February 2012
41 posts
“[A]n astoundingly small proportion of arguments ‘for free speech’ & ‘against...”
– China Mieville
WatchHappy Birthday, Sig. Rossini!
“Basically, I’ve always been very good at taking standardised tests, and my...”
– Testing teaching, teaching testing from The Economist
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2012-2-19)
Joy Division (14)
Paul Kelly (12)
Bryan Ferry (10)
Eels (8)
Daniel Lanois (8)
http://www.last.fm/user/mknepher/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1329652800
“I would have played piano and then [gotten] Jason Segel and Walter the Muppet up...”
– What a waste of an opportunity.
How Bret McKenzie would have staged his Oscar Performance of ‘Man or Muppet’ (via nprfreshair)
That… would have been amazing.
(via inappropriateapplause)
How to give your e-reader that old book smell →
From the Star Wars Episode I 3D FAQ
Q: Okay, fine. If Qui-Gon Jinn IS the film’s main character, which STILL doesn’t make any sense whatsoever, how come he doesn’t change or grow as a person in any way, shape or form? In fact, he doesn’t learn a SINGLE LESSON throughout the course of the movie. Isn’t that, like, the most basic rule of storytelling?
A: George Lucas doesn’t play by society’s petty “rules”. He INVENTS rules. He’s a cowboy anarchist independent billionaire filmmaker, like Batman but with a plaid shirt instead of a cape. You watch. In 10 years, films with boring central characters that never grow or change in any way will be where storytelling is AT.
“Although he’s rightfully celebrated for his grace with notes and his dexterity...”
– St. Leonard’s Passion The article includes an amazing account of Cohen’s performance at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2012-2-5)
Leonard Cohen (20)
Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama (6)
Vic Chesnutt (5)
Joe Henry (4)
Wilco (3)
http://www.last.fm/user/mknepher/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1328443200
