37 days ago by Hza

A few weeks ago the NY Times reported on on the iconic MPC, and some of it's more celebrated users, notably l'enfant terrible, drummer turned MPC Maestro Araab Muzik. Figures I would post this the same night as the unveiling of Akai Pro's new flagship unit. Nonetheless, an interesting piece from the ...

39 days ago by seangw

For those of you who don’t know what SOPA is, it’s the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) introduced in the House of Representatives by Lamar Smith (R-TX). I just saw that Boston.com has an article posted on December 26, 2011 titled Removing the legal eye patch, announcing why it is in support of SO ...

40 days ago by dezim

First post of the year! Click on the pic for the jump. Happy 2012 everybody!

40 days ago by lilyliberty

Anthony Tommasini has a thoughtful essay this week about the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement and the arts, which nonetheless, like much of the commentary about OWS, misses the point. While attending a free classical music concert at the Julliard School in New York, he writes, "As I listened to the ...

41 days ago by ryanstaylor

Their Noonday Demons, and Ours – NYTimes.com. If you thought information overload and constant distractions were a recent development, thanks to rapid advances in communication technology, think again. It’s part of the human condition. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin fo ...

44 days ago by mungurk

source SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea declared on Thursday the young untested heir Kim Jong-un as supreme head of the country, as tens of thousands of people rallied in Pyongyang one day after the funeral of his father, Kim Jong-il, to swear their allegiance to the dynastic transfer of power. The ...

44 days ago by crazytimesthree

Today I stumbled across this article “Navigating Love and Autism” in the New York Times by Amy Harmon. The article circles around Jack Robinson and Kirsten Lindsmith, two people with autism and the effects of it on their relationship. These two people are in the autism spectrum, having Asperger’s sy ...

45 days ago by Tim Lennox

I thought something was up when the NY Times emailed and offered a special 50% off rate if I would not cancel my home delivery subscription. Continue your subscription and you’ll keep your free, unlimited digital access, a benefit available only for our home delivery subscribers. You’ll receive unli ...

45 days ago by rabbifink

Thugs and hoodlums from extremist religious groups in Israel have been terrorizing fellow Jews for some time now. They have done so without fear of condemnation or retribution from the religiously adjacent charedi community. This recent wave of violence is not new nor is it shocking or surprising. S ...

45 days ago by rabbifink

Thugs and hoodlums from extremist religious groups in Israel have been terrorizing fellow Jews for some time now. They have done so without fear of condemnation or retribution from the religiously adjacent charedi community. This recent wave of violence is not new nor is it shocking or surprising. S ...