MetaFilter posts tagged with mothers

Let me guess- you didn't show that ad to a Mom, did you?

ThePinkSuperhero — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:28:54 -0800

Want to sell your pain reliever to mothers? Rule #1: Don't make an ad that pisses off the "Mommy Bloggers". Twitter is currently "Motrin Moms" central- but that's not good news for Motrin.

Jimmy Carl Black, RIP

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:44:39 -0800

Drummer and vocalist Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group", who appeared on more Mothers of Invention records than you could shake a stick at, has passed away. Here's Jimmy drumming with The Mothers of Invention live on French TV 1968, live on BBC TV 1968, singing with The Muffin Men, 2002, and on one of his last gigs, singing Capt. Beefheart's Dropout Boogie in June 2008, in his duo with mad banjo wizard Eugene Chadbourne which they called The Jack and Jim Show. There had been a benefit concert planned for November 9, in London, to help raise funds for the cancer operation in Germany that Jimmy Carl had recently had. I'd imagine this will go ahead as planned, but as a memorial concert. You London-based MeFiers might wanna check it out. Here's another Jimmy Carl Black discography, from a Captain Beefheart site. Fun quote from Jimmy Carl on that page: "... in 1975, I did a tour with Captain Beefheart.The difference between his music and Frank's was like night and day. Frank was avant garde, but Beefheart was the real thing, totally left-field. We rehearsed seven days a week, and maybe we'd play our instruments one hour in twelve. The rest of the time, we'd listen to him bullshit."

Postcards from Yo Momma

chunking express — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:03:05 -0800

Postcards from Yo Momma.

Kathe Kollwitz

Brandon Blatcher — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:29:41 -0800

Kathe Kollwitz, printmaker and sculptor, on The Peasants War (historical background, prints), w a r and death, mothers and children, herself and the death of her son Peter in WWI.

Hi, Mommy

yankeefog — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:04:13 -0800

Did the blue dress ever exist? Regina Louise had a miserable childhood, shuttled from foster home to foster home, at best ignored at best and at worst abused. There was only one happy memory from her childhood: the time she spent with the sole foster mother to ever show her love. But that woman had vanished from Louise's life years ago, and it seemed unlikely they'd ever meet again... (Warning: this newspaper article may make you cry.)

family at war

specialk420 — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:33:12 -0800

family at war an excellent documentary of a family who lost their son in iraq - particularly moving is the soldiers determined, soft-spoken mother who is examining the reasons for her loss.

I am betting on jail, Sheehan predicts.

amberglow — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:26:39 -0800

Unwanted guests in Crawford? Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son in Iraq, and is now very active as a founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, is at Bush's ranch as he starts his 5-week vacation. "I want to ask George Bush: Why did my son die?" She's not leaving until she gets to meet with him personally, altho it won't be the first time she met the President. Former Senator Max Cleland-- who lost both legs and an arm during the Vietnam War, didn't have any luck when he tried to get through to Bush at Crawford last year. Will this grieving mother do any better?

Lionel Shriver wrote an interesting book.

scratch — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:04:58 -0800

Woman wins Orange Prize for novel "many people will hate" Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of the few novels I've read in which the protagonist admits that she dislikes her child and is ambivalent (to put it mildly) about motherhood in general. In this case, she has good reason--the boy has a few problems, which culminate in a school gym massacre (preceded by something really grisly). (I'm not giving anything away by saying this, it's not a mystery novel.) Many people do indeed hate it; I personally thought it was fascinating. See also The Independent, The Guardian, ID Theory, Salon, and many more.

Mother, there is no other.

moonbird — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:05:29 -0800

Treat your mother right, fool (windows media file, mid-80's synth, mohawked and bejewelled b-list celeb).

makes me hate teenagers

zelphi — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:41:22 -0800

Girl murders mother, posts about it on her blog. Oh yes, it's real. Many of the 1300+ comments on her last entry are defending her actions, or saying it's unfair to judge her. (via Waxy via Glassdog)

Bad Mothers Unite!

dg — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:59:43 -0800

In the aisle by the chill cabinets, no-one can hear you scream.

Dammit! Janet! We're at war!

darren — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:10:57 -0800

Political views aren't inherited. An interesting article about Lenora Tomalin, who's as rabid a pro-war conservative as her daughter is an anti-war radical. Her daughter? Susan Sarandon.

dejah420 — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:35:53 -0800

Girls seek "divorce" of lesbian mother The Scottish paper seems to take a fairly serious anti-gay stance, where as the report in the Houston Chronicle seems to be a little more factual and less hysterical. But, in either case, do children have the right to demand that their parents "stop being gay"?

MeetMegan — Fri, 03 May 2002 11:07:27 -0800

Mother's Day is coming up! What's the coolest gift you ever got your mom? Any ideas for the rest of us?

onegoodmove — Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:35:13 -0800

Bush wants $100M to urge welfare moms to marry What will he want next $100M to urge Atheists to become Christians.

bunnyfire — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:52:22 -0800

What's a working mother to do? Funny...I have started wondering about this myself-and of course I read this at work...

Neale — Fri, 01 Dec 2000 15:22:20 -0800

Mother of serial killer an AIDS worker, dies. "While throwing herself into her work with AIDS patients, Flint was never able to shake the memories of her son's crimes and his death."

bradlands — Fri, 12 May 2000 19:37:52 -0800

Holy Mother of Google!