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Category Archives: Culture
Sponsorship
I’ve been thinking a lot about corporate sponsorship lately, ever since I read that AT&T was one of the largest corporate donors to both Bush/Cheney campaigns, and then to the McCain/Palin campaign in 2008. I had no idea, and I wonder how many other iPhone users in the US realize this, as AT&T has an [...]
Woodstock remembered
It’s amazing to think that this week marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, when the likes of Hendrix and Joplin still existed. I asked my dad if there is anything still to be learned from the occasion, and his response was (verbatim): “Yes! We showed you can have 500,000 people living together in shitty [...]
Weirdo
And getting up here I say
It is the best road trip in America
Soaring through nature’s finest show.
Denali, the great one,
Soaring under the midnight sun.
And then the extremes.
In the winter time
It’s the frozen road that is competing
With the view of ice fogged frigid beauty
The cold though, doesn’t it split
The Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs?
And then in the summertime
Such [...]
Also posted in Esoteric Tagged Culture, Esoteric, Poetry, Sarah Palin
RIP Joe Ades (1934-2009)
Joe Ades peeling vegetables in Union Square
If you ever frequented the market at Union Square, you may have seen or experienced Joe Ades and his amazing salesmanship.
Ades was a maverick who sold simple carrot peelers for $5, but he was actually more like a captivating entertainer. His presence will certainly be missed.
Til hamingju Ísland!
These are some wild times that we live in.
Iceland’s coalition government finally collapsed today after months of protests and pressure from the Icelandic people. Prime Minister Geir Haarde announced just after 1 pm that the current coalition would be terminated, and it appears that a new national government with members from all parties in parliament [...]
In which things get historical
Things intensified in Reykjavik last evening, when protesters, who had initially gathered at 1 pm outside of Iceland’s parliament, marched up to a meeting being held by the Reykjavik chapter of the Social Democratic Alliance at the National Theatre building. (The government is comprised of two main political parties: the Social Democratic Alliance and the Independent [...]
Also posted in Liberté, Egalité... Tagged Culture, Iceland, Liberté
Live blogging la revolucion
Not really, but here are a few updates from yesterday’s protest here in Reykjavik:
Here’s the agenda that Alþingi (Icelandic parliament) was scheduled to discuss yesterday inside while the protests were taking place outside, the first day back in session after a 5-week holiday in a country that is bankrupt and whose citizens are demanding resignations [...]
Also posted in Liberté, Egalité... Tagged Culture, Liberté
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