Dancers fill the floor
grinding to the bass
of the blues band
singing of lost love
of lost life
Maybe We’re Closer to “You’ll Own Nothing” Than We Realize Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
George Miller talks movies, silent movies, Mad Max, and Furiosa (New Yorker).
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
500 songs – “For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a two-episode look at the song “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”.
This week we take a short look at the song’s writers, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, and the first released version by Gladys Knight and the Pips. In two weeks time we’ll take a longer look at the sixties career of the song’s most famous performer, Marvin Gaye. This episode is quite a light one. That one… won’t be. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
Patreon backers also have a half-hour bonus episode, on “Bend Me Shape Me” by Amen Corner. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/“
OI.NJ: “During a time when books are being banned throughout the country, one Hudson County librarian in New Jersey is being honored for making them even more accessible. Earlier this week, Hoboken Public Library
Director Jennie Pu was announced as a recipient of the 2024 Movers and Shakers award. Awarded by Library Journal, this honor recognizes “a vibrant cohort of advocates, community builders, change agents, innovators, educators and ban battlers from all corners of the library field,” given out nationally to 50 individuals per year. She is the only winner from a New Jersey library. Pu’s contributions to the library speak for itself.
Through her efforts of supporting Freedom to Read, Hoboken Public Library and the city of Hoboken became the first Book Sanctuary in the state. Nineteen New Jersey libraries have followed, and, as a result, it is the fastest-growing Book Sanctuary state in the nation. Pu also worked for “Ban Battlers,” a Library Journal group committed to combating book banning legislation, drafting policies to protect diverse collections and creating book sanctuaries across the country.”
A global, 16-year study1 of 2.4 million people has found that Internet use might boost measures of well-being, such as life satisfaction and sense of purpose — challenging the commonly held idea that Internet use has negative effects on people’s welfare.
