I live in Seattle. These are things that catch my attention, pique my interest and/or make me want to pass notes in class like a 7th grader
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Maurice Sendak
Rest in peace, Mr. Sendak.
The disrespect to women has got to be through.
To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends –
I want to offer my love and respect to the end."
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Adam Yauch aka MCA (via emory)
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waterpistolman:
Beastie Boys - Ch-Check it out
R.I.P. Adam MCA Yauch, will be dearly missed.
nprmusic:
We’re getting many reports that Beastie Boys member Adam Yaucht has died of cancer. He was only 47 years old.
We’re currently working on a proper obituary, but, for now, we’re spinning Paul’s Boutique on repeat, and listening a Beastie Boys interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross.
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soupsoup:
Etta James : At Last
audio-rehab:
Beyoncé Remembers Etta James
It’s no secret that Etta James inspired a generation of vocalists. One of her most famous fans, Beyoncé, has issued a statement following the passing of the blues legend. Beyoncé portrayed James in the 2008 film Cadillac Records, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, and covered her classic “At Last.”
”This is a huge loss. Etta James was one of the greatest vocalists of our time. I am so fortunate to have met such a queen. Her musical contributions will last a lifetime. Playing Etta James taught me so much about myself, and singing her musicinspired me to be a stronger artist. When she effortlessly opened her mouth, you could hear herpain and triumph. Her deeply emotional way of delivering a song told her story with no filter. She was fearless, and had guts. She will be missed.”
May she rest in peace.
Microsoft’s corporate flags will be lowered to half-staff today (10/6) and Friday out of respect for Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday
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Steve Jobs [RIP]This no longer breaking news but it is none the less relevent. The law, creating a death penatly for gay people in Uganda, is still being considered by Parliament.
David Kato knew he was a marked man. As the most outspoken gay rights advocate in Uganda, a country where homophobia is so severe that Parliament is considering a bill to execute gay people, Mr. Kato had received a stream of death threats, his friends said. A few months ago, a Ugandan newspaper ran an antigay diatribe with Mr. Kato’s picture on the front page under a banner urging, “Hang Them.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kato was beaten to death with a hammer in his rough-and-tumble neighborhood. Police officials were quick to chalk up the motive to robbery, but members of the small and increasingly besieged gay community in Uganda suspect otherwise.
“David’s death is a result of the hatred planted in Uganda by U.S. evangelicals in 2009,” Val Kalende, the chairwoman of one of Uganda’s gay rights groups, said in a statement. “The Ugandan government and the so-called U.S. evangelicals must take responsibility for David’s blood.”
Ms. Kalende was referring to visits in March 2009 by a group of American evangelicals, who held rallies and workshops in Uganda discussing how to turn gay people straight, how gay men sodomized teenage boys and how “the gay movement is an evil institution” intended to “defeat the marriage-based society.”
The Americans involved said they had no intention of stoking a violent reaction. But the antigay bill was drafted shortly thereafter. Some of the Ugandan politicians and preachers who wrote it had attended those sessions and said that they had discussed the legislation with the Americans.
from the Economist
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J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
RIP