from the City clips (all slyt). [more inside]
Gossamer Network
one, two, three, four, I declare a #signwar
She's ingenuity personified!
Fastest PB&J winner? (SLTwitter) She saw a record to be broken, and she figured out how to break it.
For now, among the sick and dying, there is a vestige of democracy.
Arundhati Roy reflects on India's COVID-19 catastrophe. About one year after her description of the pandemic as a portal. CW for suffering, death, disease. (SLGuardian) [more inside]
I love you baby
Three years ago, John stole a monkey from Wellington Zoo. He did his time. And now, New Zealand Today follows up. John is out and doing ok.
Warning: contains profanity, and strong New Zealand accents.
The End of the Road: American Nomadism
A thoughtful discussion of American nomadism/vanlife in the context of the success of Nomadland.
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