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Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent (Free subscription) | yesterday
First of all, I want to reiterate that I absolutely love all the conversation yesterday's post inspired. This is why I blog - to have an interactive experience, and to be able to engage with the writing and publishing community. It's invaluable to hear all your perspectives, regardless of whether I agree or disagree (or feel defensive or even hurt, sometimes). There are a couple of things I want to...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
[Click for larger image.] I was lucky enough to see Black Flag play live a number of times in the '80s, around the time Glen E. Friedman shot the photo that graces this book's cover. I was an underage teen sneaking into grownup punk clubs, high on moshpit fumes (and, truth be told, lots else). The band, and that subculture that surrounded them, changed my life. Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
(Editor’s note: This is the 72nd installment of our ongoing Friday blog series highlighting great but forgotten books. Today’s selection comes from Chicago author Libby Fischer Hellmann . Her most recent novel is Doubleback , the second installment (after 2008’s Easy Innocence ) in the private eye Georgia Davis series. Hellmann also edited Chicago Blues , a 2007 anthology of mystery...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Reader Eileen points us to a thought-provoking article by Joshua-Michele Ross discussing the idea that, rather than a diverse "long-tail" culture, we're actually being driven to a homogenized "winner-take-all" culture thanks to the rise of our robot overlords, better known as online recommendation engines. Or something like that. It's a nice theory, with some interesting statistical...
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Electrolist, hosted by Shanghai Ultra of the infamous VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai Electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. Thanks to the Phreaktion Crew , Roni Size and his sidekick Dynamite MC packed a white-hot Shelter last weekend. Electrolist couldn't make it due to a football-related incident, so we asked the first person we could find who did....
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
OK--students in my cultural studies course had a bit of a crisis because half of their presentation group dropped out. They are doing a presentation on the Goth subculture and the two members that dropped out were covering the music. So I offered to help out with an introduction to the roots of the Goth sound (as a non-expert)... here is what I came up with, anyone want to suggest additions? 1970s:...
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By Stephen Wagner, About.com Guide The enormous interest in these creatures prompts the question: Are vampires real? INTEREST IN THE vampire mythos is at an all-time high. The recent enthusiasm for this blood-sucking immortal began perhaps with the highly popular Anne Rice novel, Interview with the Vampire published in 1976, and which she followed up with several more books about the vampire world...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
For a proud subculture of "mega marathoners," running is an obsession. These athletes compete in hundreds of the 26.2-mile runs with the goal of completing more races.
What's On The Hi-Fi (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Listen to "What's On The Hi-Fi Ep. 5” MP3 "Good Morning" - Bikini Machine France's Bikini Machine (whose name is taken from the B-movie Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine ) thrive on inspiration from the sounds of 50's / 60's subculture - coupling vintage guitars and melodies with modern rock and electro sounds. The imprint of Jon Spencer as producer and mixer on "Good Morning"...
Quaker Ranter Martin Kelley (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Max Carter gave the Bible Association of Friends this past weekend at Moorestown (NJ) Friends Meeting. Max is a long-time educator and currently heads the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program at Guilford College, a program that has produced a number of active twenty-something Friends in recent years. The Bible Association is one of those great Philadelphia relics that somehow survived a couple of centuries...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Wall Street Journal has a fun, inspiring piece about technological tinkering: Occupying a space somewhere between shop class and the computer lab, the new tinkerers are making everything from devices that Twitter how much beer is left in a keg to robots that assist doctors. The experimentation is even creating companies. With innovation a prime factor in driving economic growth, and corporate research...
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
And we though Furries and Plushies were bad but it turns out there might be a whole other subculture of people who want to live like hamsters . Yes, hamsters. Your fourth grade class pet. At least that's what two architects in France, Frederic Tabary (pictured as a hamster) and Yann Falquerho, are hoping. The duo who run a company that rents out "unusual venues to adventure-seekers" have...
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
After Nick Griffin announced he will stand in Barking next year , Unite Against Fascism released this press release . A number of points about it. First, the title " We’ll make sure Griffin’s MP bid for Barking is a failure, anti-fascists vow". How do you "make sure" of that? What if the people vote him in? What then? Riots? Second: Unite Against Fascism believes Griffin's...
dandy gum (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
the Iroquois left Frankie Morello S/S 2010 right H e l m u t L a n g, Melanie Ward Years (1993-2003), Arena Homme Magazine The Iroquois was the first american-bred Throughbred race horse to win the prestigious Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, England. The Iroquois were also an indigenuous people of North America, who, in the 16th century or earlier, gathered in an association known...
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
If Palin is indeed a cancer on the GOP, why can't the Republican establishment retire her to a life of moose hunting in the political wilderness? Why has her appeal increased in the wake of her catastrophic political expeditions? The answer lies beyond the realm of polls and punditry in the political psychology of the movement that animates and, to a great degree, controls the Republican grass roots...
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aarkstore | 11/10/2009
Report Description The stem cell market is growing rapidly due to increasing regulatory approval and public acceptance bodies. The benefits of stem cell therapy are attracting an increasing number of patients. The product submarket for human and embryo stem cells are expected to drive the growth of the overall market. In addition, intensive R&D efforts and the increasing investments into research on...
bharatbook | 11/10/2009
Global Stem Cell and Advanced Technologies Market The stem cell market is growing rapidly due to increasing regulatory approval and public acceptance bodies. The benefits of stem cell therapy are attracting an increasing number of patients. The product submarket for human and embryo stem cells are expected to drive the growth of the overall market. In addition, intensive R&D efforts and the increasing
starbuck0295y | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) –A major new photography exhibit is built around the idea that the eyes are just as important as the ears for appreciating and understanding rock 'n' roll. The Brooklyn Museum's sprawling show "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present" opened on Friday as a study in the contrasts that run through the rock music subculture. Nearly 200 photographs, videos,...
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