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Silenced Protest
Last Thursday, thousands of prisoners in Georgia's state prisons went on strike - refusing to leave their cells or do work. It could be the largest prisoner protest in history, yet it is going unreported by the mainstream media.
"Serge Daney was the end of criticism as I understood it."
Serge Daney (1944 - 1992) is often cited as one of the greatest film critics. After joining the legendary film magazine Cahiers du cinéma (which he would eventually edit) at age 20, Daney wrote extensively on the changing place of movies in culture, on directors new and old and on television, war and even sports. He founded the film magazine Trafic before dying of AIDS in 1992.
Though some of his essays have been officially translated and a small book of his writings has been published in English, the vast majority of his work remains untranslated into English. That hasn't stopped a devoted group of cinephiles from taking matters into their own hands.
Though some of his essays have been officially translated and a small book of his writings has been published in English, the vast majority of his work remains untranslated into English. That hasn't stopped a devoted group of cinephiles from taking matters into their own hands.
Weasels Ate My Flesh!
Men's Adventure Magazines
is a blog inspired by the 1956 "Weasels Ate My Flesh" cover of Man's Life, featuring hundreds of covers from "Men's Adventure" magazines from the 50s and 60s. (some blog entries have a little bit of illustrated partial nudity here and there)
The World in Pictures
Fernando Volken Togni
created a set of illustrations for Oryx Magazine of 24-hours in world cities: New York, Shanghai, Moscow, Madrid, Casablanca, Beirut, Phuket, Zurich, and Barcelona.
"There you are! Wow, did you have a little adventure?"
What does your cat do when you're not around? RePURRters: The Movie. (Camera Operators: Charlene Butterbean, Fudge, Gizmo, Jett, Milo, Moca, Mousse, Nutkins, and Penelope)
GOLFSAUCE
I thought I'd cross-post this here, since it's hard to hear 50's television / Ren and Stimpy style "light music" without feeling at least a little bit better about your day. PLUS, it's the latest in my series of songs I've written for my dog, and there's a happy story to go along with it.
Was empire more profitable than free trade?
Did the Western Powers gain more economic benefit from their 19th century/ early 20th century colonial empires, or from post-WWII trade with the more-or-less free world?
IRL Alerts
Introducing: IRL Alerts. Find out when someone posts an IRL event taking place near you via MeFi Mail.
Medium phobic
“When I was a kid growing up I was obsessed with animals and monsters… I’d draw them everyday, and when I grew up I either wanted to be a zoologist or a monster hunter… When I got a bit older I realized that being a zoologist was less exciting than I had imagined, and that ‘monster hunter’ isn’t even a real job, so I just kept drawing. I pretty much do the exact same thing at 29 years old that I did when I was 9 years old.”
Nicholas Di Genova weaves organisms together in pen and ink.
Hoder freed?
MeFi's own hoder, the activist blogger jailed by Iranian authorities, has been freed, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
"An organization of the disorganized..."
The University of Washington's Vienna: 1900 collects a number of pieces from the height of Austrian café society.
In praise of reading and fiction
Fiction is more than an entertainment, more than an intellectual exercise that sharpens one’s sensibility and awakens a critical spirit. It is an absolute necessity so that civilization continues to exist, renewing and preserving in us the best of what is human. [PDF]
put the sound in my ear again, it felt good in there
an improvisation on my smart phone, recorded in the breakroom during my lunch break at work
n900 improv
An improvisation on an instrument programmed using the csound DSL for audio synthesis, running in real time on a nokia n900 smart phone.
Do Yhoo Knoww Thee Answerrr?
Whyy Do Teenagerss on Facebook An Bebo Typee Likee Thiss? Where did it come from? Here's an example.
Seriously, he looks hungry.
Dr Stephen Duckett, recently of Australia, has been heading Alberta's Health board. After an injudicious cookie related media distraction, he is released from his position.
He has apologized from the CEO's blog, but his position was still terminated. Here is some of the joy that has developed.
Look at this fucking two-hundred-year-old hipster
The Incroyables and the Merveilleuses were the height of rebellious (or, depending on how you look at it, reactionary) aristocratic fashion in France in the late eighteenth century, following the revolutionary reign of terror. Blastmilk has a gallery depicting some of these achingly hip young dandies and dandettes, showing off their preposterous bonnets, preposterous hats and preposterous lapels.
Fous ta cagoule!
Fatal, the story of a country bumpkin from Savoie who passes himself off as a streetwise rapper. In reality the satirical creation of Michäel Youn, the French equivalent of Andy Samberg or Sacha Baron Cohen, rap group Fatal Bazooka have already had worldwide European success with Fous Ta Cagoule (an exhortation to attire oneself properly on the ski slopes - English lyrics here) and Parle à Ma Main, featuring Yelle. Other work includes Mauvaise Foi Nocturne and the Sean Paul/Benny Benassi/Eric Prydz-inspired J'aime Trop Ton Boule. Youn is also responsible for the familiar-sounding Comme de Connards and the completely nonsensical Stach Stach which was the number one single in France for almost four months.
Tymar lives!
Speak With Monsters
-- A comic about the most interesting parts of D&D.
I Command You to Be My Woman
I wrote this for a buddy who proposed to his girlfriend via Songfight this past weekend. I couldn't write anything serious so I wrote this instead.
A Faustian Bargain
A Faustian Bargain:
perhaps the best defense of the humanities in higher education you will ever read in a peer-reviewed biology journal (or maybe anywhere).
Metafilter Complaints Choir
We can do this standing on our heads.
The Worst Things
always win.
Homage to Sportswomen of the Past
Vintage photos of women in sport. "At the turn of the last century women in the western world were finding a voice, both collectively and individually. As the Victorian era lapsed in to memory and the Edwardian Era commenced many women chose to pursue sports."
Gimme some nicknames. Dorks.
My (male) friend and I tend to flippantly call each other insulting nicknames for fun, kinda as a Jr. High flirty thing. Started with "Brat," then "Loser," then "Dork," then Turd." I need to switch it up and would like to have a list of totally impressive alternatives to pull out of my back pocket to throw him off guard when he least expects it... I need to get more creative and clever.
Not cool, man, my mom was a nun guzzler.
Hey there, butt puzzles, here's me and jessamyn rattling off insulting nicknames for your entertainment.
Follow Me to the Hedge Clippers
Hgiyiyi (hgjhjh, hjhk) by JJJJ and JJJJJ, has been praised by reviewers as "more majestic than Aslan, more intoxicating than Rappaccini's daughter, and more magical than Abcar." But there has been some controversy about the translation, and some critics are angry: "Jjjj can just vdb off."
The Society for Leisure Lovers and Elegant Persons
To be a Sapeur in Kinshasa is to treat every trash-strewn alley or muddy street as a fashion catwalk. Inspired by Congolese rumba star Papa Wemba* and his Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants* (le Sape), urban peacocks cheerfully adopted "Religion Kitembo”, literally the worship of clothes. "The Pope of the Sapes" himself appears to have undergone a conversion since his recent legal troubles. Photo gallery by Héctor Mediavilla.
*sound
"Unfortunately, no U.S. audiences will be able to witness this anytime soon."
Beg, Steal, or Borrow: New Beats From Moscow
Nice look at some brokenbeat/glitch/electronica/hiphop musicians in Russia, with embedded songs, a couple of mixtapes and links to lots of free listening.
He's just behind you.
A few weeks ago, we attempted to shoot a short film. But when we got the footage back, there was clearly something very wrong.
We have always been here
This
might not be the best named Tumblr blog ever, but the content, vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples, makes up for it. Some photos mark the extraordinary events in life, such as these reunited WW2 sailors, while others present a slice of everyday life.
98 year old refrigerator
"Nobody wants your pumpernickel bread." Kool Keith dispenses some kitchen wisdom.
It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through
Jeffrey Lewis
brings you The Complete History of Punk Rock and Its Development on the Lower East Side (1950-1975) in eight and a half minutes.
Happy Birthday Me. Or, the one year anniversary of my rape.
Happy Birthday Me. Or, the one year anniversary of my rape. This was me. And I want to say thank you.
Linda Perhacs
"Parallelograms is an album by American psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs. Her first and to date only album, it was all but completely ignored when originally released on Kapp Records in 1970. Discouraged by the lack of commercial attention and the label's reluctance to promote the album, Perhacs returned to her career as a dental technician. In the 30 or so years that followed, the album gradually developed a cult following, particularly on the Internet. Young listeners found appeal in her subtle instrumentation and delicate harmonies..." Parallelograms::Chimacum Rain::Hey, Who Really Cares?
Typography on the door of Number 10
“I am sorry that, after all, the numerals on the doors at Downing Street are so beastly.”
Why the 1 and 0 affixed to the door of the British prime minister’s residence, 10 Downing St., look the way they do.
Paris versus New York.
Paris versus New York.
A friendly visual match between those two cities, as seen by a Parisian-based-and-lover on New York : details, cliches and contradictions.