http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress Communications from around the globe Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:49:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All right so if I didn’t convince you last time this is better trailer http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=283 Manifesto Yo no canto por cantar ni por tener buena voz canto porque la guitarra tiene sentido y razón tiene corazón de tierra y alas de palomita es como el agua bendita santiguas glorias y penas aquí se encajó mi canto como dijiera Violeta guitarra trabajadora con olor a primavera Que no es guitarra de ricos ni cosa que se parezca mi canto es de ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=282 This Documentary won the Special Jury Prize at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). I was lucky enough to see the woman receive the prize for it at the encore viewing. It is truly an amazing set of circumstances wrapped around one person simply doing the right thing instead of his ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=281 From NPR: According to WikiLeaks, which made the video public on its WikiLeaks.org website, the video shows the mistaken killing of two Reuters journalists, photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40. The site has posted the video on YouTube with the title ‘Collateral Murder.’ It wasn’t mistaken, ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=279 http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=277 one is not careful, one’s lifework could end up being microsoft excel. http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=276 The cycle continues. Things will continue to get worse before they get better from a macro perspective. You may be sippin wine in the sunshine today but it will not last unless you’re a true believer, and most of us are. See you at the water line… I’m ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=275 http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=274 RIP: A Remix Manifesto This documentary is the best summary of how wrong copyright, the RIAA, MPIAA, Disney, and lots of other too powerful organizations have got it all wrong. The clip above shows just a couple examples of the illusion of original ideas in music and how groups like ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=272 This book has the same history. All three of these books – an accidental trilogy, I guess, though I find the word trilogy unappealing – are one continuous book and they all flow from a single question and a single hunger: How can a person live a moral ... http://www.loungechicken.org/wordpress/?p=271