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Random Media Notes
AP journalists wounded in Afghanistan. A laid off Time Inc. staffer plans to launch an “online regional news network” serving the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn. (via Mediabistro) LA Times and Chicago Tribune combine national sports beats. VIBE Magazine…
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Real Choice in Afghan Election
A look at the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. I have this recurring nightmare in which my life has gone so wrong, I’ve become the…
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A Reaction Sauce
Yesterday we linked to Malcolm Gladwell‘s most recent New Yorker essay, “The Courthouse Ring,” in which Gladwell discusses Atticus Finch, Alabama Governer “Big Jim” Folsom, race, and “the limits of Southern liberalism.” Well over at The Millions Garth Risk Hallberg…
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The Monthly Rumpus
Were you at August’s Monthly Rumpus? Look at how much fun you had here. Were you not at August’s Monthly Rumpus? Look at a projection of how much fun you could have in September. We hope to see you then.
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Afghanistan Rocks the Vote
We’re not ones to write about pop stars, but NPR is reporting that Afghan “musical hero” Farhad Darya is performing numerous free concerts “to encourage his countrymen to vote in the upcoming presidential election.” On Tuesday night Darya’s show in…
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The Juggalo Gathering 2009
“It’s a Newport! You want the rest? Have it! Have the rest!” See also the 2009 Juggalo Gathering Infomercial.
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The Last Book I Loved: Inner China
Eva Sjödin’s poem-novel maps in swift, uncanny sentences the dark marvels of being little. I am a sucker for tales of sisters, especially when an older must defend a younger from threats. Left by a stupefied mother to their own…
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A Family Affair: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Cult Rock
Charles Manson is a bad man. I’ve never kidded myself to that fact, and I don’t glamorize his crimes or the crimes of his “family” one bit.
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Morning Coffee
This is day three of me filling in for Dan. His absence is making me jittery. It turns out breast milk is good for babies. In other news, being stabbed is bad for the body. (Unless it’s Dan’s body –…
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