October 2009
40 posts
“A clean-cut man in his mid-twenties or thereabouts, wearing a white polo shirt...”
– The Last Temptation of Creed
What can you even say?
“If the former Anglicans can train up successors who will also be able to have...”
– The end of the Anglican Communion | Andrew Brown | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“The last presidential election revealed a startling overlap between statewide...”
– Is Chris Christie too fat to win an election in New Jersey? - By Daniel Engber
This is such a Slate statistic.
“This is an example of the perpetual hatred and vilification we face. The public...”
– BNP deputy chair Simon Darby, on the revelation that the organisation’s current roster would be posted online.
POOR PERSECUTED BNP. :(
The Sacred Made Real | 21 October 2009 – 24... →
I have yet to read a bad review of this show, and indeed the ones I’ve read are enthralled.
Jonathan Safran Foer: Against Meat →
I emailed this to myself a week ago and only just now got around to reading it. It’s excerpted from a book, so it’s extraordinarily choppy, but there’s some truth here.
“He thinks Labour should elect Ben Bradshaw, currently the Culture Secretary, as...”
– Quentin Letts
I remember watching the parliamentary ballot results on C-SPAN in May 1997. As one of a few openly gay MPs elected in the New Labour landslide, Ben Bradshaw showed up in a lot of the coverage. The prospect of an out Congressional candidate being elected to his/her first term seemed...
WatchMiroslaw Balka - How It Is
This installation looks amazing. I’m absolutely dying to see it.
“Only when she retired could she finally start to paint full time. She was 69....”
– Holland Cotter, on Alma Thomas
“So for Karen O, Where the Wild Things Are isn’t just a soundtrack gig;...”
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Karen O and the Kids: Where the Wild Things Are OST
Intentional fallacy much?
“Most Italians have lost track of Mr. Berlusconi’s byzantine legal entanglements,...”
– Italian Court Rejects Prime Minister’s Immunity - NYTimes.com
Rachel Donadio, don’t recognise your name, but loving your work.
“…most people admitted not loving them, but liked them well enough. And you...”
– Roasted Chickpeas - The Amateur Gourmet
That Adam.
“..works placed in the public rooms of the White House must be at least 25 years...”
– Barack and Michelle Obama show decisiveness in White House art choices | World news | guardian.co.uk
I found this stipulation to be rather remarkable, so I went looking to see what/who would have set such a rule. From what I can gather from this lengthy article in Guernica, the rule actually...
The Mountain Goats | Discography | The Life Of The... →
I would just like to say that the title of this album is one of my favourite phrases from the Nicene Creed and that John Darnielle is genius.
The end.
Guardian Books Blog Poem of the week: John Donne's... →
Donne is SO good.
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
The London date is in...
WatchThe story of the current Doctor Who logo; replacement to be announced tomorrow.
“Klaus is highly unpredictable, a loner, and nearing the end of his career with...”
– The Observer, on Czech president Václav Klaus
