Raw Mozart
May 09What I find fascinating about this piece – the overture to an opera that Mozart wrote when he was 14 – is that it sounds like the kind of thing you might get if you programmed a computer to generate “something that sounds like Mozart.” It’s the distinctively Mozartian sound, but by contrast with his [...]
Hayek on Skis!
May 09David Gordon has some funny reminiscences about Hayek. Psychopolitik adds some thoughts on the Olbermann. Where the state ends – look there, my brothers! Do you not see it, the rainbow and the bridges of the Olbermann?
Surveiller et Punir
May 09Two great quotations in Ken MacLeod’s latest post on Orwell and the surveillance state: From Kirstie Ball: “the standard sociological definition of surveillance coincides with the standard organization theory definition of management.” From Teresa Neilsen Hayden (about Photoshop): “The tools of dictators! In the hands of the people!”
Mumbo Mambo
May 09Check out this musical number from the first Aladdin movie (1992): And this one from the second Aladdin movie (1994): Finally, check out this musical number from the Teen Titans episode “Bunny Raven” (2005): I’m just sayin’.
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