December 2010
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Top 5 Films of 2010
Mine are (in no particular order):
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Inception
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Social Network
What are yours?
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“In premodern times, the maldistribution of wealth was accomplished by simple...”
– Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States
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“Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we...”
– Tony Judt, Ill Fares the Land
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov, US biochemist and science fiction author (1920-1992)
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Top 5 Albums of 2010
Mine are:
1. Teen Dream - Beach House
2. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
3. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
4. Transference - Spoon
5. High Violet - The National
What are yours?
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My votes for the Hottest 100
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother voting in the Hottest 100. The top ten songs gets worse every single year. I still do it and ended up casting my votes today.
I voted for:
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Broken Bells - The High Road Surfer Blood - Swim Beach House - Norway National, The - Lemonworld El Guincho - Bombay Kanye West - All Of The Lights Spoon - Written...
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somethingintellectual:
The Pixies - Debaser
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“It is ironic that young people have been dismissed as apathetic and uninterested...”
– Len McCluskey, General Secretary-elect, Unite the Union
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I do not care for the winter sun →
beachhouse2010:
We recorded this a few days ago in our practice space: its a winter/holiday song, its a gift to the internet, thank you for the lovely, intense year!
An early Christmas present from Beach House.
It’s just over a month til their Sydney show. I can’t wait.
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“Social democracy has to cease being solely about sharing out the proceeds of...”
– Neal Lawson & John Harris, “Welcome to the New Socialism”, New Statesman
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
David Bowie (8)
Beach House (6)
Kanye West (6)
The xx (5)
Emmylou Harris (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Every time WikiLeaks publishes the truth about abuses committed by US agencies,...”
– Julian Assange, “Don’t shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths”, The Australian, 8 December 2010
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The Future of Social Democracy is Green →
Dear Robert Manne,
Please have the courtesy to reference Tony Judt’s “What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy” & John Keane’s “Decline, Fall, Rebirth” if you’re going to plagarise them.
Yours sincerely,
Semi-anonymous internet commenter
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Chinese foreign policy, Confucius and losing face
The reaction and hysteria about Rudd’s leaked comments on China has reminded me why I really dislike most media discussion about China. Commentary is provided without any understanding of Chinese history or culture and through a very Eurocentric prism. Former NSW premier Bob Carr has it spot on when he notes that many find a peaceful rising China:
Hard to believe because China is rising...
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Meredith Playing Times
Friday, December 10
4:00 - 4:40pm Puta Madre Brothers 5:00 - 5:40 Rat Vs Possum 6:00 - 6:40 Kimbra 7:00 - 7:40 Jeff The Brotherhood 8:10 - 9:00 Broadcast 9:30 - 10:15 Cloud Control 10:45 - 11:40 Reverend Horton Heat 12:10 - 1:00am Little Red 1:20 - 2:05 Clipse 2:25 - 3:55 The Field 4:00 - 10:00am Silence Wedge
Saturday, December 11
10:00 - 10.40am City Of Ballarat Brass Band 11:00 - 11:40 kyu...
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