Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Quotable: René Magritte on art

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ceci n’est pas René Magritte. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Calle 13 steps up

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The social conscience of Calle 13 continues apace. Here’s the scoop on their latest collaboration: The Puerto Rican urban music group Calle 13 presented its latest video clip on Thursday, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), denouncing … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The show goes on in Cuba

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Age? What’s that? Okay, it’s a bit more than just a number to Cuba’s prima ballerina emerita, but she’s still on her feet: Famous Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, retired from the dance for decades due to age and physical limitations, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Here comes Chente!

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A famous Mexican folk singer was in Venezuela yesterday, and guess who he met? Contrainjerencia has the story: The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, awarded the Order of the Liberator to the Mexican singer, Vicente Fernández, today during a private … Continue reading →

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The strange case of Máximo Laura

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The following article was sent to me by my friend Sasha, who divides her time between Canada and Peru. It’s by Antonio Rengifo Balarezo, and it describes some disturbing tendencies afoot in Peru today: The reason for accepting the charge … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hands Off, Crazy!

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. A little music, maestras: And in other news, music makes you a lefty. Read all about it! (Yes, this IS subliminal indoctrination. Nyah, nyah.)

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: In which one fine-ass dude disses a smarmy git

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This is Tom Morello. Like Barack Obama, he’s part Kenyan. Unlike him, he’s a bona-fide, actual Marxist. And he takes hilarious exception to a certain vice-presidential candidate who is clearly missing something in the sense-of-irony department: I wonder what Ryan’s … Continue reading →

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Why Amanda Craig should be ashamed

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Maeve Binchy, sadly missed by your humble scribe, who has several of her lovely, warm-hearted books on her own shelf. Dear Amanda Craig: A few days ago, I heard (via Jezebel) that you decided to pick on a recently deceased … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk chalk and the art of civil disobedience

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. How many cops does it take to arrest a guy armed only with a few pieces of sidewalk chalk? A. Watch this and see: I wonder how long his chalked logos lasted, who saw, and what message they took … Continue reading →