Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Bradley Manning, the movie

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Prevention of Injury (POI) from kyle broom on Vimeo. An indie film takes a fictional look at real, currently unfolding events. Must see!

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Music for a Sunday: I still dream of Orgonon…

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Kate Bush’s poignant classic. Based on Peter Reich’s story of his father’s arrest for building a device that, so it’s said, actually DID make rain. (And yes, that IS the always-awesome Donald Sutherland, playing Wilhelm Reich.)

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The state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put the lie to that version. Here’s the story that’s got … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Isaac Asimov on stupidity

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

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Happy 75th Birthday, Jim Henson

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

And to show their appreciation, your creations would like to sing you a little song… “Nothing really matters…(big breath)…but MOI!!!”

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Jack Layton on This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Jack gets Marg’d. And other choice moments. Lots of Canadian politicians have been great sports about the merciless satire this CBC fake-news show dishes out on their (usually) all-too-deserving heads, but Jack seems to have had the most fun of … Continue reading →

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“If you see me in the street”

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A spoken-word poem worth taking to heart about just how unpleasant it is to be a woman in public. (And yes, I can vouch for just about everything she says, except maybe the bit about cigarettes; I’m a militant non-smoker.) … Continue reading →

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If a bankster falls in the forest…

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…it makes the odd news headlines: “Shark in a boat” seems so last month. Now it’s “shark in the forest.” A call to police reporting an unusual odor on Thursday night led New Hampshire authorities to find a shark decomposing … Continue reading →

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Planned Parenthood meets Bollywood!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In celebration of the new law requiring all US health insurance providers to cover birth control and other preventive health measures for women with no “co-pays” (out of pocket expenses, often used by insurers to minimize their own expenditures), Planned … Continue reading →

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Music for a Monday: A lament for Che

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Yes, I know, this is very belated; I should have put this up yesterday: Steven Soderbergh’s two-volume movie of Che’s Cuban triumph and his Bolivian downfall is hugely ambitious, and in some instances falls short of its obviously high intent. … Continue reading →