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October 23, 2012
Evil Still Exists
from AP via AZ Central
NY top court says lap dance isn’t art, is taxable
By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. - Lap dances are taxable because they don’t promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York’s highest court concluded Tuesday in a sharply divided ruling.
The court split 4-3, [...]
NY top court says lap dance isn’t art, is taxable
By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. - Lap dances are taxable because they don’t promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York’s highest court concluded Tuesday in a sharply divided ruling.
The court split 4-3, [...]
October 22, 2012
Sniffing Mold and Rifling Through Trash In Search of Genius
from SPIN
The Numero Group has become the world’s greatest reissue label by tirelessly chasing dead-ends, following every detour, and ringing doorbells at their own risk. DAVID PEISNER trails the label’s founders through Louisiana as they sniff mold, rifle through trash, and maybe expose a few lost geniuses.
This is what it’s come to. When a man [...]
The Numero Group has become the world’s greatest reissue label by tirelessly chasing dead-ends, following every detour, and ringing doorbells at their own risk. DAVID PEISNER trails the label’s founders through Louisiana as they sniff mold, rifle through trash, and maybe expose a few lost geniuses.
This is what it’s come to. When a man [...]
October 21, 2012
Moving the Still
from paste
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to Judge Animated GIF Contest
BY RYAN BORT
What has Michael Stipe been up to since R.E.M. called it quits last year? Well, we haven’t heard much, but it was recently announced on the band’s website that the former frontman will be judging an animated GIF contest called, appropriately, “Moving the Still.”
And these aren’t your [...]
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to Judge Animated GIF Contest
BY RYAN BORT
What has Michael Stipe been up to since R.E.M. called it quits last year? Well, we haven’t heard much, but it was recently announced on the band’s website that the former frontman will be judging an animated GIF contest called, appropriately, “Moving the Still.”
And these aren’t your [...]
October 16, 2012
October 15, 2012
Bob’s Yer French-braided Uncle
from BBC
Twists and turns in history of hair
By John Laurenson
Dyed and curled, slicked-back or straightened, tied in tight little buns or floating out in the breeze like a windsock, human beings have been cutting and styling their hair for an extraordinarily long time.
Cheveux Cheris or Beloved Hair is a new exhibition at Paris’ Quai Branly museum [...]
Twists and turns in history of hair
By John Laurenson
Dyed and curled, slicked-back or straightened, tied in tight little buns or floating out in the breeze like a windsock, human beings have been cutting and styling their hair for an extraordinarily long time.
Cheveux Cheris or Beloved Hair is a new exhibition at Paris’ Quai Branly museum [...]
October 14, 2012
Her shoulders and hips rotate at the same time, if at all.
from The Washington Post
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October 13, 2012
Top 10 Dystopian Demises For Mankind
from The Guardian
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October 12, 2012
Big Cool (and can run over any stupid Metro bus that pulls out in front of it)
from The LA Times
Shuttle treks across L.A., headed for its space
Looking like a behemoth out of a Hollywood film, space shuttle Endeavour makes its way down Manchester Boulevard.(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
By Kate Mather, Andrew Khouri and Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times
The space shuttle Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles last month with an air of [...]
Shuttle treks across L.A., headed for its space
Looking like a behemoth out of a Hollywood film, space shuttle Endeavour makes its way down Manchester Boulevard.(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
By Kate Mather, Andrew Khouri and Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times
The space shuttle Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles last month with an air of [...]
October 11, 2012
Anudari Does TED
from TED
How a contortionist plays music
We are thoroughly impressed with contortionist Anudari, who performed last week at TEDxUlaanbaatar in Mongolia. She has been studying contortion since she was 6-years-old. But it’s not just her outrageous flexibility and ability to fold in impossible ways that makes her so fascinating to watch. It’s the fact that she can [...]
How a contortionist plays music
We are thoroughly impressed with contortionist Anudari, who performed last week at TEDxUlaanbaatar in Mongolia. She has been studying contortion since she was 6-years-old. But it’s not just her outrageous flexibility and ability to fold in impossible ways that makes her so fascinating to watch. It’s the fact that she can [...]
October 10, 2012
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