Archive ‘Current Affairs’
Monday, 26. March 2012
Just as I was singing of the golden nectar for a while, my friend Col'man sends me this link and now I am stuck on having to try not just this blend, but seemingly all of their product. Bruichladdich is at first glance exactly the kind of outfit, read, distiller, ...
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Wednesday, 21. March 2012
There isn't a single thing that I condone about the Catholic Church, which is important for me to go on here. It is, however, undeniable, that their art collection is out of this world, think of their motives what you will. The Sistine Chapel has always been one of these ...
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Tuesday, 20. March 2012
Admittedly, I am a little late to the Brazilian film game but a few weeks ago I watched Elite Squad 2, which was excellent and I started getting into more of the Brazilian film out put, most of which, like anywhere else is crap, but there are some serious gems ...
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Tuesday, 20. March 2012
Granted, this article is about the American right, which by my standards have really gone off the sanity rails since Clinton but in a way you could say the same about all right wing conservatives- what has always puzzled me is that American politics is so dominated by political dogma, ...
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Monday, 19. March 2012
... Wired's "Danger Room" reports on the fact that one Gadhafi's sons, you know the one that paid Beyonce a shit load of money to come and perform at one of his parties- had built a ship with a salt water tank in it for an array of several great ...
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Monday, 19. March 2012
Thanks Brian for the heads up on this- Horst Friedrichs, known for his books on mods "I am Mods" here comes a second photography based books portraying the UK rocker scene. As much as I dislike the oversimplification of a lifestyle through fashion and photography, I can't help the urge ...
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Tuesday, 13. March 2012
If you haven't woken up the fact that the Stop KONY thing is probably the greatest rick roll event ever, this little piece of information should make you re-think- that is of course, if you are not down with the militant Christian Right of America- if you are, what the ...
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Friday, 09. March 2012
I caught this on Hypebeast- and as much as I despise re-posting content from other sites, I am going to have to make an exception here. Some people grew up with whatever, really, but if there was one thing in my childhood that was sacred, it was everything Monty Python. ...
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Friday, 09. March 2012
We have this unfortunate social condition here in Germany which roughly translates to "social envy"- essentially, socialism at it's worse where large parts of the society envy wealth, no matter how it was begotten. It can be a real pain in the ass here, but you live with it. The ...
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Tuesday, 06. March 2012
So, we're looking for a couple of new interns here at the Black Lodges HQ in St.Pauli, Hamburg. Essentially, we need some help in our press and event departments for 3.6 months. We can offer all kinds of cool shit but are pretty picky as to who can actually hack ...
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Tuesday, 06. March 2012
I love all the little animated information graphics people put out there on the internets, really, I get a kick out of them al, especially if they are well designed like this one. Essentially, the information it displays is what format people bought music in over the past 30 years. ...
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Thursday, 01. March 2012
If you buy a Porsche you usually buy a pretty kickass performance-car (I write usually, because of the few mishaps in the Porsche backcatalog). However, even a good car can be optimized to excellence and in comes Nakai-San and his Porsche-only tuning-shop RAUH-Welt Begriff. eGarage.com hooked up with the man. ...
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Wednesday, 29. February 2012
One of my favourite scientists has just released a new book, and in timely fashion too. "Space Chronicles" "represents the best of Tyson’s commentary, including a candid new introductory essay on NASA and partisan politics, giving us an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America’s economy, security, ...
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Tuesday, 28. February 2012
Here is a great pick up from Rizzoli for all you ex and current skate rats. If, like myself, you like to dwell on some od the, obviously lost, attitude in skateboarding, this book covering 30 years of Thrasher's covers is a must buy. With introductions written by legends like ...
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Tuesday, 28. February 2012
The first Sherlock Holmes film by Guy Ritchie was excellent, and I am yet to see the second part. One aspect of the film that I wrote about and greatly enjoyed were the magnificent credits drawn by Prologue- and they have done so again for the second part. One of ...
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