Category Archives: Culture

Banksy: White Horse in Palestine

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Barcelona, part one!

I recently returned from a long week in the beautiful city of Barcelona, a place I’d never been to before.  It was warm and sunny and just what I needed as a reprieve from the late-fall (early winter) rain and dreariness here.  I could definitely envision myself living in Barcelona; there is so much inspiration [...]
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Geisladrif

I love this.  Andri explained this to me: Today is the national day of the Icelandic language.  This is what Andri Snær wrote: ég elska þig og þegar ég hugsa til þín fyllist hugur minn geisladrifi - (translation) I love you and when I think of you my mind is filled with a compact disk player He explains that CD’s might soon [...]
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

It hardly feels like Halloween is near until It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs on TV. Ditto the Charlie Brown Christmas special. There is something about the scene where Snoopy pretends to be a World War II fighter pilot in France with a flute playing eerily in the background that makes me [...]
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Peace

Yoko Ono informed me today, via the internet, that it is/was international peace day.  I’m not really sure what that means, but she also mentioned the Imagine Peace Tower, which was dedicated to John Lennon in 2007 and is located on Viðey Island near Reykjavík.  It shines every year from October 9 (Lennon’s birthday) until December 8 [...]
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shoegazer aesthetics

“Throughout the course of history, numerous works of art have stood at the forefront of their respective genres. British indie band My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is one such work. Their unique sound on the album defined a sub-genre of indie rock known as shoegaze. This thesis is the first major academic study of [...]
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Trauma

I’m kind of surprised by some of the grave-dancing over the last week:  judgmental people jumping to give negative opinions on the very recently deceased.  I don’t know much about the specifics of what transpired, but I know a little about PTSD.  I have dealt with PTSD in the past by using alcohol; it is [...]
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macadamia monster mash

(photo via jonsiandalex.com) It’s not very often that you come across a recording artist that has a “Recipes” section on their official web site, but it’s not very often that you come across a pair like Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Rós) and visual artist Alex Somers. Riceboy Sleeps is the name of the LP the pair have released, [...]
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