Year: 2006
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Sublime 639-Year Performance and the Illusion of Maestroism
I love this recent story in the NYT: “John Cage’s Long Music Composition in Germany Changes a Note“, which explains the unfolding of a work by John Cage that challenges a dominant notion we have in art– that the maestro is paramount. We idolize the sole person corralling an orchestra, waving them into submission, standing…
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The Genius of Airplane!
Was watching Airplane! this afternoon while working on some stuff. Pure genius. Rumack: Mr. Striker, the passengers are getting worse. You must land soon. Ted Striker: Surely there must be something you can do. Rumack: I’m doing everything I can… and stop calling me Shirley. Dozens more quotes here.
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1-800-TURN-‘EM-IN
Actually, it’s 866-IG-TIPLINE (866-448-4754)
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City of Chicago Inspector General Website
The Inspector General of the City of Chicago launched a new website today. It sports a nifty new seal, a secure form for reporting corruption in Chicago, a Feedburner-hosted RSS feed, some stultifying reads about the ordinances and executive orders establishing the office’s power, and a really astonishing array of articles and editorials praising the…
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez Can’t Get Service in a Sprint Store, Either
So, against my better judgement, yesterday I took my kids with me to the Sprint Store on the corner of North, Milwaukee, and Damen. I get in line. I look in front of me, at the counter, and see a frustrated man dealing with the “customer service representative”. This store is notorious in my circle…