Tag: brainwashing
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Pavlov’s Pop – Is Pop Music Brainwashing You?
Pop music – does it really exist? I mean of course it does, but as something that is popular, in the way that you choose it? It seems increasingly you don’t – like in Russia the pop chooses you, through incessant repetition. The video from PBS’s Idea Channel above and this article describes it as…
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This Land Is Mine
I’ve been avoiding talking about Gaza not because I don’t care, it’s not even compassion fatigue, it’s more same shit, different genocide. I’ve been against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and Israeli Arabs for decades, but it does seem rather intractable, since as this wonderful video from Nina Paley points out, the land has been killed…
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OH MY GOSH it’s the Rainbow Sponge Lady
Like all memes nowadays I seem to be behind the curve (hmm I used to get ALL the good ones via Twitter!) – first NyanCat and now the Rainbow Sponge Lady. Oh my gosh! Look at that! Double Rainbow Orgasm! Talking of Rainbows, I must go and play Rainbow Islands again, somehow….
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Brilliant documentary on the State of the Music Industry
via Podcasting News ‘Before The Music Dies‘ is a 2006 documentary about the state of the music industry without the shrill discussion about filesharing and that particular RIAA Weapon of Mass Distraction and very welcome because of it. Made by music lovers FOR music lovers; it interviews many people from Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, a…