Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
what a dollar gets you
New York-based visual artist David Horvitz has a collection of direct action art projects that you can commission and fund. He’s taking a “many little hands” approach to his livelihood, it seems, by offering lots of small ways we can support him rather than just large, cumbersome things for sale. I realized, quite unknowingly, that [...]
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
toxoplasma gondii
This little parasite’s effects on pregnant women and their developing fetuses have been known for quite some time. However, new studies show it can cause suicidal behavior in mice and dramatic personality shifts in humans, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even affect whole societies.
When I was a kid I loved the Garfield comic strip [...]
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
ok this is the pops
My friend (and musician) Josh Kamensky turned me on to this Brooklyn-based band Bishop Allen, who write lovely, earnest pop songs about things like love, loneliness and alienation.
Rain.mp3 / 3:33 / 256 kbps / 6.5 mb
As it turns out, another good friend, Rafi Benjamin (who’s been known to write his own brand of earnest pop), [...]
