January 2012
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SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of... →
wilwheaton:
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has looked at tomorrow’s “Internet blackout” in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—and it sees only a “gimmick,” a “stunt,” “hyperbole,” “a dangerous and troubling development,” an “irresponsible response,” and an “abuse of power.”
“Wikipedia, reddit, and others are going dark to protest the legislation, while sites like...
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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“Forever conditioned to believe that we can’t live
We can’t live...”
– Gordon “Mutherfuckin’ Sting” Sumner
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September 2011
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The end of R.E.M. (And I feel fine)
Growing up in the south I always felt like R.E.M. belonged more to me than the rest of the world. They came out of the southeast in a time then only rednecks and athletes seemed to be the only thing it [southeast] could produce. I remember first seeing them on David Letterman playing “South Central Rain” and from then on was a fan. The last time I saw them was...
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An excerpt from my old Livejournal
Some of what I wrote 10 years ago at this very moment:
September 11, 2001, 16:30
It is always easier to respond with anger or pretend we don’t care, when something we feel powerless about happens. Powerlessness is a very scaring feeling. Victims always have to fight with this…when you’re raped, a love one killed senselessly, or like today when the Earth stands still. And it...
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Ooh to be a Gooner or: How I Learned to Stop...
One of the rites of passage for most people is at some point to decide to pledge their loyalty to a team. This can be for any number of reasons. Spite, location, your parents, a book, movie etc can all lead one into the arms of a sports team; so to speak. From there, depending on that choice, is a life of joy, resilience and oftentimes total despair. As a Mets and Dolphins fan, it has been mostly...
August 2011
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"Everything that's wrong with Hollywood" →
If you like movies you MUST read this.
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July 2011
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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And...”
– Robert Frost.
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Radio what's new? Someone still loves you...
So WRXP here in the greater New York Metro area got sold and is undergoing a format change. Sadly, they slipped into K-Rock’s tired boring predictable format from the more edgy one it was when it first started. Still, what the hell are New Yorkers going to listen to for rock??? Times like these we should piss on Reagan’s grave for passing that bill his last few days in office...
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