August 2009
Yeni Ozgur - Paula Darwish Interview →
For my Turkish readers (I know there’s at least one of you!), here is a recent interview in the Turkish press with Paula Darwish, a musician I am currently working with who I mentioned in my previous post.
Cats
I haven’t been on Tumblr much the last few days, so I’ve only just found out about this sharks v cats thing. Not really sure what I think about it all, but I joined the cats, because Tu would never forgive me otherwise. It has to be said though, the shark avator icon is way cooler than the cat one. My avator now has what almost look like bunny ears, making me look a right twat.
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Happy Days
A dear friend has informed me that I will be getting a soprano ukulele for my birthday - I’m rather excited about it. Uke number 2 (my other uke is a baritone) - I think that officially makes me a collector now!
Kids 1: The Man: Nil - Fully functional Pirate Bay...
feastingonroadkill:
Via here
“Goodbye, Pirate Bay. Hello, Pirate Bay. A couple of days ago we wrote about a very special torrent, which contained a copy of the entire Pirate Bay with most of the torrents in its database. Now, someone has put it to use: you can find a fully functional copy of the Pirate Bay over at btarena.net.
The new site is not exactly the same as the old one, and some of...
feastingonroadkill:
The epitome of funkeh.
War:...
Barry White songs used to encourage shark to mate... →
(via shadowfirebird)
Let's trim our hair in accordance with the... →
jhnbrssndn:
(via streamrunningover)
“Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
via liquidnight
(via billyjane) (via elvira) (via eldafto)
“I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss)...”
– Magnus Uggla
via The real reason why the major labels love Spotify | Music
The real reason why the major labels love Spotify →
“No wonder the majors speak so highly of Spotify – they receive 18% of shares in the online streaming service. It’s justy a pity that artists won’t get to see any of this.”
(via yvynyl: wvmusic)
Persépolis 2.0
http://www.spreadpersepolis.com
—via vruz: ivanadaime: (translation: vruz)
Some years ago, I devoured Persepolis: a comic that spanned several books, in which its author, Marjane Satrapi reconstructed almost 30 years of Iran, using the story of her own life. (from the last days of the reign of the Sha, to the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war). Some time later, the film arrived.(weak)
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"End the rendition cover-up" | Comment is free →
shadowfirebird:
‘Today Reprieve announced that it would sue the UK government to force it to reveal the identities of two men held in secret at Bagram. The case is an attempt to get to the truth of the rendition to Afghanistan of two prisoners captured by the British in Iraq in 2004 and it should make us all sit up and pay attention. Britain, once again, may be complicit in a breach of...
