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Arts Fact -- Biggest US Customer for Musical Instruments
on Oct 26, 2009 in military band musical instruments dod spending music retail military spending The following arts fact blew me away. I woulda said high school marching bands. But NEA Director Rocco Landesman says:“The Department of Defense is the single biggest purchaser of musical instruments in this country.”This means something. Some...
Changlish Fortunes
on Aug 19, 2009 in japanglish pidgin english changlish fortune cookie I've always longed to get one of those charming fortunes uttered in Changlish tucked in one of my cookies. Finally, today, the good thing has come:Action is louder than talks.And just in case this approximation has wiped the idiomatic source from mi...
Odd Michael Jackson Funereal Facts
on Jul 7, 2009 in green funeral jackson coffin custom coffin michael jackson stiff william cullen bryant thanatopsis I've resisted knowing anything about Michael Jackson's final hours, death, will, or memorial service. He was a troubled entertainer, a man of great gifts and equal troubles. I wish his family well. But, I don't believe his life's work was importan...
gothic bat lamps: reproductions from Rejuvenation
on May 19, 2009 in rejuvenation gothic lamp victorian lighting art nouveau Rejuvenation, a high-end home fixtures reproduction house, makes two bat lamps that are to die for (cue Romanian accent). Goth meets art nouveau beautifully in these pieces, which, alas, most of us can't afford. The SunsetThe Drakesource...
Shift Happens
on Feb 13, 2009 in modern progress shift happens globalization information technology Last week, this short film on the exponential growth of information technology concurrent with the rise in global creativity and industry (and waning of European and American influence) made the rounds: Shift Happens by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and...
Garlick and Dandelions
on Jan 22, 2009 in victorian novel political quotes phineas redux anthony trollope In Trollope's political novel Phineas Redux (1874), a once idealistic young parliamentarian expresses his hard-won cynicism thus:Lady Laura: "I understand. I know that you have meant to be honest, while this man has always meant to be dishonest. I kn...
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