Hardly Baked 2 - my drivel blog
replacing Hardly Baked … "Really awful is more interesting to listen to than pretty good" - Eno.
By Simon Reynolds.
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New Wavest (#3 of ??)
Clock DVA - a name one associates with industrial music. Well, they were actually on Industrial Records, weren't they? Put out a cassette via them, White Souls in Black Suits. Then Clock DVA were on …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 235 words
Thinkige Kru 2
successor to Thinkige Kru … vintage thoughts from others, vintage thoughts from me - varying degrees of profundity.
By Simon Reynolds.
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2024-11-02 21:21
Audio musicam ergo sumMusic supplies us with a first clue. What part of me hears music when I listen to it? My body trembles, dances, kicks up its heels, perhaps jumps with joy; music innervates …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 172 words
Shock and Awe 2
successor to Shock and Awe … the blog of the Simon Reynolds book about glam and artpop of the 1970s and its aftershocks and reflections to this day.
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anti-theatricality + politics (the finale?)
A wise person once said: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” Donald Trump is a clown. Let’s prevent the presidency from becoming his circus.- …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 2,374 words
Webstory
Peter Webster's blog.
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Reading the edited collection, distantly: some trends in British theological publishing in the twentieth century
Regular readers will know that I’ve become interested in the history of publishing, both as an exercise in the history of technology and as a way of seeing how communities of thought and discourse organise …
By peterwebster, 58 words
The Research Whisperer
Just like the Thesis Whisperer - but with more money.
By Tseen Khoo, Jonathan O’Donnell.
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Perils of Peer Review
Image from Cindy Tang | unsplash.com Peer review, like many things, sounds great in theory. When you submit a paper for publication, qualified experts objectively review your paper, comment on its suitability for publication and …
By Research Whisperer, 976 words
DJ Adams
I've been hacking on SAP enterprise software for more than three decades, and am still enjoying it.
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Creating the new Tech Aloud intro and outro music
Today I revived my Tech Aloud podcast1. Since the last time I published an episode, the infrastructure has changed, in that the Anchor FM platform I was using has been subsumed into Spotify. While in …
Mocoso - Joel Chippindale's blog
A collection of Joel Chippindale's infrequent reckons.
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Updated 11 months ago
Take aways from LeadDev Berlin '23
I really enjoyed attending and speaking at LeadDev Berlin in 2023. Here are just a few of the things that I took away from the conference. When to make quick decisions I learned the most …
Long story; short pier
God, hes left as on aur oun.
By Kip Manley.
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(still) Bringing blogging back
Here’s a list of blog-shaped things to read, and keep reading, from Liz Henry, one of those people I’ve “known” online for what seems like forever, and I very much approve of the notion of …
Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more)
by John Bengtson "the great detective of silent film locations" New York Times.
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How Laurel & Hardy Made “Two Tars”
They did it again! Flicker Alley is now hosting Laurel & Hardy: Year Two, a beautifully presented 2-disc Blu-ray set of Stan and Ollie’s 1928 films, their second year (Year Two) working as a duo. …
By John Bengtson, 1,207 words
Jeff Rapsis / Silent Film Music
Chronicling the ongoing adventure of staging silent film screenings with live music in theaters in New England, USA and elsewhere.
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2024 Silent Film Season in Brandon, Vt. concludes Saturday, Nov. 16 with 'Barbed Wire' (1927)
A lobby card for Paramount's 'Barbed Wire' (1927) starring Pola Negri.This Saturday, it's up to Brandon, Vt. (about 2.5 hours) for the final screening of the 2024 season: 'Barbed Wire' (1927), a World War I …
By Jeff Rapsis, 944 words
The Opinionated Gamers
Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames.
By Dale Yu, et al.
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The Supremes
The crowdfunding campaign for my first game, First Monday in October, went live this morning. In case any OG readers are interested, it’s available at www.firstmondaygame.com. For those of you that have been around for …
Gameblog
Mikko Saari on board games.
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1825 with all Units
Setting up an 1825 game with all the Units has been an arduous task. I hoped to make it a yearly tradition in 2019, but then Covid-19 happened. After that, every attempt has failed somehow. …
Hiew's Boardgame Blog
boardgames, card games, board games, hobby gaming.
By Hiew Chok Sien.
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DONUTS
I played DONUTS on BoardGameArena.com. It is a 2-player abstract game in which you try to form a line of five donuts of your colour. The first player to do this wins. On the board …
By Hiew Chok Sien 邱卓成, 65 words
The Scholar's Stage
A forum to discuss the intersections of history, behavioral science, and strategic thought, with an emphasis on East and Southeast Asian affairs.
By Tanner Greer.
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Republican Debates on China: A Political Compass
MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused to endorse Project 2025—they have refused to endorse any detailed policy plan whatsoever. Trump prefers to keep his …
Images of Old Hawaiʻi
Bringing People, Places, and Events in Hawaiʻi’s past alive through text and media.
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Kaʻōhao
Kaʻōhao (the tying) is an ʻili in the Kailua ahupuaʻa in the Koʻolaupoko Moku on windward Oʻahu. Its name relates to when two women were tied together here with a loincloth after being beaten in …
By Peter T Young, 992 words