pootling: Archive

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →

Radiohead (93) Cut Copy (31) Janelle Monáe (17) Clifford Brown (12) Portishead (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Feb 23rd

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Feb 23rd

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“The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of...”

– Theodore Roosevelt, Speech to the Gridiron Club, Washington, 17 March 1906

Feb 18th

Feb 17th

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Nicely handled Twitter Faux Pas by the Red Cross →

How to do it right.

Feb 16th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-13) →

The National (36) Cut Copy (29) The Decemberists (21) TV on the Radio (15) Aloe Blacc (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Feb 15th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 12th

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Feb 12th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →

The Decemberists (21) Janelle Monáe (19) Dave Brubeck (17) Aloe Blacc (12) Bill Evans (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Feb 8th

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Amanda Holden miscarriage: Celebrity condolence... →

If it wasn’t so horribly inappropriate, Jan Moir’s article knocking celebrities for using Twitter to send condolences to Amanda Holden would almost be funny. At one point, though, she writes an inadvertent review of her own column: At best, it appears narcissistic. At worst, it is, surely, just plain, old-fashioned showing off. Not to mention self-seeking puffery of the very worst...

Feb 8th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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Julian Assange's battles threaten to overshadow... →

There’s an extraordinary exchange showing Assange’s attitude to Afghan informants in this Washington Post article: “Well, they’re informants,” he said, according to the journalists’ account. “So, if they get killed, they’ve got it coming to them. They deserve it.” Wow.

Feb 6th

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