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All This, But No Government
- Audrey Hepburn
- Crammed Discs
- Chantal Ackerman
- Plastic Bertrand
- Eddy Merckx
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Homer Groening… What A Guy
Quite a find: a short film by Matt Groening's father, Homer, called Basic Brown, Basic Blue (1969), for your enjoyment from the Internet Archive.
Matt's dad was quite a character: he participated in the D-Day invasion, flew in the Korean war, made a mark in the advertising business, and was self-taught filmmaker.
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I Exclaim
Perhaps you've noticed a certain trope in writing that seems to have spread over the blogosphere. I started noticing this tic in The Awl. Which I love! But perhaps it's more a tic in search of its own ticciness than a style that deserves to last.
Even James Fallows is doing it - see the second paragraph.
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Robert's Rule Of Perpetual Pessimal Pen Distribution
No matter how few or many pens you possess, there are too many pens there and no pens here. -
Let's Put On a Play/Book/Album/etc.!
Nice writeup on Kickstarter, also used for funding the promotion for Bleu's new's album - it was so effective, blowing past its goal in less than eight hours, it was the first time he cried onstage, just talking about it.
