Tag Archives: Social Studies
links for 2007-09-04: Rick Rubin, anti-nazi clowns
Rick Rubin – New York Times “Either all the record companies will get together or the industry will fall apart… the future technology companies will either wait for the record companies to smarten up, or they’ll let them sink until … more…
Labour Day Special at The Blue Raccoon: Eugene Debs, Louise Brooks
Harry Kollatz at The Blue Raccoon has posted a very respectable outline of the career of labour activist Eugene Debs by way of a Labour Day observation, and a terrific picture of Louise Brooks, too, from the movie Now We’re … more…
J.G. Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition: Crash!
I did notice this when Simon posted it to Ballardian, and I meant to go back and watch it, but somehow it got away from me. You know how it is. Anyway, I am grateful to Posthuman Blues for the … more…
I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com)
Rather than purchasing goods made by overseas laborers—who are often forced to work in unsafe conditions for low wages—I have kidnapped and enslaved a group of neighborhood children and chained them to a bench in my garage, where they make … more…
Steampunk, further linkage
I’ve been intending to post this link since, I think, the day after I posted my own introduction to Steampunk. Henry Jenkins is one of the more readable cultural theorists. “The Tomorrow That Never Was”: Retrofuturism in the Comics of … more…
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense It’s like proprioception, your body’s ability to know where your limbs are. That subliminal sense of orientation is crucial for coordination: It keeps you from accidentally bumping into objects, and … more…
Theatre of war
I was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act, on my way through Euston station. Sniffer dog and flamboyantly over-equipped uniformed hat, who at least was reasonably polite about it. As he said, he didn’t actually suspect me of anything. … more…
The Yule Cat — Stakhanovite Prophylactic Knitting Song
Last night I attended a most enjoyable Folk Yule organised by Scott and Claire from SELFS at Tanners Hill, Deptford — in the course of which the assembled company were introduced to the Icelandic Jólakötturinn, or Yule Cat legend — … more…
The BritBlog Blog » Christmas Blogmeet, London
I’ve just now stumbled across The BritBlog Blog » Christmas Blogmeet, London, which I might have organised myself to attend, had I but known. By my calculations, however, the Britbloggers have been going at their beverages for some six-and-three-quarter hours … more…
Absquatulations
No sooner than I welcome absquatulate into my vocabulary (see previous post), I find Plep linking — amongst a great many other things in a fabulously rich and varied catch-up post — to a photo essay on life in a … more…