Michael Agresta in the Atlantic: In the weeks and months after Sinead O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on live television, commentators in the media sought to explain the motives of her protest. Very few, however, made use of the traditional tools of journalism: interviews, research, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
WAIT FOR IT…
rocK hOlidaY jinGles, yo (12/24)... Year-End Lists from All Over... see also: #bestof2012... blog riley coming soon... ancient Mayan curse falls on NRA... People's 20/20 Katie Couric special, complete with mummy reel, first to market... Romney zombie spooks cliff talks... not enough hair gel in the … [Read more...]
ALL NEWSPAPERS CONTAIN MISTAKES
FEW AS GLORIOUS AS THIS PULLQUOTE... Joe Nocera reloads and heads for the copy desk... Related articles NYT EDITOR IN CHIEF: I Couldn't Fire Joe Nocera, Even If I Wanted To Impressive integrity from two New York Times writers over BBC scandal | Glenn Greenwald New York Times … [Read more...]
BOOM
News Corps Shutters Daily App From blog riley, April 12, 20121: "Loathing Murdoch's Daily": Let’s count the ways: 90-second load times for each new issue landing on airhead newsbabe tutorial videos turning the iPad sideways to get content AP wire copy (I’m supposed to … [Read more...]
WELCOME TO CHARLOTTE
BORN TOO LATE, PONYTAILS 1958
Source: youtube.com via scott on Pinterest … [Read more...]
MORE LOWELL, CONTINUED
MORE LOWELL
Lowell
On Veteran's Day, we munched at Life Alive, a bit of Boulder in Lowell, MA, and visited the textile museums. More to come. … [Read more...]
WAITING FOR MY MAN, VELVETS
Corleone Waits for His Man festa from Tim Riley on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
ODENKIRK’S AMOEBA HAUL
Visited this Hollywood Amoeba in September, picked up the new Kelly Hogan album, a Plastic Ono Band Live Peace in Toronto wrapped with original calendar, and a blu-ray edition of Where the Wild Things Are. Odenkirk has good taste, 'cept for perhaps the Shins, who wear a bit thin to me. … [Read more...]
LEFTIE FLYER
http://womenoccupy.tumblr.com/ Related articles St Paul's protests: post-occupied Bust up Big Banks The Occupy movements have dramatised questions about public space: Who owns it? And who can use it? What the Oakland Commune did Interest for White Student Union Grows Clarifying … [Read more...]
TARANTINO MASHUP
GEORGE MCGOVERN
TAME IMPALA: ELEPHANT
Write text here... Related articles By The Numbers: Tame Impala's Lonerism Stream Tame Impala's New Album Lonerism Tame Impala Announce Headlining Australian Tour Tame Impala - Lonerism: album stream Song Premiere: Tame Impala, 'Elephant' (Todd Rundgren Remix) LISTEN: Todd Rundgren … [Read more...]