Eugen Weber - The Rise of Greek Civilization

Part of ‘The Western Tradition’, an excellent series of lectures by Weber. Highly recommended for anyone interested in that kernel of truth which exists within the otherwise ambiguous phrase, ‘Western Civilization’.

posted : Sunday, August 29th, 2010

posted : Friday, August 20th, 2010

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Biggie rocking one of the most badass pieces of clothing I’ve ever seen.

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Biggie rocking one of the most badass pieces of clothing I’ve ever seen.

posted : Friday, August 20th, 2010

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“ Up there in the Cosmos, an inescapable perspective awaits. National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatic ethnic or religious or national identifications are a little difficult to support when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.
— Carl Sagan

posted : Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Kool Moe Dee Feat. Chuck D & KRS-One — Rise and Shine

posted : Sunday, August 8th, 2010

“ My nationality is Reality.
— Kool G Rap

posted : Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Kool G Rap, DJ Polo, Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie — Erase Racism

posted : Sunday, August 8th, 2010

“Salute to a Legendary Space Artist”
Made by NASA in commemoration of the life and work of Bob McCall 

“Long before his passing in February at age 90, famed space artist Bob McCall had mastered painting his unrivaled vision of the Universe. His paintings have appeared in films and on television, and continue to be displayed in galleries and museums, including the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum in Washington.”

posted : Friday, August 6th, 2010

“ And, of course, that is what all of this is - all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs - that song, endlesly reincarnated - born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket ‘88’, that Buick 6 - same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness.
— Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather

posted : Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Julian Assange on Why the world needs WikiLeaks.

posted : Sunday, August 1st, 2010

“ In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted - Balder, Persephone - but here the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns it, because disillusionment cannot be beautiful.
— E. M. Forster, ‘A Passage To India’

posted : Friday, July 30th, 2010

Slavoj Zizek in The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema

posted : Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

“ The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Proper Studies, Aldous Huxley

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posted : Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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“ If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
— Malcolm X

posted : Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

posted : Friday, July 2nd, 2010