Rappers Discussing Rappers

How historians @jmjafrx and @marthasjones_ extended the reach of their graduate seminar far beyond @JohnsHopkins . Any historian can do this: #EverythinghasaHistory & all histories have people who are interested. https://t.co/aWjkG4bIRm

— Jim Grossman (@JimGrossmanAHA) March 22, 2018

CeCe Rogers, "All Join Hands."

The Lessons of a School Shooting--in 1853

The Lessons of a School Shooting–in 1853 via @politicomag https://t.co/WSjMbONrmH #everythinghasahistory

— History Bizarre (@HistoryBizarre) March 25, 2018

#Everythinghasahistory

#EverythinghasaHistory https://t.co/PAYg44ABhe

— Jim Grossman (@JimGrossmanAHA) March 27, 2018

Nachlass (Nachlaß)

is what I need to learn more about.

A single computer failure can wipe out an entire digital photo collection, destroying years of a family's carefully curated memories.
How can library and information professionals help? https://t.co/jVMYn3Hwci#digitalarchive #archiving #digitalpreservation #digitalmemory pic.twitter.com/Ha7w5DSAFj

— Facet Publishing (@facetpublishing) March 22, 2018

every archivist has done this. there's no shame. we all have to eat. https://t.co/CQwbIiPTQo

— Mayne Gauche (@Bibliocracy) March 21, 2018

Just in time for #NEAARTSP18! JCAS volume 5, article 1 has been published: https://t.co/UcIMQC1it3

Meghan Rinn of @BarnumMuseum discusses gaps in subject headings related to disabilities.@NEarchivists @ArchivistsRT pic.twitter.com/5IVfU5m7El

— Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies (@JCASonline) March 22, 2018

No More Kings, "Sweep the Leg."

Paul Lekakis, "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)."

An Essay About the Anthropocene

An essay by Richard Seymour about the Anthropocene. Much to ponder.

Johnny Halliday

The children of Johnny Hallyday are fighting his widow over his will.

Kunstler: Not So Happy Motoring.

Kunstler: Not So Happy Motoring.

On another note, this is interesting: U.S. Utilities Look To Electric Cars As Their Savior Amid Decline In Demand.

Jan Adams makes a dystopian prediction re: driverless cars.

31 March update:

bumping this again after reading the @nytimes story on the recent Model X crash, which it incorrectly called the “second fatal crash in which the Autopilot system.” https://t.co/i9jExgMOM6 https://t.co/KOIsZkVest

— Ryan Felton (@ryanfelton) March 31, 2018

Ratt, "Lay It Down."

Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman, "I Like to Move It."

The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Clampetts Strike Oil."

Isn't That Something?

"Study: Cancer Vaccine Cures 97 Per Cent of Tumors in Mice, Human Trials to Begin Soon."

Thanks to Ian Lind's post today I found this:

Federation of American Scientists link to CRS Reports

Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports

The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues. While many CRS memoranda are generated in response to individual Member or staff inquiries and are confidential, most CRS reports are available to anyone who has access to a congressional intranet.

Yet at the direction of Congress, CRS does not make even its non-confidential publications directly available to the public online. In order to help overcome this unnecessary barrier, the Federation of American Scientists endeavors to provide current, regularly updated public access to as many non-confidential CRS reports as possible. These reports are provided without congressional or CRS authorization as a public service.

Past and Present

Like many other people I watched the Roseanne premiere last night.

Max Blumenthal opines:

.@ABC rewarding #Roseanne's long record of industrial level racism and anti-Palestinian incitement with a sitcom reboot is just another instance of corporate media fueling right-wing Trump culture https://t.co/pih8HpGcb0

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 28, 2018

The interesting thing to me is when something is revisited after many years, and seeing what changes and what stays the same. Imperial Bedrooms, the Bret Easton Ellis novel from 2010 is an example. Set twenty-five years after Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms is current, but its characters haven't changed much. Rip may be constantly texting and watching CNN on a laptop, but he's still malevolent.

Then there's the new YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai. From what I can tell from the trailer h


http://democratherald.com/blogs/of-being-and-johnny-lawrence-sweep-the-leg/article_1b2d98b1-224f-51e8-9277-221c6ed38569.html

An Intriguing Book

I'll try to get and read a copy sometime.

What They Saw in America: Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G. K. Chesterton, and Sayyid Qutb, by James L. Nolan, Jr. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).

Cilla Black, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

So Bad It's Good

If you have free time and want a laugh, check out @WorstDamnTweet. It compiles tweets from everybody: Sh!tlibs, Kekistanners, the Acela Corridor (Beltway people), Clown Politicians (a redundancy?), Never Trumpers, Brits, the extremely online, celebrities....

Examples:

pic.twitter.com/NhP9UY1vhB

— WorstTweetAllTime (@WorstDamnTweet) March 26, 2018

REGION: CLOWN POLITICIANS PLAY-IN MATCH

Lieu's "Prison labor is good..."
vs.
King's "American babies..."

Whose tweet was worse?

— WorstTweetAllTime (@WorstDamnTweet) March 22, 2018

On the Decline of Philippine Spanish (a post in progress)

Quora.com: Do Filipinos Care About the Preservation of Philippine Spanish?"

On the Decline of German Restaurants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/grandmas-food-how-changing-tastes-are-killing-german-restaurants/2018/03/19/de4c4994-0b93-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.250ca7fa21ff

Linked from NancyNall.com

Awkwafina, "NYC Bitche$"

Tolstoy was an pacifist anarchist,, u oaf https://t.co/0ZupMaxS20

— Carlgoyle Beijer (@CarlBeijer) March 6, 2018

This Blog is Twelve

The twelfth anniversary of this blog came and went, and I realized it just yesterday. That shows how hectic things have been lately. They've been discussing small towns a lot recently at NancyNall.com. Much I can say--if I can find the time. I doubt any of the commenters are familiar with Kunstler.

Three Women Who Launched a Movement https://t.co/b6Tt7PavWN #InternationalWomensDay

— David Boaz (@David_Boaz) March 8, 2018

Some Historians to Check Out

That said, I'm just a simple, country 20th-century historian. Let me tag in some 19th-century folks who actually work on these issues. @Ed_Baptist @arothmanhistory @HC_Richardson @rothmanistan @TheTattooedProf @KevinLevin @karpmj

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 7, 2018

On Uber and Ambulances

This is called an ambulance. It already exists. WHY IS TECH SO FUCKING DETERMINED NOT TO ADVANCE A DAMNED THING? https://t.co/7FDmLZ2KQm

— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) March 2, 2018

Gryphon

Ougenweide - Nieman kan mit Gerten

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/wj4byz/spring-hipster-runoff-generation-essay

Lent is coming, and the Anglican Church in North America has launched an internet resource, https://t.co/OmP9j3Flfl, to support the Church in the Lenten disciplines of prayer and almsgiving. Learn more here: https://t.co/PXrnUCnCsV @anglicanaid @Matthew25i #Lent2018 #Anglican pic.twitter.com/Eq37xvGuJa

— ACNA (@The_ACNA) February 13, 2018

Horse Power

UC Stereotypes Explained

NorCal Asians vs. SoCal Asians

Smiley, "I Love My Religion"

Freddy Meiway, "200% Zoblazo."

The Chainsmokers, "#SELFIE"

Fellow Orthodox Christians: We all dread all the beans we have to eat during Lent. I made a crazy delicious pot of cannellini beans using loads of Bavarian seasoning mix from @TheSpiceHouse. You gotta try it! https://t.co/C128fdV1lP

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) March 1, 2018

Does anybody want to buy a computer collection I have been gathering since 1993? This is less than half of it. I am considering a move, and I'm not sure these can go with me to the new place. Would love to keep them all together somehow. Want to start a museum? pic.twitter.com/lG7b3PuDUg

— Benj Edwards (@benjedwards) February 26, 2018

Large Archive of Hannah Arendt’s Papers Digitized by the Library of Congress.

Read Her Lectures, Drafts of Articles, Notes & Correspondence https://t.co/4cvhO5dT5s pic.twitter.com/2EDiUGrBEv

— Open Culture (@openculture) February 28, 2018

Bertie Higgins, "Homeless People."

People on all sides of this have a lot of time on their hands.

Tucker hosted a college kid who tried to press charges against fellow students who handed him a box of crackers and photoshopped him as a cracker. Tucker called him brave. pic.twitter.com/obj4Mwysv6

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 1, 2018

Robbie Dupree, "This is Life."

Song heretofore unknown by me.

"The World Ain't a Big Soap Opera."

Maddow still appropriating Glenn Beck's act https://t.co/fIiNqNjWYE

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) February 21, 2018

Rachel Maddow got emotional as she said that the indictments of 13 Russians are proof that finally, someone is defending us from the Russian threat to the United States. https://t.co/F6aINirMGt #maddow #Russians pic.twitter.com/1EEpXI5Ajc

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 17, 2018

Rachel should listen to Yo-Yo.



And this guy.

Dyke & the Blazers, "The Funky Broadway."

Another discovery.

Rick Astley, "Lights Out."

Just heard of this song, too.

Space, "The Ballad of Tom Jones."

First time I've heard of this song or band.

Esperanza Spalding

Alabama, "Jukebox in My Mind."

Another song I first heard yesterday in the Chinese restaurant. It's much more recent than I thought it was.

Charlie Rich, "Rollin' With the Flow."

I first heard (of) this song yesterday afternoon in a Chinese restaurant as I was waiting to pick up my order.

Hating on Rod Dreher--Again

This may be the pluperfect Dreher post, @edroso -- quotes Wendell Berry, pimps homeschooling, has reader-comment edit on transgenderism, blames large schools, etc. All suffused w/ fear. Missing? A pic of him feeding his face. So maybe just a contender.https://t.co/EVvXykU83M

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) February 22, 2018

My prejudice: I went to a *huge* high school, where one could take four years of Russian, a million different lit classes, etc. So my enthusiasm for the kountry klassrooms of Fritters is perhaps not quite at his level.

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) February 22, 2018

Excellent point. And you could have little schools because no one was expected to know much more than readin’, writin’ and cipherin’. The reader comment he added is particularly dickish, btw.

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) February 22, 2018

Edroso is the master of Rod-haters, especially here.

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4 March update: I found this.

LOL pic.twitter.com/in77Mn2nyu

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) December 13, 2017

Look at it this way: It's a break from the endless, multi-thousand-word posts about people with the wrong takeaway about the Benedict Option.

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) December 13, 2017

I was in 10th grade when I learned that communication is a loop, and if someone misunderstands what you said/wrote, you should consider that maybe you weren't clear. Rod...takes a different approach.

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) December 13, 2017

I think it's worse. He's constantly calling for people to withdraw from modern life (schools, telecommunications, culture), then saying "of course BO is not about withdrawing from modern life, didn't you see in chapter 1 where I said it wasn't?"

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) December 13, 2017

"Form close communities of like-minded Christians! Care for one another's children! Homeschool together! I'll be inside reading, blogging and otherwise ignoring you."

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) December 13, 2017

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6 March update: What exactly is she accusing him of? A kind of sock-puppeting?

Why do all of Dreher's "reader letters" read like they were written by the same person? The voice, word choice, hand-wringing attitude, all of it. I'm not the world's most experienced editor, but I know writing styles are highly individual. These aren't. https://t.co/kaiP3QpBib

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) March 6, 2018

I think of Marianna and know she'd have so much to say about this.

"There was nothing left to repair" A medic writes about the Florida mass shooting. https://t.co/sSZew0VwXD

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) February 22, 2018

Dupes

Americans are dupes, according to this.

ICYMI on the Mueller indictment: "At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." (by me) https://t.co/bpUWVqZoPl

— Evan Osnos (@eosnos) February 17, 2018

(The New Yorker, "Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud" by Evan Osnos, February 16, 2018.)

Yes they are.

I had classes in media literacy in high school. Alas, now here we are. https://t.co/YtYBRNHokT

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) February 19, 2018

Really?

"At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." https://t.co/qwfMfPVvoB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2018

Maybe they are, but so is the chattering class.

This statement is also true when applied to well educated coastal liberals. Their uncritical, almost faith based acceptance of the Russiagate narrative has revealed them to be just as suggestible and easily duped as the red state rubes they disdain. https://t.co/PcUWfd3MCw

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) February 18, 2018

Maybe the dupes aren't regular people after all.

One facet of elite political culture that Russiagate lays bare is the contempt our top minds have for average voters. Here is 1 of multiple suggestions that Russian ads/bots changed minds/outcome. Look up the total for Russian FB Nov election ads in MI & WI - it’s less than $1k. https://t.co/mM7Z6P95oh

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) February 19, 2018

West Virginia Woman Removed From Legislature After Exposing Fossil Fuel Contributions to Lawmakers https://t.co/FZr9ak9sSo

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) February 14, 2018

So. Here's a thread on the economics of being an international reader.

— Hanna Alkaf (@yesitshanna) February 10, 2018

Kunstler: Yet Another Year of Magical Thinking.

Kunstler: Yet Another Year of Magical Thinking.

We've heard many times about Soviet troops raping German women. Not so much about American, British and French troops doing the same thing. Looks like an interesting book. High time something like this was written.https://t.co/a2m9BAq1gA

— Margaret Kimberley (@freedomrideblog) February 7, 2018

Let the Eagles Soar

Of Course Russia's Got Talent.

This off-hand comment by coozledad led me to see if there was a Russian version of Got Talent. There is.



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I don't think he was on the show, but he's a balalaika virtuoso in his own right.

Disco Polo

I just learned of disco polo last night as I tried to post as many videos as I could.

no one will understand this but julia is in poland and discovered disco polo and i just CANT BREATHE pic.twitter.com/c9a2VcK308

— 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒶 (@jksjmin) February 1, 2018

Shazza, "Małe pieski dwa"

Shazza A.k.a. the queen of disco polo.

Zhou Xuan, "Shanghai Nights."

By one of the foremost practitioners of shidaiqu.

Tyler, The Creator: "Who Dat Boy"

Beatbully, "Skweed."

Randy Barracuda, "Rick James is Dead."

CeCe Rogers, "In the Morning."

CeCe Rogers, "Lonely Girl."

Charanjit Singh, "Raga Bhairav."

From SYNTHESIZING: TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT (1982).

Newspaper Printing

Published on Nov 22, 2013


more at http://news.quickfound.net/journalism...

3rd part of "From Trees to Tribunes" covers the newspaper printing process including linotype machines, stereotyping, matrix, letterpress, etc. Shows the longest single newspaper press in the world."

Trees to Tribunes Part 1 (Logging & Papermaking):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWtHA...

Public domain film from the Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.

The film was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_...

The Impossible Kid

can be seen here.

Tekle Tesfazghi with Roha Band - "Fikrey Telemeni"

Linda George, "Eeda D'Khooba."

From Warda Bil Drananeh D Khooba, 1988

Britney Spears feat. Iggy Azalea, "Pretty Girls."

Crazy ass story.
•Self employed carpenter.
•Uninsured & Couldn’t afford to go to the doctor.
•Wins $.
•Goes to doctor.
•Discovers he has stage 4 cancer. •Dies 23 days after winning the lottery.
•Christ. https://t.co/B4FGH6TAVX

— Shar (@SharSaysSo) January 31, 2018

"Workshop—n+1: How to Do Theory in a Literary Magazine."

Manhattan Transfer, "Spice of Life."

Recorded in 1981 by Michael Jackson for Thriller, but never included. Recorded by Manhattan Transfer and released on its 1983 album Bodies and Souls.

Madonna, "Cyberraga."

"Cyberraga" was a B-side to "Music" and a bonus track for the Japanese and Australian versions of Music.

Marilyn Martin, "Possessive Love."

From the 1988 album This is Serious. Co-written by Madonna and originally intended to be on Like A Prayer, the demo was given to Martin to record.

Shadowfax, "Madagascar Cafe."

From the 1988 album Folksongs For a Nuclear Village. (Won the Best New Age Performance Award at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.)

Take 6, "Time After Time (The Savior Is Waiting)."

Winner of the Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus Award at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. From the 1990 album So Much 2 Say.

CeCe Winans, "Don't Cry For Me."

(Winner of the Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female Award at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.)

Joe Zawinul, "In a Silent Way."

Bobby McFerrin,"Round Midnight."

This won the Best Jazz Vocal Performance Award at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards. From the Round Midnight soundtrack album.

The Mattson 2: "Man From Anamnesis."

"Not Available on CD", etc.

A Discogs.com list, "Not Available on CD."

PsyNews.org: "Neogoa on CD?"

< href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/nov/13/vhs-music-format-war-ty-segall">The Guardian: "How VHS Belatedly Re-entered Music's Format War."

"James Joint"

A great cover by Jarreau Vandal



And Rihanna's original.



I didn't know there was an official video.

Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B: "Finesse (Remix)"

Oh my is this ever some good news: Meryl Streep Is Joining the Cast of Big Little Lies Season 2 https://t.co/sZz3cn2HUp via @thecut

— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) January 24, 2018

Different people get jazzed by different things.

I've been listening to this lately.

I finally took my Christmas tree down. That’s that single lady laziness.

— snarky black archivist (@k_bubbs) January 21, 2018

The Center for Middletown Studies

Homepage of the Center for Middletown Studies.

Kunstler: Fever Pitch.

Kunstler: Fever Pitch.

Current members who voted against MLK day:
Senate:
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA
House:
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Hal Rogers (R-KY)
John Culberson (R-TX)
Steve Scalise (R-LA)https://t.co/jz4OOSmbqe

— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) January 15, 2018

Iggy Azalea, "Mo Bounce"

Kunstler: Forecast 2018 — What Could Go Wrong?

Excerpts from Kunstler's forecast are below. The whole column is at the link.

Kunstler: Forecast 2018 — What Could Go Wrong?

Russia can only benefit from steering clear of war, though its recent offer to act as an intermediary between Kim and Trump was a smart move. (Maybe they remember how Teddy Roosevelt negotiated a peace settlement in the Russo-Japanese War of 1907.) They have little to lose and prestige to gain. Despite what you hear about the unholy thuggery of Vladimir Putin, it seems to me that what he wants most of all for his country is to attain the condition of a politically and economically normal nation — after the 75-year-long misadventure with communism. I suspect Putin and others in Russia would have liked the country to become more fully Europeanized in tone and style than it has been allowed to be, with NATO playing war games on Russia’s border, and US monkeyshines in Ukraine, and sanctions against it for really no good reason. So, Russia has been shoved back into its cubbyhole as a nation not quite of Europe, with sinister Byzantine overtones and ancient exotic Mongol influences.

This quasi-isolation has some benefits for Russia, for one, the imperative to develop businesses and industries for import-replacement, that is, for becoming more self-sufficient. Russia has a lot to work worth, with the world’s highest oil production, lots of ores and minerals, untold hydropower, and endless timber. It can make its own stuff, and Russian citizens are free to try starting businesses. The country may even benefit from climate change with expanded croplands. Russia is already approaching food self-sufficiency after the long catastrophe of soviet farm collectivization.

Meanwhile, Europe desperately needs Russia’s oil and natural gas, so they must know that using NATO troops and armor to make threats is a hollow gesture. Notice that Russia is stockpiling gold reserves, where the USA is just selling the stuff off. (China is stockpiling, too. Like mad.) When other currencies implode, there is reason to believe the world will be introduced to a gold-backed Ruble and Yuan, “money” backed by money. They’ll be able to buy stuff they need. Will we? Will a gold-backed currency shove aside the US dollar as world reserve currency? The precursor to that will be China’s effort to establish oil trade in its Yuan.

Europe has stumbled along economically for several years on Mario Draghi’s promise to “do whatever it takes” to keep the EU’s member nations from falling into the black hole of debt deflation, namely, buying every bond that the sovereign governments and corporations issue. That kept the game going, but the structural imbalances in EU banking are now so extreme that it is hard to see a way out besides an EU crackup. The Merkel-led immigration-and-refugee policy looked like a bad bet from the get-go and is liable to get worse when the whatever-it-takes liquidity dries up and the EU member countries fall into recession (or depression) and there’s no more money to pay for all those refugee settlement centers and the social services that have been provided. There won’t be enough gainful employment for Germans, Belgians, Frenchmen, and Swedes, let alone for immigrants and refugees.

[...]

As it happens, higher education is approaching its own state of implosion, since college has become, most of all, a money-grubbing racket tuned to the flow of exorbitant student loans for exorbitant college costs. Higher Ed’s fate is tied to the financial sector, especially the bond market, since college loans are lately being bundled into janky bonds just like the NINJA mortgages of 2007 were. The entire US college industry has been in a hypertrophic blow-off for decades, and the gross expansion of facilities, programs, and costs has developedan inverse relationship to the value of a college education. I predict that a shocking number of small four-year colleges will go out of business this year. Students who had not completed their degree requirements will just be shit out of luck.

[Note: See the Wikipedia category Educational institutions by year of disestablishment. E.g., St. Gregory's University.--P.Z.]

Concluding Thoughts

2018 will be a tumultuous year of shake-outs and loss. The watchword for the year should be “lean.” Individuals will be shoved into leaner modes of living. Companies will suffer despite the new lower tax. Financial rewards will be lean. Nations will have to seriously start planning to get by on less, to downscale, and jettison programs that don’t jibe with the mandates of reality. 2018 is the year that the world comes un-stuck from the past ten years of pretending that it’s possible to get something for nothing. For 2018, it’s full speed ahead into the long emergency.