March 2012
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“Marx found Tyndall’s experiments on the sun’s rays fascinating, sometimes...”
– John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff, Monthly Review
NPR is on Tumblr →
Anonymous asked: name the top 5 blogs you follow that inspire you
In These Times: Managing Dissent in Chicago →
“CHICAGO–Although the world’s most powerful man calls Chicago home, the city’s boosters still have a chip on their shoulder. In 2009, their bid for the 2016 Olympics ended in failure, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel has convinced his old boss, Barack Obama, to let Chicago host the G8 and NATO summits in May. The stage is now set: Leaders of the military alliance and “Group of Eight” rich...
Jesse Thorn's 12 Point Program for Absolutely,... →
“Even a casual hip-hop fan might remember the Outkast hit ‘The Whole Wide World.’ It was the single from their greatest hits record, the one that came out right after they went from famous hip-hop group to hip-hop group your parents have heard of. It featured a guest verse from a talented protégé named Killer Mike. I might even say that the young buck outshined his mentors....
“A major problem with the Tea Party, in terms of “building a bridge” between its...”
– Anthony DiMaggio, interviewed for Monthly Review Press
“U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography Of...
“I don’t like anything about Drake. I don’t like his fucking voice. I don’t like...”
– DMX, from an interview on New York’s Power 105.1
Because nothing says “I’m still culturally relevant” like beefing with an innocuous Canadian pop artist who has no pretensions about being hardcore.
#washed up emcees who pine for the late ’90s, when figuratively and...
“Slim’s Return”
from Shades Of...
“Premier’s grandfather used to be in a jazz band. When he was first getting into...”
– Guru, on the influence of jazz on Gang Starr’s sound
“Slow Nerve Action”
from The Flaming...
Most egregiously underappreciated guitarist of the 1990s: Ronald Jones.
