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Rolling Stone recently published a pretty epic article about America’s failed drug war which should be required reading for any elected official who is ever required to approve additional funding for this “war”. Today, we hear word that the Supreme Court has ruled to allow judges much broader leeway in sentencing people for offenses related to crack cocaine. This seems like a shocking admission from the power-elite that there’s something wrong with the grossly disparate sentencing practices which cut blatantly across racial lines. How very refreshing!
So this is a great start, but when the only way to truly solve the problem is to completely dismantle the entire drug war apparatus, it’s really just a tentative first step. Let’s keep up the good work!
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//RECENT
Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
//FROM THE ARCHIVES
Aw, Yeah!Remember those $150 headphones that my brother got me for Xmas that I fucked up by touching my TV screen while they were plugged into my iMac (and my ears) and gave myself some fab electroshock therapy? Etymotic just sent me brand new ones at no charge! From now on I am going to baby these babies and [...]
Where I’m Coming FromSo there I was in the 99 cent store and a woman asked where I had gotten this clothes rack in a box (which I’d bought online). Distractedly, I moved the box and said, “Oh, it’s mine.” (I wasn’t listening and thought it was in her way). WELL! She just started squawking about how she [...]
Diary of a Smoker“Cold water tastes really good. I’m told that i’ll find a whole new appreciation for food and drinks in general once i quit…but then, every non-smoker takes that for granted anyway.”
Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite“If you know anything about bedbugs, you know they are ridiculously difficult to get rid of once you have an infestation.”
E-mail to My Grandmother“Please note this marks the first and last instance of my using the phrase “modern rock band”. “
