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November 22
Where are all these militant atheists ruining Britain? | Nick Cohen | Comment is free | The Observer

I’m blogging this so I can read it later. Feel free to have a read yourself, like
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“ Our electoral system is antiquated and distorting, but the voters have an intuitive way of using it to produce a government that broadly reflects the national will.

Why it’s very likely the next parliament will be doubly hung | Andrew Rawnsley | Comment is free | The Observer

I don’t understand why we openly admit that the electoral system is broken - but never suggest a way of fixing the problem.
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Beach House - Norway (Early Acoustic Version)

Interesting to see the evolution of this song - filmed fittingly enough by Norway’s best music program Lydverket (The Sound Factory).

Just another great thing brought to you by public-funded broadcasting.

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saladfork:

Tune-Yards – “Hatari” (Live at The Echo Park Time Travel Mart)

Great great great. Please watch and listen.

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I am so digging this song at the moment as it happens. Her live versions are better than the one on the album and this one of the best I’ve heard.

The video is fucking awesome too. Whoever made this vid will soon be huge I am certain.

November 21
“ It seems that we truly are at the dawn of a new era. Opportunities abound at every corner. Music is more alive than ever, consumers listen to more music in more ways than ever thought possible, artists interact and build connections with fans in new and unique ways, music and other entertainment content can be delivered via multiple platforms for a fraction of the cost of traditional methods, and artists can form business relationships with many different partners—including consumer brands.

Music Branding Gets All Grown Up (via gcn) (via yvynyl)

Yeah… and it’s fucking awful.
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tumbledore: 82°06′S 54°58′E — the most inaccessible point in Antarctica, the farthest from the ocean, and the coldest place in the world. Located there is a bust of Lenin staring off towards Moscow.Twenty feet below is an old Soviet research hut. (via) Nah, this is just a picture of the inside of my soul.

tumbledore:

82°06′S 54°58′E — the most inaccessible point in Antarctica, the farthest from the ocean, and the coldest place in the world. Located there is a bust of Lenin staring off towards Moscow.Twenty feet below is an old Soviet research hut.

(via)

Nah, this is just a picture of the inside of my soul.

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towerofsleep:

cameronr:

Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy (live in 1998)

OMGOMGOMGOMG. Merge just put up two videos of Jeff performing at the Knitting Factory in NYC. OMGOMGOMG

Oh, man. I love this song. Named my old blog after it. And by “old blog”, I mean livejournal.

Man! Shhhh… The L word is banned round here.

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via newsimg.bbc.co.uk This is Galileo’s middle finger. One would assume the gesture is directed toward the Catholic church.

via newsimg.bbc.co.uk

This is Galileo’s middle finger. One would assume the gesture is directed toward the Catholic church.

November 20

cameronr:

Elliott Smith - Miss Misery

It’s going to be one of those 90s days today.

well that was fun.

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Best Joke of 2009: Everyone In The World Pretending That Grizzly Bear Are Really Good.

Dudes, this joke ruled. How did you organise it? Ah, don’t worry - doesn’t matter. the main thing is that it was really realistic and really funny.

Almost thought the world was being serious there for a minute… ho-ho…