Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Heroes for Today: Johnny Cash, Black Bloc anarchist?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Johnny answers a sartorial question with a song:Jesus Christ. Just listen to those lyrics. Aren’t they a brick through the window of your smug bourgeois sensibilities?

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Promised You a Miracle

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Thanks to a friend on Facebook, some music for this fine Monday morn:Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr teams up with Canada’s own Martha Wainwright to remake an ’80s classic for Oxfam. The message for G8 leaders is clear: No more … Continue reading →

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We are all Greeks now, or soon will be

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Arrival of Lord Byron at Missolonghi”, by Theodoros P. Vryzakis, 1861. National Gallery of Athens, Greece. The English Romantic poet sailed with his own fleet of ships as an aid agent of the London Committee in December of 1823, and … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Eduardo Galeano on May Day

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Chicago, 1886. May 1. When the general strike paralyzed Chicago and other cities, the Philadelphia Tribune diagnosed: The labor element has been bitten by a universal species of tarantula, and has gone stark raving mad. Stark raving mad for fighting … Continue reading →

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Canadian comedy is eerily prescient–and better than US news

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall anticipates Glenn Beck, back when the latter was still mumbling drunkenly behind a 7-11 store somewhere. Keitho (when he’s on, he’s really really on) points out the eerie parallels.And yes, the paranoid … Continue reading →

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When Copyright Goes Bad

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

15-minute documentary on the abuse of copyright by big industry, and the clampdown on creative engagement.

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A song for the day

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

No joke, this one’s good. Back in the day, these Torontonians opened for Rush. Word is they’ve recently reunited, too.

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Music for a Sunday: The Ballad of Hugo Chávez

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A little birdie told me this song won some kind of award. No kidding! What a rum old world.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A certain famous photo turns 50

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Alberto Korda’s iconic portrait of Che, mourning the loss of his compañeros, is 50 years old today. Here’s the story behind it: Three in the afternoon. March 4, 1960. The steamer La Coubre was anchored in the bay of Havana. … Continue reading →

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Padre Nuestro Latinoamericano

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Cuban actor Héctor Quintero recites Mario Benedetti’s great poem to a capacity crowd in Havana’s Revolution Square. Orchestra directed by Leo Brouwer.Translation (mine) follows: Our Father who art in Heavenwith the swallows and the missilesI pray you return before you … Continue reading →

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