Tag: Natural Disaster
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Acid Hunger: Acid Relief for East Africa
It seems that when there is a musical response to a disaster or event (concerts, albums, Live-8, Band Aid etc.) you get the most middle-of-the-road acts involved, necessarily I suppose for the widest appeal. But the thing is, most often than not the music is throwaway and you just think ‘I’d rather just donate and…
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nom nom nom….o hai I ate yr stoopid campain
I know this isn’t your usual program, but sometimes the lies need responding to as widely as possible – take the NOM (National Organization for Marriage – guess who they are? Yup anti Proposition 8/same sex marriage fundie Xtians) commercial: Actors who can’t act and a silly ad….yes we’re not in Kansas anymore. Well more…
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Andrew Keen RSA lecture
I went to a lecture and discussion called ‘The Digital Seduction’ at Royal Society of Arts last night. Speaking was Andrew Keen, author of ‘The Cult of the Amateur’ and Tim Montgomery, editor of ConservativeHome.com (I am SO not linking that), and humorously chaired by Matthew Taylor, RSA Chief Executive. There’s been a lot of…
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New Orleans – why Kanye West is so right…
An event that just gets bigger and bigger, the disaster in New Orleans I don’t know exactly what to say or write; it seems too sad, too bizarre, too surreal, and too wrong. Bush’s response was way off; the evacuation was useless (leave in your car? Boy does the authorities in NOLA and the US…