Month: October 2011
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Occupy Wall Street might express a general angst — in regards to disparity in wealth or TARP, but where are the details and specifics on the actual manipulations, lies and cheating on Wall Street? Here is a video Jim Cramer made with Thestreet.com way back that he’d never make for CNBC on the manipulations he …
Chapter Forty-Nine “It’s your father,” she sobbed. “He died in his sleep some time last night.” “What are you saying?” “I wish it was all some horrible mistake . . .” All I could do at this point was scream, “No, you’re wrong. He’s only 48. You don’t die in your sleep at 48!” “The …
The first one was actually taken on my bus ride down to Minneapolis. The guy on the photos and his friends were going to a zombie party/ parade type thing in St. Paul that night. Some of the zombie group ended up at the protest later. The photo isn’t really connected to the protest per …
These photos were taken by Bill Tong, who describes them this way, “Occupy Chicago protestors in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on LaSalle Street and Jackson Street in downtown Chicago. I snapped these photos on different days while on my way to and from work.”
Chapter Forty-Eight The guitar’s neck was broken clean off. “What have those incompetent arseholes done?” Keith screamed. “Fuckin’ aye!” Ryan echoed. “Why now?” “I need to be on stage at one of the biggest festivals in the world and these imbeciles destroy my guitar!” I noticed the others inspecting their instruments, which thankfully were unscathed. …
Chapter Forty-Seven “It would look bad if I turned them down.” “Your willingness to give up our time to go off and jam with people makes me realize I’m not as important as your music.” “Come on, luv, be fair. Other musicians are noticing us. It’s an honor to be asked to jam with them. …
When I heard that Moneyball was being made into a movie, I wondered how a book about the inside business of baseball and the arcane subject of sabermetrics could ever translate into something that could be watched on a screen for two hours. I thought it would never work. Now that I’ve seen the movie, …
On Saturday October 15, 2011 I took a bus to downtown Seattle from my North Seattle suburban home. I felt I could no longer sit by and be a spectator for the injustices caused by Wall Street. When I arrived at about noon, things were already in full swing in the heart of Seattle’s shopping …
You know, remembering back to anti-war and civil rights marches back in the day, I thought I was fairly good at estimating crowd sizes, but I was off by half. Thinking there were 1500 people at the rally, I texted that number to a friend in California. Later that evening, the local NPR station said …
Chapter forty-Six “A ghost?” I questioned. “It was fucking spooky. A bird about fifteen or so in old-fashioned clothes,” a bloke from School Lunch said. A club employee spoke up. “Yeah, there’s the ghost of a young girl here. I’ve never seen her, but others have.” “I knew there was something creepy about this place,” …
From the Youtube description: “In this video we take a look at a collaborative sculpture made by Betsy Youngquist and R. Scott Long. “Metamorphosis” was created by the artists over a 15 month period of time starting in July of 2010. The video chronicles the progress of the piece during that time period.”
According to a Youtube description, “Röyksopp is an electronic and chillout music duo based in Bergen, Norway, but the members were originally from Tromsø, Norway. The band consists of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001. The Norwegian word Røyksopp means puffball …
The King Blues are a London band who are just beginning to get noticed here in the US. They’re well known in England and other parts of Europe, having played in many European countries steadily over the last few years. The King Blues blend elements of ska, punk and even some hard core and rap …
Chapter Forty-Five The backstage door opened and a disheveled man as tall as he was wide, stepped out. He sported a scraggly beard and his hair looked like he never combed or trimmed it. “Oi, who goes there, friend or foe?” he quipped. Ryan was already at the back of the van opening the doors. …
Mahalia Jackson recorded a studio version of this song (or at least a clean live version) but all you can find on Youtube at the moment are disrupted live recordings, still, fantastic stuff. For a shining moment, Christian music was the most relevant, truest expression on the planet: And here’s a live version of “Trouble …