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the vulnerable Richard Pryor

<<I think the big lesson that Richard Pryor really taught us was how to be vulnerable on stage, and I don’t think that very many comics have picked that up, cause I think that’s really scary. He is able to speak the truth on stage in a way that...

human connection

photography is more compelling than video analog will always be more compelling than digital don’t confuse actuality with possibility analog reality is possible in the virtual world – we are only bits of energy after all…  ...

Ideas — Paperback Love

  Toronto writer Erika Blair (a.k.a Greg Kelly) explores the myths and realities of romance fiction in 1992. download mp3: https://elliotsmith.us/elliotblog/content/ideas_paperback_love.mp3 http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2013/02/14/paperback-love/ Bertrice Small: I think the reason that women read romance, and this goes for any of the subgenres within the genre, is that women are looking for...

FAT Chance Beating the Odds Against SUGAR, PROCESSED FOOD, OBESITY, and DISEASE

FAT Chance Beating the Odds Against SUGAR, PROCESSED FOOD, OBESITY, and DISEASE Robert H. Lustig, M.D. INTRODUCTION: Time To Think Outside the Box “We just eat too damn much.” –Governor Tommy Thompson (R-Wisc.), U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Today, NBC, 2004   Indeed we do. That’s it,...

America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline   America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing....

Hymn To Her

   THE PRETENDERS – Hymn To Her  ...

Popping

Mark Foster wrote and recorded “Pumped Up Kicks” in five hours.  On the day of recording, Foster debated between songwriting in the studio and going to the beach. He explained: “I really didn’t have anything to do that day. I was standing there in the studio, and this thought...

Cash City (English translation) Luc De Larochellière

    Cash City (English translation) Luc De Larochellière   everyone wants to be a star but no one wants to be a planet everyone hangs out in bars where no one is honest everyone wants to be loved by everyone but no one loves everyone everyone wants to...