June 2012
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The Minor Arcana at The Glasslands Gallery in...
Friends. If yr in the New York/North Jersey area, you should really come to this show.
THE MINOR ARCANA (my band) is headlining right in the backyard of my other band’s (The World/Inferno Friendship Society) stomping grounds. We’re also sharing the bill with my guitarist, Ross Bellenoit and his band, tiny toys and instruments, & The Shivering Brigade.
First band at 845pm. We go...
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May 2012
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Megan Amram: Kickstarter: National Debt →
meganamram:
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Hi you guys! Joe Biden and the rest of the gang here! :) We’re looking for some awesome people to help us Kickstart our dream project of having a functioning federal government! That’s where you come in: all we’re asking for is a little help. And twenty trillion dollars.
As you may know, we (the United States government) are a little strapped for cash. Salvage a...
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You should like my band on Facebook if you haven't... →
Seriously. Friends. Romans. Countrymen. Inferno fans. I, yr trusty keyboard do other things besides ensure that you have properly dancey/rebellious music to get drunk and make out too. I write intense, depressing songs for you to get get drunk and be angry/depressed to as well!
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Rules for the Human Zoo: A Response to the "Letter... →
An interesting and controversial essay by philosopher-celebrity Peter Sloterdijk. This guy is a bit of a crackpot, and I can’t decide whether he is a weird, crypto fascist mystic, a Nietzsche type figure rife with contradictions and a carefully calculated artifice of tricksterism, or a brilliantly esoteric critical theorist. Having some minimal understanding of Heidegger, especially the...
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Chomsky: "Jobs Aren't Coming Back" →
I have a soft spot for Chomsky, but people need to remember—the man is a linguist, not a political scientist nor an economist. He’s probably right, those manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back. But the idea that “America no longer makes things” is sort of the problem with Chomsky’s syndicalism. Economies and job markets aren’t about MAKING anymore, it’s...
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Nothing is quite so depressing OR so liberating, as realizing that something you used to care a lot about, you no longer give a fuck about. You see the memories even more fondly, you appreciate it more, you remember why you started to care about it so deeply in the first place. The excitement. The “newness”. The strange mixture of fear, confusion, and joy. And you smile. And then you...
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Free Modern/Contemporary Poetry Course Out of...
A note from Al Fileris and the Kelly Writer’s House regarding a really great program to offer free online courses to anyone.
Dear all:
As you may have heard, Stanford, Penn, Princeton and the University of Michigan are collaborating to offer free online courses to anyone, anywhere. The project has just gotten underway.
In this first round, Penn is offering four courses in the arts...
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April 2012
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cleaverdrone:
REFUSED secret show @ acheron RIGHT NOW go go go!!!
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Patti Smith - Gloria [live] SNL 1975
Patti Smith is just cooler and tougher than you, always has been, and always will be. Learn to live with it.
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When Al Morganti tries to reason with Angelo
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When playing against Sidney Crosby
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When your friend tells you he can't find 14th St.
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Thanks to Julia for the submission!
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When someone complains about SEPTA being delayed
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When in K Lot
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When someone from Manayunk tells you they live in...
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When XPN is starting another fund drive
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When it's free water ice day at Rita's
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When at Eastern State Penitentiary
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