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Dreamer novelist. IT guy. Culture snob. Science geek. Fitness addict. Shower soprano. Pop slut.

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Patrick Wolf (via Burak Cingi (youneedtoseethese))

Patrick Wolf (via Burak Cingi (youneedtoseethese))

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jbishop:

Can. Not. Wait.

sorry, but is this $#!% still going on? fark.

jbishop:

Can. Not. Wait.

sorry, but is this $#!% still going on? fark.

Reblogged from jbishop on November 23, 2009
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Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse. - Boing Boing

Boing Boing:

The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your house is accused of copyright infringement, without proof or evidence or trial), as well as a plan to beat the hell out of the video-game industry with a new, even dumber rating system (why is it acceptable for the government to declare that some forms of artwork have to be mandatorily labelled as to their suitability for kids? And why is it only some media? Why not paintings? Why not novels? Why not modern dance or ballet or opera?).

So it’s bad. £50,000 fines if someone in your house is accused of filesharing. A duty on ISPs to spy on all their customers in case they find something that would help the record or film industry sue them (ISPs who refuse to cooperate can be fined £250,000).

But that’s just for starters. The real meat is in the story we broke yesterday: Peter Mandelson, the unelected Business Secretary, would have to power to make up as many new penalties and enforcement systems as he likes. And he says he’s planning to appoint private militias financed by rightsholder groups who will have the power to kick you off the internet, spy on your use of the network, demand the removal of files or the blocking of websites, and Mandelson will have the power to invent any penalty, including jail time, for any transgression he deems you are guilty of. And of course, Mandelson’s successor in the next government would also have this power.

Wow. This doesn’t sound like a policy that was influenced by the “entertainment industry” at all. </sarcasm> With something like this happening in the UK we have to wonder what the likes of Sen. Conroy will do in Australia.

Be afraid.

Reblogged from buyhercandy on November 23, 2009
#interwebz #law #UK
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
Ezra Taft Benson
Reblogged from gottfried on November 23, 2009
#words to live by
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rocketjumper:

Damien Rice - The Blower’s Daughter [Live from the Union Chapel]

A perfect performance. This is the kind of music that leaves me in a mess on the floor.

Reblogged from rocketjumper on November 22, 2009 • Played 15 Times
#music #Damien Rice
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notthatkindagay:
Kevin Smith has a point.

notthatkindagay:

Kevin Smith has a point.

Reblogged from nilla on November 22, 2009
#film #Kevin Smith #Twilight
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Don't remove credit from my original posts.

inothernews:

junglejustine:

Because it’s not nice and really looked down upon on Tumblr. Do you really want to be looked down upon? Come on.

This is true.

What’s etiquette now that “Notes” and “Reblog” metadata show up on your dashboard, and in some themes?

I am a supporter of the “don’t steal credit” brigade, but I just wondering where the line is.

Reblogged from inothernews on November 22, 2009
#tumblr
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bitchville:

Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind II (Live Solo Performance)

Reblogged from bitchville on November 22, 2009 • Played 704 Times
#music
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fuckyeahjgl:

In case you’ve missed the memo:

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT WILL BE HOSTING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TONIGHT,

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21ST at 11:30est/10:30cst on NBC.

Must. Watch.

Reblogged from fuckyeahjgl on November 22, 2009
#jospeh gordon-levitt
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I didn't realise how self-deprecating Fall Out Boy are.

I can respect that.

November 22, 2009
#fall out boy
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Just saw Brüno for the fist time. A bit late, I know. I think I agree with the people who said that it wasn&#8217;t as good as Borat, but only because it lacked the originality that Borat had.
It was &#8216;shocking&#8217;, but Brüno as a character is just silly and there&#8217;s realy little to sympathise with. Borat, at least, was identifiable. In that sense the film was hollow and as superficial as the culture it was trying to make fun of.

Just saw Brüno for the fist time. A bit late, I know. I think I agree with the people who said that it wasn’t as good as Borat, but only because it lacked the originality that Borat had.

It was ‘shocking’, but Brüno as a character is just silly and there’s realy little to sympathise with. Borat, at least, was identifiable. In that sense the film was hollow and as superficial as the culture it was trying to make fun of.

November 22, 2009
#Brüno #film
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So, this just happened.

So, this just happened.

November 21, 2009
#Interview WIth The Vampire
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If it’s the beaches’ sands you want
Then you will have them
If it’s the mountains’ bending rivers
Then you will have them
If it’s the wish to run away
Then I will grant it
Take whatever you think of
While I go gas up the truck
Pack the old love letters up
We will read them when we forget why we left here
The Avett Brothers, If It’s The Beaches
November 21, 2009
#love #music
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Today seems like a good day for movie watching.

Today seems like a good day for movie watching.

November 21, 2009
#blog
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