March 2008
22 posts
The Architecture of Self-Measurement →
Do you ever return to a building, a street, or a tree and feel like you can measure yourself against it by how different it appears to you in light of the ways you have changed since you last saw it? This article on BLDGBLOG reflects on the ways we experience ourselves in relation to spaces of the built environment. On my West Coast trip last week, I walked around the Getty Center in LA, and I...
Listen to my Muxtape! →
Thanks to Nate and Vijay’s muxtapes for the inspiration. You can subscribe to our RSS feeds for regular muxtape updates.
White people like San Francisco →
When I visit SF for a conference this week, I can’t wait to experience their diversity, architecture, expensive sandwiches, wine, and progressive political outlook. I will surely throw up a “west coast” hand sign if someone mentions hyphy or Oakland.
Obama's Monumental Speech on Race →
This speech has inspired me to organize an activist group to fight racist segregation and gentrification in Minneapolis. And to campaign for Obama.
Protests in Tibet - We Should Boycott the Olympics... →
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers vs. Taco Bell →
Check out this rad, inspirational video about immigrant tomato pickers in Florida who organized and rose up against their exploiters - Taco Bell and McDonalds - and won! The video features Tom Morello wearing an Industrial Workers of the World hat
Belatedly, happy San Precario day (Feb. 29th)! -... →
Back-of-the-envelope design contest for the George... →
I need to make a "web 2.0 resume" →
I’m thinking of doing a mash-up of my academic conference appearances with a youtube video of me skateboarding, and links to my favorite anarcho-feminist websites.
Robot Insects and Conspiracy Dwellings on BLDGBLOG →
Translated lyrics to Familjen's "det snurrar i min...
(lyrics to my favorite video - translated from the Swedish - at ticklebooth)
I….started a fire for you and now the whole forest is on fire Now….I know what you are going to say and it feels just like the first time Come….let’s show them that it’s us two but everyone already knows Out….you run away with me yeah can you hear them singing *seizure*
As if….everything was predetermined as the earth...
Save the basset hounds! →
WatchStephen Malkmus and the Jicks cover REM songs in a chic San Fran art gallery
Jecca is Italian! She just found out from... →
Her great-grandfather’s name is Guglielmi!
NYC schoolkids sellout →
NYC schools, and soon Baltimore too, are giving kids monetary incentives to excel on standardized tests. This is actually great news, because it blatantly exposes the once “hidden curriculum” of disciplining students to be capitalists.
The third best bathroom graffiti ever: "love punk... →
Graffiti in Berlin - bombing the coolest city in... →
