Watched and enjoyed Food, Inc–the latest in a string of new documentaries on the food (a.k.a “corn”) industry. Great production values and engaging interviews (including Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma) make Food, Inc a rather more refined product than King Corn–though they’re essentially the same product: corn, corn, corn. The packing plant motif […]
Author: Mark Egge
Best 41 Albums of the Decade
I’m just going to throw this out there. My goal is sharing and discovery–but if you prefer to create controversy (no, I didn’t forget about Strawberry Jam…), go right ahead! (*Hint* – One of these albums does not belong. Hrm… I wonder which one!) Top 20 1. Wilco – Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (2002) 2. LCD […]
some new year’s resolutions
An unordered list: Learn to enjoy the company of strangers Achieve greater levity Smile longer Make new friends Be less self-conscious Share more music Consume less–and better–passive entertainment Live prolifically Be bigger (no, fuck that–be positively huge) Use more profanity on the internet Aestheticize simplicity Drink less Get drunk more Crave healthier things Think more […]
“We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor — we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.” -Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 10 December 2009. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-acceptance-nobel-peace-prize) I
lyrics are never so profound absent the song
Some lyrics I like: It’s a simple computationYou take easy conversationAdd erotic exploration, adorationBut when he said, “I love you, girl”It should have come with a warning. He said, “I’ve gotta go, go, go, ’cause it hurts to feelI’m gonna run, run, run like a man of steelAnd I could try, try, tryTo stay in […]