The Big Question - Left and right defined the 20th century. What’s next?:
We will be governed by a kind of consensus populism-beliefs, ideas and policies that arise on blogs, websites, focus groups and so on. (Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton announced their candidacies on the web.) This has its appeal. It is also frightening, as Tocqueville found American democracy, because it leads to tyranny of the majority. It goes with vast quantities of not wholly accurate information—Wikipedia is splendid and maddening.
AS Byatt, novelist and critic
The coming cleavage is between zealots and realists. Zealots think the world will yield to their strenuous, righteous will. These include Islamists, utopian free traders, neoconservatives, purists of all stripes. Realists think that you work with the world you have, not the world you wish you had. Realists are often greyer, more lethargic. They look for non-zero-sum games, buildings constructed from crooked timbers. Zealots are, well, thrillingly zealous about their final solutions.
Todd Gitlin, sociologist
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AskMefi:
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And More:
dear dear,
“actually kyle…”
and i changed my mind
“actually…”
and i changed yours
actually,
kyle
Fuck, I love optimistic non-violent radicalism!
Graffiti for peace:
The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and the Palestinian sides.
A religious covered woman has her twin sister on the other side. A farmer, a taxi driver, a teacher, has his twin brother in front of him. And he his endlessly fighting with him.
It’s obvious, but they don’t see that.
We must put them face to face. They will realize.
Today, “Face to face” is necessary. Within a few years, we will come back for “Hand in hand”.
Favourite Dance-tas-tic Tunes of 2006
Look Up! Get Down! (mp3 mix)
This is part one of three best-of-2006 mixes; an homage to sweaty parties, energizing beats, and the tangled interaction of musician and dancer. Arms flail. Feet shuffle. We resonate.
I’ve included some links to music videos and live performances below.
Track List
00:00 Soul Mechanik - Never touch that switch (Freeform Reform)
03:46 Emilie Simon - Never fall in love
06:30 Fujiya Miyagi - Collarbone
10:12 Clashing Egos - Aminjig nebere (I trust you) (Joakim’s Afrobot mix)
15:05 The Gossip - Listen Up! (MSTRKRFT remix) [video of original]
21:50 Rex The Dog - Everyday
26:15 Kitsune Maison - Kafka (Bag Raiders Remix)
31:00 Katerine - Etres Humains [video acoustic]
33:11 Lo-Fi-Fnk - City
36:53 Jamie Lidell - When I Come Back Around (Freeform Reform) [video]
42:33 The Rapture - Whoo! Alright - Yeah…Uh Huh (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) [video of original]
48:08 Spektrum - Don’t be shy [video]
51:05 Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) - alala [video]
54:48 The Lovely Feathers - In the Valley
57:49 Caribou - Lord Leopard [video]
59:24 Subtle - midas gutz [video live]
62:00 LO2 - He Saw The Cat
Past Mixes
2005: Astro Mix
2004: Back and Forth
I’m not a pirate, I just grog a lot.
