If there’s ever been a video that illustrates the title and general attitude of this blog, then this is likely the one.
Grip Grand – 96 Tears (Showstopper Mix)
The video is a rough draft, which you can tell by some of the words he gets wrong. I’d love to see the finished [...]
Inspiriert von der Meldung über die aktuellsten LeserInnenzahlen der grössten Zeitungen und Zeitschriften der Schweiz fühlte ich mich mal wieder an den ollen Tucholsky erinnert. Was er 1931 über Kunst und Gesellschaft schrieb, trifft auch heute noch den Nagel auf den Kopf. Bei der Durchsicht der verschiedenen Meldungen ist interessant, dass die grösstenteils deprimierende Nachricht [...]
Ein grosser, bescheidener Poet der fein gesponnenen Zeilen und Träume ist von uns gegangen.
CERRAR LOS OJOS (Die Augen schliessen)
von
Mario Benedetti, Montevideo 2008
Cerremos estos ojos para entrar al misterio
el que acude con gozos y desdichas
así / en esta noche provocada
crearemos por fin nuestras propias estrellas
y nuestra hermosa colección de sueños
el pobre mundo seguirá rodando
lejos de nuestros [...]
Some may have noticed the tag I applied to the economics posts lately. I labeled those as “econopocalyshit” and thought myself very clever. Looks like a bunch of other people have been equally or even more creative. Below is a list by Bruce Sterling culled from Twitter, I think. Enjoy:
Meltdown, Credit Crunch, Great Recession, Econolypse, [...]
I stumbled upon an article by celebrated and awesome author Zadie Smith in the NY Review of Books. It’s taken from a lecture she gave on the topic of multiculturalism (to use a word she doesn’t), or standing in between different cultures, embracing all of them without having to pick a favourite. And it wouldn’t [...]
From Def Poetry Season 1.
Just pure niceness. He’d make a great rapper, too.
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