Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
The big 3-0 Gatheration, or “Mojitos against Mosquitos!”
It’s gatheration time. As Lady Sovereign sings, ” Yeah. Get to know dis. Gatheration. It’s not called a house party no more.” I turn the big 3-0 on April Fools’ Day! That’s Sunday. Sunday night isn’t a fun time to party, so Saturday it is (in indian culture it’s not cool to party before your [...]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
God speaks through Google.
I don’t do the whole horoscope thing, but I customized my google.com page to feature my daily horoscope — for kicks. This reality check below is what I get for treating them ‘scopes as entertainment and not the Word of Enlightened Folk: Tuesday,March 27, 2007: You may be facing a basic conflict between needing to [...]
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
Rupa and the April Fishes @ Temple Bar!
Tomorrow night, a beautiful sound is coming to Los Angeles. It’s called Rupa and the April Fishes, and they’re gracing us with their presence at Temple Bar in Santa Monica. I’ve seen the lead singer Rupa perform solo — just her and her guitar — at a coffeehouse in San Francisco last year, and she’s [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,beats,culture,immigration,los angeles,residency by anjali
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Representative Lee – a woman with grace…
…and a strong conscience. From Barbara Lee’s Statement on the Passage of the Iraq Accountability Act: “Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Obey, Jim Clyburn and the Democratic leadership deserve credit for recognizing this and for doing something that the Republican Congress refused to do for the last four years, namely to confront the Bush administration over their [...]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
BarCamp LA — pretty damn cool.
This weekend, something so absolutely sweet is happening — BarCamp LA! (Official Wiki and Official Blog). It’s a full weekend gathering in Downtown LA (including camping out Saturday night at the warehouse) where people interested in technology and its application for good and craziness are coming together to discuss. The concept of this “un-conference” is [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in culture,los angeles,technology for the masses by anjali
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
“Ahh… you’ve stumped me.” – McCain
From “McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention” in the NYTimes ‘The Caucus’ blog: Reporter: “Should U.S. taxpayer money go to places like Africa to fund contraception to prevent AIDS?” Mr. McCain: “Well I think it’s a combination. The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Coburn. He believes – and I was just reading the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in global public health,obsession2008,press this by anjali
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Support the Bhopalis right to live
Support the Bhopalis right to live. 6 strong Bhopalis are on a hunger strike right now, demanding action on 6 important areas (health care, economic rehabilitation, cleanup of toxic wastes are 3 of them) that have been neglected by Union Carbide and Dow for the last 22 years since the deadly disaster in Bhopal in [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in global public health,india by anjali
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
a recording studio in every neighborhood…
As culture minister Gil has also sponsored an initiative called the Cultural Points program. Small government grants are issued to scores of community centers in poor neighborhoods of some of Brazil’s largest cities to install recording and video studios and teach residents how to use them. The result has been an outpouring of video and [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in beats,culture,hiphop,technology for the masses,the 10 year clinic/neighborhood/arts plan by anjali
Monday, March 5th, 2007
Sanctuary cities.
NEW HAVEN, March 1 — The people have been arriving here for years from Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica and Ecuador, some staying just a few months, but more settling in for years. The way Mayor John DeStefano saw it, there were basically two choices: City officials could look the other way, as if the change were [...]
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
pass the definitive swim…
Check it out! Full length album “Definitive Swim“, presented by Adult Swim (makers of Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and the independent hiphop record label Definitive Jux. Don’t sleep on this, it’s a free full length album featuring Mr Lif, El-P, Aesop Rock, Hangar 18, and others. Check out the video “Flyentology” it’s pretty dope. Now [...]
