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Re: Final Boss Form

minorjive — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:36:27 -0000

My friend Pete Nicks is involved in BAVC: http://whatruwaitingfor.com/

Re: think on this.

minorjive — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:53 -0000

The asshole who did this is small and cowardly but was emboldened by forces larger and more powerful than him or herself. A couple of weeks ago, M. Leblanc wrote about a similarly disturbing and enraging experience in the subway in Chicago. (The post is called "Trigger Warning" and might not be appropriate for survivors of sexual violence.) I have not directly experienced something like this recently, but just also learned about a similar incident Southwest Mississippi, an area especially notorious for racial murders and other violence against African Americans. It hits close to home for me, however, because I am doing historical research and journalism about the murders and violence in the area and know families of the victims.

I cannot tell if there is a sudden increase in these occurrences or if their effects and meanings are compounded by the right's reclaiming of some of its most overt racist rhetoric.

Re: US Representative John Lewis Steps Up for GLBT Rights

minorjive — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:21:32 -0000

Don't thank me. Thanks Pam Spaulding... I'm doing pretty well, thanks. How's by you?

Re: We Can’t Afford to Wait (MoveOn & R.E.M)

minorjive — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:20:20 -0000

Nope, I am not. What should I know about them?

Re: In class conundrum.

minorjive — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:23:15 -0000

Just started following this tumblr b/c I liked this post. You handled it just right.

Re: via minorjive. Does this count as satire? If so,... – Imaginary Qualities of Actual Things

minorjive — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:52:25 -0000

Oh I wish I could be sure it was satire...

Re: Does anyone else wish they could comment on a post without having to reblog it?

minorjive — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:34:35 -0000

Good going. ;-)

Re: FYI

minorjive — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:04:51 -0000

But not less (or more) posting!

Re: Off-Topic: Where I Began

minorjive — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:45:46 -0000

No child should EVER endure this. Sorry you did.

Re: Joffi's Stuff - Julian Plenti - Games for Days | Julian Plenti is...

minorjive — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:54:45 -0000

Nice catch.

Wasn't that Will Oldham minding the front desk?

Re: minor jive — World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin...

minorjive — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:17:49 -0000

He's totally one of my musical heroes. I can't believe I've never managed to
see him live. While everyone over at the Newport Folk Festival was probably
trying to decide who the true inheritors of Pete Seeger's legacy are, here's
Bobby M getting a whole roomful of people to sing sophisticated stuff, just
like Pete did...

Re: Kinetic typography and the writing of Kenneth Koch

minorjive — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:20:26 -0000

Nope I didn't. But it's a good poem and fun video, which I happened upon via
seanmj's tumblr.

Re: propellers for umbrellas

minorjive — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:49:14 -0000

Way back when I was in college in the late 80s/early 90s Geoff dated someone in my crowd of friends. For a short while I took bass lessons from him. Did you know he was a killer funk bassist before Karate, Glorytellers, etc?

Re: think on this.

minorjive — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:07:21 -0000

Yay. I'm glad to be wrong. And yay for those awesome young people.

Re: think on this.

minorjive — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:26:22 -0000

I love this story, but I have not been able to source it to a real news report. I'm a little suspicious that it may be the stuff of those feel good email chain letters. I hope I'm wrong and it really happened.

Re: Joffi's Stuff - slivers: Cate Blanchett

minorjive — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:52:02 -0000

Pretty amazing to consider her performance as Dylan while looking at this shot...

Re: ayşe.'s Tumblelog

minorjive — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:18 -0000

Mmm. Yum.

Re: Mark Allen

minorjive — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:18:23 -0000

Yeah, what a great film! I happened to watch it the first weekend things were breaking loose after the election. So poignant at the moment.

Re: ayşe.'s Tumblelog

minorjive — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:40:46 -0000

Oooh look at these nicely functioning comments. :-)

Too bad you weren't also listening to Yoko Ono last week.

Re: the whatever blog

minorjive — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:31:10 -0000

Aha, this must be several hours after I took this earlier photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgreenberg/2193685...

Re: united colours of vruz - Pete Seeger (who turned 90 last sunday, as...

minorjive — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:25:40 -0000

Heh. Thanks for re-blogging!

Re: united colours of vruz - Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Concert and President Obama

minorjive — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:39:51 -0000

I thought I might be misunderstanding you, but I was not sure exactly where our comment was directed.

To ourselves and our generation, I think it is a very fitting comment.

I am frequently struck by the depth with which Seeger and others from his generation and the 60s Civil Rights/anti-war generation know themselves and us to be involved in struggles that are ongoing and part of the life process.

In our amnesiac culture, there are many for whom the Bush atrocities or the Obama victory are Ur political experiences, which do not connect to the broader histories they are part of or to a sense of future obligations and objectives. (Eg: "Obama won!" = "racism defeated and a liberal political landscape secured")

Re: united colours of vruz - Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Concert and President Obama

minorjive — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:19:48 -0000

I think it's safe to say that any comfort and self-indulgence you detect is coming from the Boss and not from Pete, himself. As a counterpoint to Springstein's comment, see the recent Seeger performances that I tumbled last night:

http://minorjive.net/post/103195125/pete-seeger...
http://minorjive.net/post/103176709/pete-seeger...

Also note that Springstein is a Johnny come lately to Seeger's message and importance. Springstein did not know Seeger's work until Springstein was approached to contribute to a Seeger tribute in the late 90s.

I would add, too, that Springstein's cover of Pete's anti-war song, Bring Em Home, omits the most radical of the lyrics:

Show those generals their fallacy:
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don't have the right weaponry,
Bring them home, bring them home.

For defense you need common sense,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don't have the right armaments,
Bring them home, bring them home.

The world needs teachers, books and schools,
Bring them home, bring them home.
And learning a few universal rules,
Bring them home, bring them home.

In Bruce's version, it's just a more neutral chant to get the soldiers home.

Re: Keats's acquisitiveness

minorjive — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:34:23 -0000

Hmm, perhaps Whitman was replying to Keats with: "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

Re: Skype for the iPhone next week?

minorjive — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:18:25 -0000

Skype for iPhone would be a great thing. Until then, in addition to Fring, people should try Nimbuzz. I've had pretty seamless skype calls over my iPhone via Nimbuzz; I also like it as a multi service IM client for iPhone.