Here's a piece on Children's Gulags.
It boggles me that these things are still fairly common.
A lot of them have opened up in the Caribbean (Jamiaca, Domincan Republic) and off in the Pacific Islands (Samoa).
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Feb 09, 2010 2:16:22 pm PST #2469 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Liese S. - Feb 09, 2010 7:17:29 pm PST #2470 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, that is a sickening run down. I was getting ready to say that stuff happens to kids on the reservation, and then there was one of the towns where I work, right at the top. And if I`m reading it right, it looks like the tribe cracked down on them so they moved, but weren`t prosecuted. I`d guess the tribe lacked authority to pursue it and the feds opted not to because it wasn`t big or important enough. Classic. And that was in 2000. We started working there the next year. Any surprise that we were regarded with deep distrust? I don`t have words enough for how angry those people and their ilk make me. As if life weren`t hard enough already.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2010 6:50:39 am PST #2471 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Random assertion: "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode is the best gay song by a band that insisted they were not gay.
Discuss.
Polter-Cow - Feb 10, 2010 6:54:36 am PST #2472 of 6436
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Let it Die by the Foo Fighters
Really? I had no idea. I love that song.
And "Innocent" by Our Lady Peace? Huh. "Fire Water Burn," really? (Oh, well, there's the one mention, but the whole song? Oh, the same thing applies to "Innocent." I think that is playing loose with "inspired by.") And "Malibu"? Ah, of course.
P.M. Marc - Feb 10, 2010 7:13:32 am PST #2473 of 6436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Random assertion: "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode is the best gay song by a band that insisted they were not gay.
Well, not at THAT point. I mean, Early Mode *did* have Vince Clarke, after all.
I will say, I was SHOCKED, shocked I say, to discover that Martin and the gang like The Girls.
Jon B. - Feb 10, 2010 8:42:55 am PST #2474 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm name-checked in Alex Ross's New Yorker blog. Go me! [link]
Hayden - Feb 10, 2010 8:55:35 am PST #2475 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Alex Ross Shout Out! Awesome.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2010 9:07:30 am PST #2476 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I will say, I was SHOCKED, shocked I say, to discover that Martin and the gang like The Girls.
You and the Monarch, baby.
I'm name-checked in Alex Ross's New Yorker blog. Go me! [link]
Cool bean, Jon!
DavidS - Feb 10, 2010 9:09:00 am PST #2477 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, and exciting news about the move, Corwood. Congratulations to you both. I know you won't let Melville down when you're teaching.
Exciting new worlds of barbecue unfold before you.
Jon B. - Feb 10, 2010 11:30:49 am PST #2478 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Wow, Hayden -- exciting news!