Category Archives: Social Studies
links for 2010-03-15: Red Squirrels
POV – Nutkin's Last Stand | PBS Eccentric northerners on a mission to keep the Greys at bay. Weird racist undertones. (via @bengoldacre) (tags: squirrels documentary PBS environment)
links for 2010-02-02: a few words about risk
Error Gorilla (The reason people are buying fear so easily and…) A few words about risk, by Doug Stanhope on Charlie Brooker's Newswipe, helpfully transcribed at Error Gorilla: "The reason people are buying fear so easily and stockpiling it is … more…
links for 2010-02-01: Roger Eagle
Roger Eagle – Twisted Wheel Manchester – DJ, entrepreneur, club owner and important influence on the British music scene from the sixties to the nineties. Owned Eric’s club, Liverpool ran the Magic Village and Staxx Club, Manchester Roger Eagle interview … more…
links for 2010-01-28: Lacan at the Scene
Hop Scotch: CSI: photography (Vue Weekly) "what if Jacques Lacan—the brilliant and eccentric Parisian psychoanalyst—had left his home in the early 1950s in order to travel to England and work as a police detective? How might he have applied his … more…
History of Chicago Music 1908-1980
This three hour History of Chicago Music 1908-1980 runs from the very earliest recordings until just short of the development of house music in the early 80s. You will be wanting a different compilation for that. The James Reese Europe … more…
links for 2010-01-18: Eno and the end of records
Eno alludes in passing, to the end of recorded music as a way to make a living "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky." … more…
links for 2009-12-15: generation ships
Charlie's Diary: Designing society for posterity Charles Stross polls his readership: "So. You, and a quarter of a million other folks, have embarked on a 1000-year voyage aboard a hollowed-out asteroid. What sort of governance and society do you think … more…
So, what is your recession sales strategy?
This one has been tickling me for a while, but just now I’ve found a nice compact example to show you. The above is a screencap from my feed reader. The link text is an ad that’s been appearing in … more…
links for 2009-12-08: evil
click opera – A new report on evil Momus on evil – a few weeks old, but I only got to it just now. Especially good bit: "the disobedient really have to think through what they're doing, because they're probably … more…
links for 2009-11-14: cannibals
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | 'Body sold' to Russia kebab shop "After carrying out the attack, the corpse was dismembered. Part of it was eaten and part was also sold to a kebab and pie kiosk," (tags: Russia … more…