Today's Links
My friend Viktor is establishing a cult of personality for himself. Aside from his various websites, the most significant of which I have in my friends link list on the sidebar, he has opened a cafepress shop to flog his face to the world. It is a rare time that I see him when I'm not presented (whether overtly or covertly) with an image of him in some form - most recently a sticker and a fridge magnet. I think he's trying to replace Che Guevara and he has been known to wear a beret now and then. If he buys a motorcycle...
The Economist has a good article on the filesharing lawsuit that's hitting the courts in the US this week (Entertainment Industry v. Grokster).
space.com has a good article on handy guidelines for space tourists.
follow-up: continuing the tradition of cynicism on the internet, this fellow has come up with an extension to the wonderful Firefox browser that puts Terry Schiavo's current status (alive or dead) in your status bar.
Apollo has compiled a really wonderful series of articles on the history of house music. No doubt about it, house music changed my life for the better. All those nights dancing 'til dawn... One of my favourite house producers is Roland Clark, and his "I Get Deep" is one of the best descriptions of what it _feels_ like to be in the vibe of house music. (discography)
"...Now it's about three a.m. I see people goin' spinnin' jumpin' and grindin' as if they had wings on their feet raising both hands in the air as if Jesus was a DJ himself spinnin those funky funky funky house beats And in this temple we all pray in unity for the same thing rhythmatic pause without cause bass from those high definition speakers sitting in the corner on each side of the room givin' us the boom boom boom to our zoom zoom zoom the smell of the 'L lit while walking by but the music gets me high sanctified like an old lady in church we get happy, we stomp our feet we clap our hands, we shoutwe cry, we dance and we say sweet lord, speak to me, speak to me, speak to me, speak to me because we love house music and on this planet it brings us together like a family reunion every week we eat, we drink, we laugh, we play, we skate so for all you hip hoppers, you do-woppers, name droppers, you pill poppers come into our house to get deep I get deep..."
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