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Covers - Britney Spears and Salt-n-Pepa
I'm not a huge Britney Spears fan, but these covers of her songs both
amuse and entertain me.
And here are two brass/funk covers of Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It":
posted at: 01:44 Mon 01/Dec/2008 |
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The roots of one obsession
I think it was the Heineken Dunk that ignited my sneakerhead obsession.
posted at: 02:07 Thu 13/Nov/2008 |
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Walter Murch
Want to have your mind blown with theories about film, art, sound,
perception, and more?
Check out this architectural blog's interview with famous film
editor and sound designer Walter Murch.
Murch and I spoke for roughly an hour, and we continued our
conversation through email; we managed to discuss the Pantheon,
Copernicus, the Mithraic religion of the ancient Mediterranean, urban
acoustics, the music of the spheres, Brian Eno, Single Speed Design,
the architecture of film, and whether CCTV surveillance of city streets
should be considered a new cinematic avant-garde.
Then, read this transcript of Michelangelo Antonioni's sound diary of
1970s Manhattan, with a foreword by Murch, then listen to this
radio interview with Murch from NPR.
Then, read the books In the Blink of an Eye and The
Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film.
posted at: 07:15 Tue 11/Nov/2008 |
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Food banks
As Canada's food banks are in the news for running low on food,
I'd like to use this blog to remind myself -- and anyone who reads -- to
give if we can.
But [not Kraft Dinner] if you can possibly help it:
Simple meals like Kraft Dinner can be unsatisfying for the millions of
Canadians who live in a state of food insecurity, found a new study
released by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
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In contrast, those on lower incomes said they bought or ate Kraft
Dinner as a last resort, usually near the end of the month when money
has run out.
The study also pointed out that fresh milk, necessary to prepare Kraft
Dinner, is the most precious commodity in many food-insecure
households, which often can't afford it.
"For many of us, Kraft Dinner is a comfort food, but what we heard very
clearly from low-income Canadians is that Kraft Dinner is not
comforting when you cannot always afford basics like milk and butter,"
said Rock.
posted at: 01:00 Thu 23/Oct/2008 |
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Told you! (transit edition)
Via Atrios, the NYT on lowering transit latencies:
Buses on an experimental route in the Bronx are moving significantly
faster thanks to a series of innovations meant to cut travel time,
including having riders pay before they board, transit officials said
on Thursday.
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A trip from end to end on the Bx12 route that previously took close to
an hour now takes about 12 minutes less, a time saving of 20 percent,
said Joe Smith, New York City Transit’s senior vice president for
buses.
I feel vindicated.
(It's a shame I missed the deadline to apply for Translink's Board, eh?)
posted at: 04:43 Mon 08/Sep/2008 |
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