Monthly Archives: August 2010
Matrix Drones
This commercial is pure inspiration. So you’re in a meeting and you’re like, “I should be doing even more stuff right now.” This meeting is sapping only some of my soul and while I’ve got this excess soul lying around … Continue reading
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Third World America
Atlanta is the first city in the United States to have dismantled its public housing projects, the grim towers and miles of low-rises housing the city’s poor, mostly black population. Things is, no one has any good idea where the … Continue reading
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Ultimate Frisbee
Did we move too quickly from frisbee to Ultimate Frisbee? I mean, was there anything in the intermediate? Because it seems like we went from just throwing the frisbee to Ultimate Frisbee like overnight. Sports need—they require—an evolutionary period. Baseball, … Continue reading
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Animal Band Names
So you’ve finally found a drummer and you’re ready to start your band. You’ve been tossing band names around. Each one has an animal name in it, and each one sounds familiar, a bit too familiar. Because it’s 2010 and … Continue reading
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Napalm by Any Other Name…
Perhaps having learned a bit from their military rivals in the West, Mahmoud and the gang recently unveiled their “Ambassador of Death” pilot-less drone bomber. Ahmadinejad also christened it a “messenger of glory and salvation for humanity.” Classic. Part of … Continue reading
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SPECTACLE
II Rigor and Rigor Mortis (In Part One I had some admittedly harsh words for the dull upper middle-class university student with a sense of entitlement. Our young Milton [or Hamilton, Turner, Hunter…some last name now used as a first … Continue reading
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Rebel Music
Here’s some international dopeness, Iranian-American hip-hop group Revolution of the Mind packing a Steven Kinzer book or two into a four and a half minute banger. This video offers a glimpse into the complexity of Iran (and the mid East … Continue reading
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SPECTACLE
I A Future so Dark I Gotta Wear Night Vision Goggles It is common to find in your typical university biology class that most students consider themselves “pre-med.” Most universities don’t even actually offer a pre-med major, but only a … Continue reading
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