Letters Have No Arms !: joy division

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The week Steven found himself stranded cold and alone, disconnected in a connected world (ok, my internet is down)

wow. damn. shit. this sucks.

What, you ask? Lack of internet. A disconnected world. A wireless-less life. A laptop without an internet connection is like a switched off escalator. Hard, cold and pretty much useless.

a video Letters have no Arms made while in Spain last month.

It's not that I've been fully internetless. Nope, I've made my local Starbucks my temporary HQ. I've got my own seat and everything. It features a splendid view to both left and right of said establishment, is near the toilet and has its own all-important plug. Hurray. And though I'm not sure how things work across the pond, here at my Starbucks the wifi isn't free. You've gotta pay for it. I buy 30 min packages by texting a word to a number to get another number and a word. This has led to a somewhat fragmented internet experience this week. I managed to download a little bit of the new Lost episode. And a little bit of the third season of The Wire. Nothing complete, nothing actually watchable.

I also managed to catch some bits and pieces of some vaguely amusing chats on Facebook , as well as participating in some of my own FB chit chat(ter).

At nights and over the weekend however, nothing. Just me and my early pre-internet/laptop ways. This is the state I've been in since last Thursday.

My mental note(pad) is also growing. Things To Look Up On Wikipedia When I Get reconnected. For example: Why are some chicken eggs white and some brown?

I'll leave you on that note, and a few songs.

The Strokes - The Modern Age

Fugazi - Waiting Room

Broken Social Scene - Superconnected

The Mary Onettes - Lost

Joy Division - Digital

I've also been listening to the new ~~Smog~~ Bill Callahan album, which is amazing. Sample lyric:

"I used to be darker, then I got lighter, then I got dark again
Something to be seen was passing over and over me
Well it seemed like the routine case at first
With the death of the shadow came a lightness of verse
But the darkest of nights, in truth, still dazzles
And I woke myself until I'm frazzled"...

Friday, October 31, 2008

30 Reasons To Vote on November 4th!

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All the images above are from the rather brilliant 30 Reasons website, which, over the past month has created 30 reasons why anyone who can vote, should vote. Each poster was designed by a different artist, and released on a daily basis. 4 more still remain (which I'll add to this post over these next few days, so keep checking back), as there are of course but 4 days left before this historic election. If you've already decided who you are going to vote for, make sure you indeed GO OUT AND VOTE on Tuesday. Also call up, email, text message and generally just harass all your friends into voting as well. If you are still undecided, why don't you take this weekend to think about it. Read up on the issues; come to a decision. Think about what's not only good for you, now, but for your country, your future, and the future of the entire world.

The world surely cannot survive a continuation of the past 8 years...

The Futureheads - Yes/No

Go home, brick yourself in

Think about it properly

YES!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!

Joy Division - Leaders of Men

A nightmare situation

Infiltrate imagination
Smacks of past holy wars

By the wall with broken laws
The leaders of men
Born out of your frustration

Jay Reatard - Don't let him come back

The Smiths - Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never!
Who said I'd lied because I never?