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notes"In earlier votes, the elected board … rejected an attempt to ensure that children learn why the U.S. was founded on the principle of religious freedom. But, the board agreed to strengthen nods to Christianity by adding references to ‘laws of nature and nature’s God’ to a section in U.S. history that requires students to explain major political ideas. They agreed to strike the word ‘democratic’ in references to the form of U.S. government …. [They] beat back multiple attempts to include hip-hop as an example of a significant cultural movement …. Numerous attempts to add the names or references to important Hispanics throughout history also were denied" -
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Sloan, “Underwhelmed” (Original Version) (4:38)
from the Hear and Now ‘92 compilation; re-recorded for Smeared (1993).
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notes"I dreamed of ploughed land at night."Anton Chekhov, My Life (1896) (via snee)
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notesApparently:
- Canada is pulling away from the pack.
- Margaret Atwood not only plays herself in the upcoming film, Score: A Hockey Musical. She also sings.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook received a bonus of $5 million and 75,000 shares of Apple stock after filling in for Steve Jobs last year; meanwhile, Apple sold 50,000 iPads in the first two hours; demand for the new device is “overwhelming”; the new device will read books out loud and support free e-books.
- This is one of the world’s biggest art books, and it weighs 35kg.
- Canada Reads 2010 has chosen a winner. [spoiler alert]
- We lose the Canuck references to sell books to Americans.
- A “massive prescription drug ring” has been linked to Corey Haim’s death.
- It’s epic; some see Lady Gaga’s nine-minute “Telephone” video as the successor to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”; what does it all mean?; the coming Gagaism.
- Scientologists are trying to block an “intolerant” German feature film.
- Twitter has added a new location tool so you can tell users where you are tweeting from; no one cares about privacy anymore.
- Glenn Beck has warned his audience to be on the lookout for Christian “communism”; message received.
- Holy Fuck announced their new album on… ChatRoulette?
- Ryan Adams is prepping Orion, his “most legit metal record.”
- 80s pop icons Platinum Blonde have been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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Vancouver. March 2010.
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notes"[In 1975] Mick called and asked me if I would like to be their tour photographer. Mick is very shrewd. He understands that the documentation of the band is important. He kept all of his costumes from the tours. And he’s always had a photographer. Like the President or the Queen has a photographer."Annie Leibovitz, recalling her time with The Rolling Stones in At Work (2008).
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Vancouver. March 2010.
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Apparently:
- iPhone 4.0 OS will deliver multitasking support; U.S. iPad pre-orders begin today; could the iPad kill the Mac?
- Six months with an e-book reader, and the verdict is…
- Planning for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017 is already underway.
- Conan O’Brien’s new comedy tour will hit Vancouver, Edmonton, and Toronto.
- Here are some rich athletes who lost it all.
- Here are NYC and Las Vegas from above, at night.
- A Quebec woman sailing off the coast of Chile disappeared after the quake.
- A Georgian TV station claims to have located a 130-year-old woman.
- The UK has been voted by ex-pats as the worst place in the developed world to bring up children.
- “Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger.”
- Pink Floyd has won a legal battle against EMI that prevents the band’s long-time record label from selling individual songs online.
- A new interview with Chris Nolan suggests that the Dark Knight’s next outing will be his last.
- A case of Mad Cow Disease was hidden for weeks by Canadian and U.S. authorities.
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"America, said Horace, the office temp, was a run-down and demented pimp. Our republic’s whoremaster days were through. Whither that frost-nerved, diamond-fanged hustler who’d stormed Normandy, dick-smacked the Soviets, turned out such firm emerging market flesh? Now our nation slumped in the corner of the pool hall, some gummy coot with a pint of mad dog and soggy yellow eyes, just another mark for the juvenile wolves."
Sam Lipsyte, The Ask (2010).
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Thursday.
Not bad for a cell phone camera.
