MetaFilter posts tagged with MIA

War in Sri Lanka

chunking express — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:44:55 -0800

If you didn't know, there is a war going on in Sri Lanka. Jailed journalist Jayampathy Wickramaratne discusses what a political solution to the conflict might entail. Noam Chomsky offers up his opinions on the war and its eventual aftermath. Want to hear from some Tamils? MIA offers up her take on the situation. And in a very precient article from May of last year, D.B.S Jeyaraj discusses the LTTE at 32. The editorial on the war was written by Canadian politician Bob Rae, who has been to Sri Lanka to help with discussions on a federal solution to the countries problems. The first two interviews were posted online in the past couple days. Jayampathy Wickramaratne is in jail now, and has been for some time. The MIA post is from a week or so back. She's been bringing up the war a lot in interviews about her Grammy and Oscar nominations. The D.B.S. Jeyaraj article is a little older, but very interesting.

The Gits: Great American Rock and Rock Band

brevator — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:46:36 -0800

Pitchfork television is featuring "The Gits: Great American Rock and Rock Band" (music embedded) for the next week. The Gits were a great band from Seattle. Their lead singer, Mia Zapata, was raped and murdered just as they were about to sign to Atlantic records. This documentary features some amazing music. It also made me cry.

Jimmy Gone M.I.A.

hermitosis — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:58:35 -0800

This + This = This, brought to you by M.I.A. Previously on MeFi: 1, 2.

Boyz Boyz Boyz Boyz Boyz!

geos — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:54:26 -0800

singlelinkmusicvideofilter: Boyz!

"They showed him a picture then; / Ain't that you with the Muslims?"

bardic — Mon, 22 May 2006 06:44:06 -0800

Banned in D.C., not to mention the rest of the U. S. A. --British-Sri Lankan rapper M. I. A. (myspace page, with music), aka Maya Arulpragasam, has apparently been denied entry into the United States to record her next album, a follow-up to the surprise success of her first major release, "Arular." Could it have been this album that pricked the ears of immigration officials? Or maybe these lyrics ("Sunshowers," available at myspace)?

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

drakepool — Mon, 30 May 2005 07:35:22 -0800

"I am Colonel Tom C. McKenney, You must know how to reach Bobby Garwood. I directed an official mission to assassinate him behind enemy lines, because I believed what they told me. Would you tell him that I will crawl on my hands and knees to beg his forgiveness?"

POW/MIA's - Another Viet Nam War Fantasy

y2karl — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:41:21 -0800

MIA Facts Site

Prisoners of Hope: Exploiting the POW-MIA Myth in America.

Let's Sell The Bones : The Marketing of America's Missing In Action (More Inside)

specialk420 — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 06:55:11 -0800

US demands information on long forgotten downed pilot while insisting they not release the names or allow legal counsel to "enemy combatants" held within the US?

semmi — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:37:53 -0800

Kuwaitis Still Missing 11 Years After Invasion "They go on about the suffering of the Iraqi people under sanctions and say we are doing this just to keep the embargo in place."

kristin — Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:35:39 -0800

Friends, family seek "Left Eye". If my friends referred to me as "Left Eye" I would have dumped them, too. But seriously, how does someone famous just disappear like this, especially in celebrity-crazed America?