All posts by sensible420
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
quote [ cops, remarkable for their lack of media savvy, repeatedly beat subjects in front of his cameras. these incidents aren’t served to the viewer as entertainment, but something more ethically committed and unnerving... ]
[politics] [by sensible420@6:12pmGMT] [+4 Interesting] [20 comments] |
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Friday, 17 September 2010
quote [ We're looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn't be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it's appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles. ]
I'm not one for pop-culture, but I think this is a sensible protest we can get behind.EDIT: plea for an organizer
[humour] [by sensible420@10:10amGMT] [+10 Good] [80 comments] |
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Monday, 5 July 2010
quote [ "I was planning on taking some time off after the continual waves of touring," Reznor explained on his website. It seems that Fincher must have sent him a persuasive Facebook message. ]
I was surprised in many ways to see this, thought others may be interested.
[art] [by sensible420@11:53amGMT] [+4 WTF] [46 comments] |
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Monday, 14 December 2009
quote [ Slavoj Žižek - What does it mean to be a revolutionary today? Marxism 2009 ]
good high res youtube of Zizek speaking earlier this summer on What it means to be a revolutionary today: "Kansas is our homegrown Afghanistan"
[literature] [by sensible420@4:31pmGMT] [+4 Good] [27 comments] |
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Thursday, 9 October 2008
quote [ Teach a parrot swear words in such a way that it gets an idea of their meaning (one of the great amusements of sailors returning from the tropics); tease it and you will soon discover that it knows how to use its swear words just as correctly as a Berlin costermonger. The same is true of begging for titbits. ]
An entertaining and informative short essay from Karl Marx's BFF, Frederick Engels
[sci&tech] [by sensible420@2:47pmGMT] [+5 Good] [11 comments] |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007
quote [ BROWSE BY ALBUM I BROWSE BY SONG I SEARCH LYRICS I EQUIPMENT / TECHNIQUE I TABLATURE KEY I ARCHIVE I ]
Seeing as The White Stripes new cd Icky Thump is on the verge of release I thought it prudent to post a link to the (by far) most extensive Stripes guitartabs/lyrics/gear info site out there.
[music] [by sensible420@12:54pmGMT] [16 comments] |
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007
quote [ "So you've got to the end of our race-course?" said the Tortoise. "Even though it does consist of an infinite series of distances? I thought some wiseacre or other had proved that the thing couldn't be done?" ]
Short stories by Lewis Carroll - I think his best works.
[literature] [by sensible420@2:16pmGMT] [+8 Good] [8 comments] Hunting of the Snark: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/snark/ |
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Friday, 6 July 2007
quote [ What is charming is the side of someone that shows that they're a bit unhinged. If you can't grasp the small trace of madness in someone, you can't be their friend... (continue quote in extended) ]
A translation of a series of TV interviews covering A-Z with Gilles Deleuze; former Prof of Philosophy, eternal genius. Spoken of much at martini parties with folks who've read the books yet clearly haven't understood a word (see: vogue-esque heir of kafka, nietzsche, aldous huxley, karl marx).
[literature] [by sensible420@6:27pmGMT] [+3 Original] [7 comments] |
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
quote [ (from IMDB)
Plot Outline:A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth. ] I knew he was a pinko the moment he demonstrated the use of his brain - I mean Reason. Direct link to torrent from http://www.chomskytorrents.org
[politics] [by sensible420@10:46pmGMT] [+3 Good] [51 comments] |
indescribable documentary which gives an image of what True authoritarian bureaucracy is in rural China today. "Crime and Punishment"