Saturday, February 03, 2018

beautiful shitholes

this morning i'm listening to david byrne's playlist the beautiful shitholes, about which he says

I assume I don’t have to explain where the shithole reference came from. Here’s a playlist that gives just the smallest sample of the depth and range of creativity that continues to pour out of the countries in Africa and the Caribbean. It is undeniable.

it makes a nice soundtrack for my morning.

do you think about gerrymandering and redistricting? i do.  here is a really great map from five thirty eight that lets you play with redistricting to bring about different ends.

the other night a friend of mine who grew up in latvia shared with us some fantastic soviet era propaganda films. go ahead an watch. it's a little head-splodey, though.







i was interested to see last week all the entertaining reviews for rokblok, a device that not only plays your records badly, but damages them as well. here's my favorite review of it.



ready for some cool science? of course you are. so this:





ready for a beer? maybe a minnow shot? it's bobhouse season.



do you follow the work of nina paley? i do. besides being a brilliant artist, she is a fierce and outspoken free culture activist and i think she is all the awesome. this week the interwebs are loving her latest installment for her film in progress, sedermasochism.
You Gotta Believe from Nina Paley on Vimeo.

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