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inuitbikini- December 6th, 10:28
This is part one of a two part story. It is a most impressive crime film, with an astonishing performance by Vincent Kassel, but it does suffer form the fundamental criminal-centred picture problem: crims are fundamentally unsympathetic, so who cares what happens to them? And while the set-piece action sequence are v. flash, there is a cinematic oversupply of flash action scenes.
- Sunday 06 December 2009
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doonesburyc- December 6th, 10:06
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- mrph
- December 5th, 23:40
In 2010,
mrph resolves to...Put fifty iain banks a month into my savings account.
Drink four glasses of transmetropolitan every day.
Pay for my cheapass games on time.
Start a mahler fund.
Go flirting three times a week.
Find a new seabound.
- Strange Adventures Signing!
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- beatonna
- December 5th, 14:42
ha ha! I put a drawing there to get your attention! It's of the Food Emporium on Gottingen, so it is related geographically at least.
The details for the signing at Strange Adventures next Friday in Halifax are up! All the info is on this facebook event. See you there! (ps, dudes, don't add me on facebook, I don't add people I don't know and neither should you!)
- Flashbacks: 05 - 10 July 1999
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- thermaland wrote in doonesburyc
- December 5th, 18:22
- [45rpm023] Norihito Kodama - Panzzy
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- kharitonov_2 wrote in outsider_music
- December 5th, 19:31
- Sain Zahoor
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- inuitbikini
- December 5th, 10:21
I bet you've never heard of this guy – I know I hadn't before I went to see him. He was playing in the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Culture, heading a bill of Sufi action. The openers were originally meant to be the Master Musicians of Jajouka, but they did not make it, so we got these Dhouad Gypsies of Rajasthan instead. You will have to forgive me if I remember little about them, it was a long time ago – the day after the last Frank's APA collation, the day after I went to a wedding*, the day before we went on holiday.
They were followed, somewhat bizarrely, by Gabriel Rosenstock reciting translated Sufi Persian poetry to us. I am well-known for my dislike of poetry, in particular for unsolicited poetry, but I found this surprisingly enjoyable. And why? Well, the Persian poetry was translated not into English but into Irish, so I still could not understand any of it. This meant that I was able to just listen to it as a series of sounds, which was rather enjoyable.
And then there was Sain Zahoor, who is a Pakistani fellow. He seemed quite severe, maybe coming from the ascetic devotional end of Sufism, as opposed to the party end people in the West are often more drawn to. He sang while being accompanied by musicians and accompanying himself on an ektara, a lute-like instrument. The ektara seemed to be being played as much for his benefit as ours, as it was not very loud. And he seemed to be wearing a bright colourful outfit that was covered in jingly bells that rang as he moved. But the big instrument was voice, which allowed us to join him in his communion with the divine.
*relax ladies - it was not mine.
- Satuday 05 December 2009
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- thermaland wrote in doonesburyc
- December 5th, 11:25
- Holiday ship shop shopping!
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- finkenstein
- December 4th, 21:38
Ladytrons and Gentle guys, do you need to get some gifts or something? For some people or whatever?
I know it's a little late but listen, you totally haven't gotten a thing for that one guy yet right? What do you even get that guy HE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
I have some holiday shopping suggestions for you!
1- the Splendiforous Topatoco!
For all your nerdy needs! Even if people you knoware dumbaren't familiar with web comics it doesn't matter, there is a plethora of hilarious t-shirts and books to be found:
http://topatoco.com
Also in the Topatco store you can pick up this AMAZING ADORABLE Dinosaur comics SWEETHEART THAT I WANT SO BAD HINT HINT:
2-Diesel Sweeties now has a fucking BOWIE SHIRT that I am currently peeing my pants over among other awesome things:
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
3- If you know someone who likes original art,Meredith Gran is selling little paintings from her comic Octopus Pie:
http://www.ollysorganix.com/collections/12-days-of-hipsters 
4- Comics by a cat! And the cutest cat pins from Hey Pais!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/heypaiscomics
5-If you are shopping for someone cute sweet and wonderful there is Tiny Monster's shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinymonster
AND Amy Earles's wonderful paper doll shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/woolandwater
And If you still can't find anything for that tricky someone, there is Perpetual Kid where I found some super clever things like this silicon spilt milk bowl:
http://www.perpetualkid.com/
Oh and once you are done, if you have anything to give don't forget to contribute to some awesome charities like:
Childs Play: http://www.childsplaycharity.org/
ASPCA: http://www.aspca.org/
Stregth: http://strength.org/
Donors choose: http://www.donorschoose.org/
Happy Holidays homies!
- Cross benefit anaylsis, what is the cost of life?
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- finkenstein
- December 4th, 17:18
This Dinosaur comic: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1609
reminded me of a really interesting Harvard lecture I caught on TV a few weeks ago about putting a price on life.
http://forum-network.org/lecture/putting-price-tag-life-how-measure-pleasure
A few minutes in he starts talking about the Czech republic's smoking cost benefit analysis and then the Ford Pinto.
I am not entirely sure how I feel about any of it!
Obviously I think it's heartless to talk about putting a price tag on individual lives but at the same time, we as humans are like any other animal. Shouldn't we be looked at as such? Something that grows and consumes and operates in a community much larger than an individual?
It's kind of like a thought experiment I heard on this episiode of Radio lab the other day: http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/10/19/new-normal/
It's a bit more uplifting than the lecture. It's nice to think that one day we as humans could be able to think about ourselves as living in a larger community. Understand not just our immediate needs that we seem to have a real evolutionary instinct to pursue and preserve. Having a real passion for the things that are incredibly not immediate like the decline of our environment and helping communities of people we do not even know.
- 04/12/2009
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- trampledamage wrote in doonesburyc
- December 4th, 14:29
- Tanks With Loudspeakers Blaring Music
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- inuitbikini
- December 4th, 10:23
Dmitri Shostakovich "Symphony No. 7: 'Leningrad'" (Ladislav Slovak (con.) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava))
I got a yen to listen to this, after coming across some references to Shosty in The Rest Is Noise. The back story behind the music is fascinating. Shostakovich had been in Leningrad when the Germans were approaching that unfortunate city, but was evacuated so that his work could not be stopped. In exile, he composed this symphony as a stirring hymn to the brave people of his home town. The score was flown back to the city, and enough musicians who had not starved to death located to play at its premiere. Despite heavy German bombardment, the concert was completed. Loudspeakers along the frontline brought the stirring melodies to the city's defenders – and to the besiegers. As the Hitlerites listened to Shostakovich's music, they realised they were doomed.
I understand that some see this work as an example of the kind of kitsch Shostakovich could churn out when the Soviet authorities demanded it. Such people are objectively wrong. This is one of the great musical works of the 20th century.
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- b3ta_best
- December 3rd, 23:12
- Who is this masked heroine?
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- andiwatson
- December 4th, 9:27
Name the superhero.
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COMING SOON:
Glister: The Faerie Host
Out January 4th 2010
Preview here:
http://www.bit.ly/7HQJLM
Extras include:
'Glister Vs The Toll Troll' short story
'Home to Roost' short story
'Glister and the Family Tree' preview
# Paperback: 80 pages
# Publisher: Walker (4 Jan 2010)
# ISBN-10: 1406320501
# ISBN-13: 978-1406320503
£4.99
Glister: The Family Tree
March 1st 2010
********OUT NOW************
Glister: The Haunted Teapot
Preview: http://bit.ly/7oIUVM
64 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 140632048X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320480
Glister: The House Hunt
preview: http://bit.ly/4HhSnK
80 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 1406320498
ISBN-13: 978-1406320497
- LiveJournal Major Notes: LiveJournal: The First Decade, AIDS vgift fundraiser, LJ_Photophile poll!
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news - December 3rd, 15:21
LiveJournal: The First Decade
Just in time for holiday shopping, we're thrilled to announce the release of our ten-year anniversary anthology. Published by Blurb.com, the book showcases a decade of extraordinary talent drawn from LiveJournal users around the world. This must-read compilation features stories, memes, photos, comics, editorials, graphic content, and more, including:
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Excerpts from Oh No They Didn't (a/k/a ohnotheydidnt), the largest community on LiveJournal, covering celebrity gossip, entertainment news, and pop culture
- A look at post-Katrina New Orleans from the journal of Poppy Z. Brite
- Gripping narratives, including a poignant reverie on a blind date
- Photography that spans the globe, ranging from old-fashioned Polaroids to underwater photography
- Mouthwatering dishes from food_porn
What began as a late-night inspiration back in Brad Fitzpatrick's college dorm in 1999 has grown to encompass nearly 25 million users worldwide, with journals and communities covering every conceivable hobby, passion, and topic. To get your copy, please visit the Blurb Bookstore. For updates and entries from book contributors, please join
lj_turns10.Tweaks and enhancements
- You can now ban a user from all of your communities and journals at once. To access this feature, hover over the person's userpic and choose Ban user everywhere from the drop-down menu.
- Follow LiveJournal on Twitter!
Give a little to help a lot!
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lj_cares. While we're on the subject, we raised $740 from our November fundraiser for Love Without Boundaries, which supports emergency healthcare and adoption of Chinese orphans. We thank you for helping us help others.
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We hope you'll continue to post, vote, and comment! A gentle request: Please post only one photo at a time and limit size to 350x350 (so images display properly on friends pages). And now, without further ado, get ready to cast your ballot and view more awesome user content after the jump! ( Read more... )
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Thanks, again, for joining us. Stay safe and snug out there!
- Meme *grin*
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- misstemperance
- December 3rd, 23:00
awake
.ǝƃɐd ɹnoʎ oʇ uo sIɥʇ ǝʇsɐd puɐ ʎdoɔ 'sʎɐs sɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ʇno ǝɹnƃIɟ oʇ ɥƃnouǝ ʇɹɐɯs ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟI
- Return of Verne
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- beatonna
- December 3rd, 17:27
Didn't I say he'd be back? I read that famous rant by Verne about how Wells was full of it for making up spaceships etc without explicitly showing how they functioned and powering them with steam or coal or what have you, things that made sense in 1899.
But listen to this interview between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles. Who could EVER stay mad at someone so adorable? I ask you!
stoorree
PS: Are you in Halifax? I'll be doing a signing at Strange Adventures on the 11th, details to come!
and also: My friends, it appears Bad Machinery is kicking it up a notch, if you haven't gotten into it yet I think now is the time.
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- b3ta_best
- December 3rd, 11:23
- It's Showtime!
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- andiwatson
- December 3rd, 16:27
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COMING SOON:
Glister: The Faerie Host
Out January 4th 2010
Preview here:
http://www.bit.ly/7HQJLM
Extras include:
'Glister Vs The Toll Troll' short story
'Home to Roost' short story
'Glister and the Family Tree' preview
# Paperback: 80 pages
# Publisher: Walker (4 Jan 2010)
# ISBN-10: 1406320501
# ISBN-13: 978-1406320503
£4.99
Glister: The Family Tree
March 1st 2010
********OUT NOW************
Glister: The Haunted Teapot
Preview: http://bit.ly/7oIUVM
64 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 140632048X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320480
Glister: The House Hunt
preview: http://bit.ly/4HhSnK
80 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 1406320498
ISBN-13: 978-1406320497
- Drop Fix
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- bagrec
- December 3rd, 16:05
I've uploaded two more tracks that mysteriously fell off the Drop - Definitive MP3 giveaway here - "A Sense of Loss" and "Get Out Of My Dreams" and I've fixed the fault with "Nothing Changes".
Also nice to see Drop getting radio airplay in Belgium thanks to my old chum Kosten Koper on Radio Panik. Thanks!
- Page Summary
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- inuitbikini — "Mesrine: Killer Instinct"
- doonesburyc — Sunday 06 December 2009
- mrph — (no subject) — 2 comments
- beatonna — Strange Adventures Signing! — 18 comments
- doonesburyc — Flashbacks: 05 - 10 July 1999 — 2 comments
- outsider_music — [45rpm023] Norihito Kodama - Panzzy
- inuitbikini — Sain Zahoor
- doonesburyc — Satuday 05 December 2009 — 2 comments
- finkenstein — Holiday ship shop shopping! — 4 comments
- finkenstein — Cross benefit anaylsis, what is the cost of life? — 8 comments
- doonesburyc — 04/12/2009 — 1 comment
- inuitbikini — Tanks With Loudspeakers Blaring Music
- b3ta_best — (no subject)
- andiwatson — Who is this masked heroine?
- news — LiveJournal Major Notes: LiveJournal: The First Decade, AIDS vgift fundraiser, LJ_Photophile poll! — 189 comments
- misstemperance — Meme *grin* — 1 comment
- beatonna — Return of Verne — 95 comments
- b3ta_best — (no subject)
- andiwatson — It's Showtime!
- bagrec — Drop Fix — 7 comments