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The British Caste System
Brilliant observations about British society. When you think of the Caste system you think of India...but maybe you should think of England first.
I've been concerned that America is heading the way of the British Empire, but this makes me realize that's not really possible given that "elites" are not as narrowly defined in America. You can make it in America much easier than you can elsewhere. I truly believe it. Obama, Oprah, Billy Mays...I'm not sure any of these people could have made it in England. In fact I'm almost certain. While we have much to improve in our country, after listening and watching this - it makes me appreciate why we are a truly wonderful people (discounting for the wingnuts). We appreciate risk, we reward it, we root for the underdog, we're never satisfied. It's something that Japan, England and perhaps (although I'm not quite sure) China don't have (at least yet). What would appear to be our weakness to others is in fact our strength.
More here and here
LEAKED: New iPhone Commercial
via youtube.com
This is so funny and at the same time makes me feel sad that I don't have an iPhone :(
How do you visualize "Use only what you need"? (photo)
Nice. Simplicity means (among other things) use only what you need. Very nice.
The source of this photo and 49 more "Extraordinary and Attractive Billboards" is on 10 Steps.
H/T John Lally
DIY: Paper flower ornament
Hat tip to The Butter Flying for the idea, but as tempted as I was to buy one of these, I'm struck by how ridiculously easy this looks to make myself. Cut different flower shapes, string together, and hang! Three or four of these, in different sizes, are definitely going in either my bathroom or kitchen.
At your next party, use iTunes DJ to let *your guests* pick what music is played and vote on the next song
My friend, Al, is responsible for the Remote app [iTunes link] on the iPhone. It's a great tool that allows you to control the music on your Mac or Apple TV using your iPhone.
The latest version added some really great features that aren't advertised very well. First of all, you can control your Apple TV using your iPhone using swipes and gestures. It's pretty neat, but the Apple TV hasn't gained enough traction for this feature to get noticed.
But one feature that deserves a lot of attention is iTunes DJ.
- Lets say you are having a party. Just select a song in iTunes and choose "iTunes DJ". This will create a new playlist around that song automatically
- Anyone at your party with an iPhone can launch Remote, connect to your iTunes, and see what's being played
- Your friends can click "Request song" to browse *your* music selection and add songs to the playlist
- They can also vote on songs in the list. The song with the most vote gets played next
Al is a DJ on the side and has always been interested in bringing a better DJ experience to bars and clubs.
This is the future of the juke box. The democratization of music wherever you are.
Jazz Fan Looks Back by Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters - THERE IT IS
Jayne Cortez (voice) and The Firespitters - Abraham Adzinyah(conga), Bill Cole(shenai, flute, muzette, korean sona), Denardo Coleman(drums), Farel Johnson Jr.(bongo, bell, conga), Charles Moffett Jr.(tenor saxophone), Bern Nix(guitar), Jamaaladeen Tacuma(electric bass).
Jazz Fan Looks Back
I crisscrossed with Monk
Wailed with Bud
Counted every star with Stitt
Sang "Don't Blame Me" with Sarah
Wore a flower like Billie
Screamed in the range of Dinah
& scatted "How High the Moon" with Ella Fitzgerald
as she blew roof off the Shrine Auditorium
Jazz at the PhilharmonicI cut my hair into a permanent tam
Made my feet rebellious metronomes
Embedded record needles in paint on paper
Talked bopology talk
Laughed in high-pitched saxophone phrases
Became keeper of every Bird riff
every Lester lick
as Hawk melodicized my ear of infatuated tongues
& Blakey drummed militant messages in
soul of my applauding teeth
& Ray hit bass notes to the last love seat in my bones
I moved in triple time with Max
Grooved high with Diz
Perdidoed with Pettiford
Flew home with Hamp
Shuffled in Dexter's Deck
Squatty-rooed with Peterson
Dreamed a "52nd Street Theme" with Fats
& scatted "Lady Be Good" with Ella Fitzgerald
as she blew roof off the Shrine Auditorium
Jazz at the Philharmonic
Wailed with Bud
Counted every star with Stitt
Sang "Don't Blame Me" with Sarah
Wore a flower like Billie
Screamed in the range of Dinah
& scatted "How High the Moon" with Ella Fitzgerald
as she blew roof off the Shrine Auditorium
Jazz at the PhilharmonicI cut my hair into a permanent tam
Made my feet rebellious metronomes
Embedded record needles in paint on paper
Talked bopology talk
Laughed in high-pitched saxophone phrases
Became keeper of every Bird riff
every Lester lick
as Hawk melodicized my ear of infatuated tongues
& Blakey drummed militant messages in
soul of my applauding teeth
& Ray hit bass notes to the last love seat in my bones
I moved in triple time with Max
Grooved high with Diz
Perdidoed with Pettiford
Flew home with Hamp
Shuffled in Dexter's Deck
Squatty-rooed with Peterson
Dreamed a "52nd Street Theme" with Fats
& scatted "Lady Be Good" with Ella Fitzgerald
as she blew roof off the Shrine Auditorium
Jazz at the Philharmonic
There It Is
My friend
they dont care
if youre an individualist
a leftist a rightist
a shithead or a snake
They will try to exploit you
absorb you confine you
disconnect you isolate you
or kill you
And you will disappear into your own rage
into your own insanity
into your own poverty
into a word a phrase a slogan a cartoon
and then ashes
The ruling class will tell you that
there is no ruling class
as they organize their liberal supporters into
white supremist lynch mobs
organize their children into
ku klux klan gangs
organize their police into killer cops
organize their propaganda into
a devise to ossify us with angel dust
pre-occupy us with western symbols in
african hair styles
innoculate us with hate
institutionalize us with ignorance
hypnotize us with a monotonous sound designed
to make us evade reality and stomp our lives away
And we are programmed to self destruct
to fragment
to get buried under covert intelligence operations of
unintelligent committees impulsed toward death
And there it is
The enemies polishing their penises between
oil wells at the pentagon
the bulldozers leaping into demolition dances
the old folks dying of starvation
the informers wearing out shoes looking for crumbs
the lifeblood of the earth almost dead in
the greedy mouth of imperialism
And my friend
they dont care
if youre an individualist
a leftist a rightist
a shithead or a snake
They will spray you with
a virus of legionaires disease
fill your nostrils with
the swine flu of their arrogance
stuff your body into a tampon of
toxic shock syndrome
try to pump all the resources of the world
into their own veins
and fly off into the wild blue yonder to
pollute another planet
And if we dont fight
if we dont resist
if we dont organize and unify and
get the power to control our own lives
Then we will wear
the exaggerated look of captivity
the stylized look of submission
the bizzare look of suicide
the dehumanized look of fear
and the decomposed look of repression
forever and ever and ever
And there it is
Nuff said, you know
On Cortez's Poetry (Modern American Poetry)
hat tip Orgy in Rhythm
ants & skulls
Two harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) from
adjacent nests engaging in ritual warfare, pushing in a display of
force but not actually harming each other. It is thought that colonies
use these mock battles to gather information about their neighbors.
Knowledge about the strength of competing colonies helps ants set
territorial borders without loss of life.
Photo: Alex Wild
Source: To Fathom a Colony’s Talk and Toil, Studying Insects One by One by Adele Conover
It's devolution, baby!
Image: Barron Storey
Source: A Tiny Hominid With No Place on the Family Tree by JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
