September 2011
15 posts
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“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done...”
– Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Neo-Liberalism is incompatible with jazz, obvi.
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“Modernity can and will no longer borrow the criteria by which it takes its...”
– __Habermas (1987) The Philosophical Discourses of Modernity
I’m also currently reading Zizik and this reminds me of what he mentions about the struggle against capitalism. That it will be rootless, as if in a boat in water. An interesting thing Zizik mentions about globalization: “I...
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“Ortiz, who along with many others among these migrant workers sends about $100...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
go Steal His Job, all those complaining about migrants. go Steal His Job and then once you taste it for a week; run, run, run far away. and never open your mouth about mexicans again.
(via nezua)
I used to work for the Department of Labor granting H2B visa...
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“So what are the things that we look for? What are the features of African...”
– African-American English: From The Hood to the Amen Corner Geneva Smitherman (via howtobenoladarling)
and this is a good example as to why dominicans need to stop being ashamed of our spanish too. our spanish has roots as deep as we do. we do not speak white spanish because we’re pretty fucking...
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Y con pechos tan lindos,
porque quiro dejarte?
Cuando padres se pierdan,
unos pajaros negros lamentan
con un amor fiel, un rubio
como la alba Atlantica.
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Watchlotus-eyes:
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A song from Hugo Santiago’s Invasion (1969). Lyrics by Jorge Luis Borges and Anibal Troilo. Guitar: Ubaldo De Lio.
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“Let me tell you some things.
I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I...”
– STFU, Conservatives: When I say I’m pro-life…
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