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Do Students Eat Like Prisoners?
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Phonte tearin up that throwback dopenesss
The Foreign Exchange - Return Of The Mack (LIVE from Falls Church) (by FEofficial)
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MABUHAY, PILIPINAS!
Maligayang Araw ng Kalayaan (Philippine Independence Day) - June 12
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In every period of mass indignation and rebellion, easy solutions offering false promises will be the ones that circulate the most widely. Taking advantage of populist rhetoric and the very values encouraged by the current system, these solutions tend to coalesce in superficial movements that squander the collective outrage and, at most, oblige the powerholders to change their masks.
Spain, and the rest of the world, is in earnest need of a revolution, but contrary to consumer culture’s demands for instant gratification, standing in a plaza with protest signs for a week, or two weeks, or a month, does not change anything. At most, it can provoke a crisis of governance that brings previously invisible conflicts to the fore.
When these lines of conflict become obvious, when they charge in with clubs and rubber bullets, we must not pacify ourselves, sit down, raise our hands, and trust the journalists and lawyers to make everything okay.
On the contrary, we must find the courage to trace these lines, through all obstacles, to their very sources, and then ask ourselves: are we ready to truly “change everything,” as tens of thousands of people from Puerta del Sol to Plaça Catalunya shouted during the first heady days of the occupations, or do we want another placebo, to go back to the easy, albeit impoverished, life, and wait until the next crisis, the next false solution, a problem for the next generation.
"Peter Gelderloos: Spanish Revolution at a Crossroads
(I don’t agree with the entirety of this piece, but the article gave me a much better sense of context for what’s [been] going on in Spain).
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"And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside."> Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things)
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Criticizing any aspect of hip-hop culture is a task fraught with danger. If you’re white, you might be called a racist. If you’re black, you might be called Bill Cosby. And if you’re over 30, you might just be called old.
Author Thomas Chatterton Williams—30 years old, black, and a fan of hip-hop music—is unafraid to enter the fray. His book Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture, recently released in paperback, lays down a strong critique of the disturbing messages behind the beats. Marc Smirnoff of the Oxford American interviewed Williams in a Q&A with the baiting title “Is Hip-Hop Evil?” Read more …
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![Cross-Border Communication (2009) - via Broken City Lab Projects | Broken City Lab
“For three nights in November, we projected a series of messages from Windsor [Ontario Canada] that were visible across the border in Detroit, as an interventionist performance series based on the desperate need to communicate between these two cities. This project was made possible by the University of Windsor Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Leadership Chair and Spectrodata, and was designed with the Vincent Massey Secondary School Junior Physics Club.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmg0ns7QBQ1qgppn3o1_400.jpg)
![Cross-Border Communication (2009) - via Broken City Lab Projects | Broken City Lab
“For three nights in November, we projected a series of messages from Windsor [Ontario Canada] that were visible across the border in Detroit, as an interventionist performance series based on the desperate need to communicate between these two cities. This project was made possible by the University of Windsor Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Leadership Chair and Spectrodata, and was designed with the Vincent Massey Secondary School Junior Physics Club.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmg0ns7QBQ1qgppn3o1_1280.jpg)
Cross-Border Communication (2009) - via Broken City Lab Projects | Broken City Lab
“For three nights in November, we projected a series of messages from Windsor [Ontario Canada] that were visible across the border in Detroit, as an interventionist performance series based on the desperate need to communicate between these two cities. This project was made possible by the University of Windsor Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Leadership Chair and Spectrodata, and was designed with the Vincent Massey Secondary School Junior Physics Club.”
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yesssss Foreign Exchange coming to the Town @TheNewParish -> 7/26/11
(watch nicolay feelin it while playin acoustic guitar = adorable)
“Laughing At Your Plans” (from Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange)
I had no idea Phonte, Nicolay & company were releasing a live/acoustic project. Thanks Rox for putting me onto this! This is awesome. Looking forward to them performing at New Parish in Oakland! I need to get my ticket ASAP.
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Ellenore and Jakob - Contemporary (by TehJamesxx)
Most of these reality/talent shows are unbearable but SYTYCD S6 gave me 3 reasons why I still watch now: Nathan, Ellenore, & the incredible choreography of Sonya Tayeh.
The judges are often annoying & the hyped spectacle is grating at times, but most of the dancers & the choreographers are true artists. When there’s stuff like this to watch, why does anyone waste time watching American Idol, Kardashians, Housewives, etc.
(Daymit, Fox network, I can’t hate you for this.)
this season? #teammarko #despitetheodds
