Third Northwest "activist" jailed for staying silent
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/third_northwest_activist_jailed_for_staying_silent/
i guess the news has to label these dudes something
i think calling them "young people with the wrong books o…
my dad watches stock market tv all day while poking at his netbook
sometimes he plays jazz guitar or electric piano keyboards or saxophone or 6 string bass or flute whatnot
he also tamed a family of blue jays to eat from his hands
can we make a playlist of songs that start ups use in their video promo pieces that are uplifting and of the "we are gonna change the world!" variety
so then we can all feel so uplifted
HOW INDIE FINALLY OFFICIALLY DIED: THE BROKEN INDIE MACHINE
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2012/10/how-indie-finally-officially-died-broken-indie-machine.html
think piece
gotta love the hro re-design! brutal
he goes on to say:
If you insist on participating in the cash-drenched charade of a two-party democratic election at least be clear about what you are doing. You are, by playing your assigned role as the Democratic or Republican voter in this polit…
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_do_you_take_your_poison_20120924/
By Chris Hedges
We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, or we can take it from …
dismemberment guy going solo and getting a 0.0 on pitchfork, which has been sited in essays i think as the meanest moment of the website's history
and the moment the world discovered the power of pitchfork.com to change people's lives for the worse…
long deep article on indie music and money, centered around band Grizzly Bear,
Grizzly Bear Members Are Indie-Rock Royalty, But What Does That Buy Them in 2012?
http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/grizzly-bear-shields.html
and another similar
Grizzly Be…
i know right?
i turned the gas heater back on
i worried about jackets
i keep putting on sweaters but then taking them off
81 degrees on october 1st in portland oregon
not a drop of rain in site
i like it when the so cal/southwesterners are all like…
not that it really matters with where this discussion is going, but just for the record saying that i make a living from my music would be a GROSS over-estimate of my income.
the truth of the matter is that i've either been dirt poor, unemployed an…
all entertainment economy discussions end with tee shirts
conversation in 2019: "the movie file is just a promo item for the theater tour, which doesn't make enough at the door so they made merch, you should buy the tee shirt to support the actors …