February 2012
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intercourse with biscuits: The revenge of the... →
Ms Huffington was in Montreal to launch the French-language version of HuffPo this week. Her English speech to a predominantly Francophone audience at the CORIM ( Montreal Council on Foreign Relations) luncheon wasn’t free. Tickets started at 75$. You could say audience members were paying for the food and the room but you’d be only partly right. Ms Huffington routinely charges to...
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In Praise of the Flâneur
I am keenly aware of the irony of posting a link to an article about the downside of frictionless sharing on a massive social media sharing site, but this struck a chord.
It’s one thing to find an interesting article and choose to share it with friends. It’s quite another to inundate your friends with everything that passes through your browser or your app, hoping that they will pick something...
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““When I started in film I was taught that you had to have a character arc...”
– Finally! I’m so tired of rote-writing and the critics who in insist on these arcs.
Read the whole article at The Guardian
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FLUXBLOG 2002 SURVEY MIX →
MAJOR MARVELOUSNESS.
Congratulations on 10 years, which hardly seem possible but have been consistently superior.
perpetua:
I am celebrating the 10th anniversary of Fluxblog with a series of survey mixes for each year the site has existed. First up: 2002! 140 songs on 8 discs, with music from Missy Elliot, Kylie Minogue, Wilco, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Cam’ron, The Kills, The Rapture,...
January 2012
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intercourse with biscuits: Bankers, bonuses and my... →
Once upon a time, not all that long ago, bonuses were rare things, handed out to those exceptional few who exceeded expectations on a grand scale. Today people expect them for simply doing the job. Wrong. That’s a salary.
brokenbottleboy:
[Picture via @littlejuande]
I started out as a finance journalist. I was 21 and fresh from university. Almost every day, I came into contact with...
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Watch2011-15 SINGLES
*1*—tUnE-yArDs- BIZNESS
Anybody who knows me isn’t surprised that Merrill Garbus is on my list. It’s not because she taught me some of her pygmy yodeling technique this autumn, or lit the room ablaze with the power of her voice at Casa de Popolo this past May. It’s because this song is unforgettable, hypnotic and full of justified anger and alarm. The...
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December 2011
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The Dialogue I Will Have The Next Time I Hire A...
Me: Hi. So you can do [task X]
Contractor: Yes.
Me: You have no doubts.
Contractor: Of course not.
Me: And just to be clear, you are qualified and licensed to do all of the work.
Contractor: Yes.
Me: And you have an appropriate time window.
Contractor: Yes.
Me: And you speak the same language, fluently, as those in your employ and anyone you have to work with the make this happen.
Contractor: I do.
Me: Well, that sounds ideal. Couple more things...
Contractor: Okay...
Me: Do you do insane shit for no reason at all and then look totally bewildered when asked to explain it?
Contractor: Um...
Me: Are you subject to fits of destructive randomness during which you destroy the calm and peace of mind of those around you with self-immolatory behaviour apparently calculated to result in legal action and painful delays?
Contractor: Er...
Me: Just askin'.
Contractor: Basically, yeah.
Me: Then you are in no way hired, ever, you maniacal jackass. Thanks for coming in.
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Uncle Sisyphus: Thirteen Observations made by... →
zatopa:
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but…