March 2008
66 posts
“The former graduate students in New York believe that Nim had no idea he was a chimpanzee. One of them suggested to me that Nim might have thought he was going to grow up, lose all his facial and body hair and eventually look like the people who were around him. That would be a reasonable supposition. Throughout his life, Nim preferred to be with humans. “ “Toward the end of his life,...
His Name is Alive - Last One (from Stars on ESP,...
“Convicted Aryan Brotherhood bosses used 400-year old crypto.” (Boing-Boing) Here is an explanation of the cipher.
Muxtape / lammer →
Okkervil River - Solo (Sandy Denny cover from...
Hello.
For those of you just joining me from my old scrapbook, Apophenia, welcome.
Herbert - Something Isn’t Right (from Scale,...
rach: Arcade Fire - Haiti (live in NYC, 2007)
“Beauty doesn’t last. It’s bound to be destroyed. So many kind,...”
– from Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu, via Heading East. ”Yiwu has recently released a book titled The Corpse Walker which is a collection of interviews of people in the bottom rungs of Chinese society-morticians, lepers, professional mourners, etc. This short excerpt of an interview with a...
Neil Young - Walk On (from On the Beach, 1974)
This track was leaked as being part of the...
WatchBon Iver - Creature Fear (via Backstage Sessions)
David Thomas Broughton - Ambiguity (from The...
Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing (from The Idiot, 1977)
Syliphone Mixtape 00:00 Pivi et ses Balladins “samba” 05:44 Sombori de Fria “n’kolea” 10:56 Super Boiro Band “si ississa” 16:52 Myriam’s Quartette “solo quintette” 20:08 Kaloum Star “maliba” 23:28 Sombory Jazz “nana” 30:20 Simbadou de Beyla “festival” 35:20 Balla et ses Balladins ...
The Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (from Percy,...
The Ramones - Baby, I Love You (from End of the...
“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening...”
– Thomas Jefferson, via Free Culture (via zoya)
Pearls Before Swine - Sail Away (from These Things...
EMPEROR'S CLUB
Lost in the settling dust of the Spitzer scandal is that “Emperor’s Club” is a really really good name for an escort ring or, if you prefer, a prostitute consortium.
The Rachels - Rhine and Courtesan (from The Sea...
“…her hand, a bony hand, unzipped my pants and felt for my cock. Why I...”
– from The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano.
Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos (from I Am the Cosmos...
