Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Stirring up a cyber-stew...
Since my new book (order here: http://tinyurl.com/dxk4y) includes chapters on Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, Angela Davis, and others of that ilk, I have a dynamic cross-marketing T-shirt idea:
I’M WITH THE BANNED
Whaddya think? I just might have to make myself this shirt if I’m on C-Span again.
Speaking of cool clothes, those of you looking for a way to buy holiday gifts without supporting sweatshop labor, check this out:
http://www.nosweatapparel.com
(Spread the word)
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I once worked with a guy name Warren who told me:
“Religion is a disguise for superstition
Love is a disguise for lust
Friendship is a disguise for self-interest”
Love or Lust?
I doubt Warren made that up...but I can still see him smiling deviously as he said it.
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He’d be on Fear Factor today
I may have missed the exact anniversary, but October 13, 1939 marked 66 years since this accomplishment: Balanced on a plank jutting out from the Chanin Building on East 42nd Street, Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly ate 13 doughnuts while standing on his head.
More about “Shipwreck”:
http://www.who2.com/shipwreckkelly.html
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Beware of planes bearing pesticides
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What’s in my CD player today: Renegades, Rage Against the Machine
Tom Morello sez:
“We never saw a conflict as long as we maintained creative control. When you live in a capitalistic society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works being sold at Barnes & Noble? No, because that’s where people buy their books. We’re not interested in preaching to just the converted. It’s great to play abandoned squats run by anarchists, but it’s also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from Granada Hills to Stuttgart.”
(on the topic of RATM signing a deal with Epic)
The Machine Rages Back?
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