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It's September 11, so we have to post a link to William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnA...
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
YouTube video by Trevor Music Annex
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September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's September 11, so we have to post a link to William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnA...
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It’s about time Oak Park did this! More info: www.hemingwaydistrictoakpark.com/events/hemin...
June 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s about time Oak Park did this! More info: www.hemingwaydistrictoakpark.com/events/hemin...
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On the wonder that is the music of Leos Janacek. Is there no billionaire in Chicago who has caught the bug and is up to bankrolling a festival of all of Janacek's amazing operas?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/a...
Why Isn’t My Favorite Composer More Popular?
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On the wonder that is the music of Leos Janacek. Is there no billionaire in Chicago who has caught the bug and is up to bankrolling a festival of all of Janacek's amazing operas?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/a...
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"Voice of America was the most sought-after radio broadcaster in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, in many cases, by a considerable margin."
Silencing the Voice of America | Lowy Institute
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March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Voice of America was the most sought-after radio broadcaster in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, in many cases, by a considerable margin."
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Here. I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition.
othermeans.io/p/going-down...
othermeans.io/p/going-down...
Going Down Swinging
The Point of Putting Up a Fight
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March 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here. I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition.
othermeans.io/p/going-down...
othermeans.io/p/going-down...
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Create a new asset class. Give it to politicians. Force their citizens to buy it.
What a shame. Now we have US tax payers propping up cryptocurrencies. This is one of the biggest grifts of all time.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru....
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru....
Trump names cryptocurrencies in strategic reserve; prices spike
Analysts say the crypto market needs a reason to move higher, such as indications that the Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates or a clear pro-crypto regulatory framework from the Trump administration.
www.reuters.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Create a new asset class. Give it to politicians. Force their citizens to buy it.
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I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.
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January 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.
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This is the most Oak Park event not happening in Oak Park. (But it IS right next door in Forest Park at Robert’s Westside- an excellent live music venue that gives the community what they want!)
January 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is the most Oak Park event not happening in Oak Park. (But it IS right next door in Forest Park at Robert’s Westside- an excellent live music venue that gives the community what they want!)
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Paywalls are down for the Architectural Review this weekend, so you can revisit Zach Mortice's essay on the now eviscerated Thompson Center, photos of which will grace the cover of many a book on the lost treasures of world architecture.
www.architectural-review.com/essays/revis...
www.architectural-review.com/essays/revis...
Revisit: James R Thompson Center in Chicago, US by Helmut Jahn
‘Now we’re replacing the state with Google,’ says the fresh‑faced Evan Jahn, son of high‑tech postmo...
www.architectural-review.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Paywalls are down for the Architectural Review this weekend, so you can revisit Zach Mortice's essay on the now eviscerated Thompson Center, photos of which will grace the cover of many a book on the lost treasures of world architecture.
www.architectural-review.com/essays/revis...
www.architectural-review.com/essays/revis...
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my christmas eve tradition is reposting my piece about charles dickens’s fuckup chicago brother www.chicagomag.com/city-life/de...
How Charles Dickens's Screw-Up Chicago Brother Turned the Second City Against Boz
When Charles Dickens toured America for the last time, he gave Chicago the cold shoulder, as well as his widowed Chicago sister-and-law. The local press attacked him as a Scrooge and a hypocrite, but ...
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December 25, 2024 at 3:21 AM
my christmas eve tradition is reposting my piece about charles dickens’s fuckup chicago brother www.chicagomag.com/city-life/de...
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I learned through the People's Graphic Design Archive about Croydon's Suburban Press, published in the 1970s to criticize free-market urban planning peoplesgdarchive.org/item/4987/su...
July 4, 2024 at 4:44 AM
I learned through the People's Graphic Design Archive about Croydon's Suburban Press, published in the 1970s to criticize free-market urban planning peoplesgdarchive.org/item/4987/su...
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European election results: Germany still divided in the old way.
June 10, 2024 at 12:50 PM
European election results: Germany still divided in the old way.
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i have "a salty salute" and "dope nose" stuck in my head, for flag reasons
May 22, 2024 at 10:10 PM
i have "a salty salute" and "dope nose" stuck in my head, for flag reasons
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