Activity from Fiasco da Gama
Lupe Fiasco does a good line in happy, progressive hip-hop, and he's got the best name I've heard for a long time. [more]
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It is not unreasonable or naïve to expect the people you care about to not behave like jerks to you. [more]
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Major TJ "King" Kong: Men, let us open our needed caskets
And discover what for our use lies therein.
One automatic pistol marked four-five,
And two boxes ball and powder, prepar'd,
Food and drink, that for four full days must last,… [more]
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It's obvious that you do care very much about class, despite rejecting the crassly supremacist version of it. That's OK, we live in a class-ridden society and just wishing class away isn't going to make it disappear. If you want to get over the… [more]
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My name is Matt. My father was an alcoholic circus clown who used to beat me with his oversize shoes.
You know, that's just how I've always pictured Taibbi. [more]
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It'd be a good compliment only if someone asked if you had trouble understanding them, or was in some other way directly interested in what you thought about their English. [more]
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How many times?
We're not going to run out of matzo. It's just going to reach a peak of production as consumption increases, then decline in quantity and be available only at an every-increasing price. It's up to us now to find ways to live… [more]
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Sonnet MC (By A Hammer To Himself)
The music that I make hits me so hard,
In the kicks and pants with which I am dressed,
I am made, thus, for to say "oh my Lord",
My mind to rhyme makes me feel blessed.
I urge thee, to move from thy… [more]
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Alternatively, find a more tactful/respectful way to describe the female characters in your production. [more]
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Fiasco.
Yes?
Try the Australianism 'rooted' to describe clusterfucked situations or objects. It covers an almost infinite range of rootedness. Broken household appliance? It's rooted. That excel spreadsheet? Rooted. Public transport system in your… [more]
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Fiasco's Red Risotto:
To your bog-standard risotto recipe (stock/rice/salt), add 1 chopped spanish onion fried in balsamic vinegar, a finely chopped stalk of celery, a red capsicum, 1-2 chopped tomatoes, fresh basil, chorizo and/or bacon, paprika,… [more]
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If I was the magistrate I'd have at least insisted on a bottle of rum as well. [more]
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Blogging May Cost You Your Life? If you're a dissident in any number of countries who execute political opponents, yes. If each assignment could actually be your last, yes. [more]
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Asimov's The Last Question. Apparently it was his favourite. [more]
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This list is worthless without Raymond Briggs' When The Wind Blows. It's strong stuff for an adult, and the book and animation should be labelled 'guaranteed to cause lifelong nightmares'.
Pesky nuclear winter. [more]
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Where will the madness end?
With a dance fad, of course. And sailor suits. [more]
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