May 2009
42 posts
Fifth Music Recording, Morning Star And Devil Bird...
Third Audio Recording, UN Greetings / Whale...
First Music Recording, J.S....
Second Audio Recording, Greetings in 55 Languages,...
First Audio Recording, Greeting from Secretary...
The Golden Record
If you’re like me, you hadn’t even been born yet in 1977. That was the year that NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft, two unmanned space probes intended to explore the far reaches of our solar system and beyond. Unlike all other spacecraft launched before them, Voyagers 1 and 2 were never intended to ‘orbit’ anything; not designed to circumnavigate any particular...
WatchHaving missed my most recent window of opportunity, there’s scant chance that I’ll make it to the MCA before the Buckminster Fuller Exhibit closes. Would you mind making the trip in my stead? Check it out, take some pictures, send them to me, and then call me to discuss. Your efforts will be greatly appreciated.
Song To Bobby - Cat Power
Cat Power accomplishes...
“…surely the most lucrative novel ever written by a borderline illiterate.”
– David Bentley Hart on The Da Vinci Code (via viz)
I have to admit that Dan Brown’s writing is probably the single greatest obstacle preventing me from fully appreciating The Da Vinci Code’s storyline.
Always and Forever - Brown Derby. Sounds like...
“If you apply for that license and are refused, please contact the ACLU because...”
– director Cathryn Hazouri of the Colorado ACLU in a letter to Sen. Greg Brophy, who had joked about applying for the vanity plate ACLUSUX.
This is why the ACLU has my full support. Remind me to give them money once I have some…
via PoliticsWest.com
“Under a new Constitution, government programs must be judged by the happiness...”
– In America? Yeah, right. Try Bhutan. The Prime Minister also astutely attributes “Greed, insatiable human greed,” as the cause of the current economic crisis.
Soon we’ll all be talking about the Gross National Happiness. (via NYTimes)
Programming note.
southtwelfth:
Tumblr is, I think, becoming more and more like a hostage house, a sealed-off cult compound, where my messages to the outside world are becoming more and more incomprehensible. Do you get that sense?
It is difficult, using this particular blogging platform, to remember that you are essentially writing for two audiences: Tumblr people internally who are reading this through their...
“Stop what you’re doing.
Now take a deep breath.
Listen.”
“Let’s hope Egypt doesn’t apply their current methods to an outbreak...”
– What are their current methods?
“Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president...”
– As do I. Especially his teeth.
Who loves Joe Biden? I do. (via andyinabox)