Monday, October 28, 2002
Irony-impaired Big Brother posters from London
"Check out this amazingly creepy poster from the London police, which aims to put people at their ease at the notion of living in the most-surveilled country in the world. It's like the cover of an old Ace Double paperback about watchful, tyrannical aliens."
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Diamond boy
I could be your diamond boy I could build you a house of stone And I would never let the fire go out I would kiss the dew from your mouth Diamond boy Diamond boy You could be my ruby girl And you could lay beside me in the night And you would mend the cracks in my soul You would bend but never let go Ruby girl Ruby girl We would be an ocean of love We would feel the motion of life And we, we could travel so far We could, we could drink from the stars Diamond boy Ruby girl Diamond boy Ruby girl If only I could If only you would If only I could If only If only you would Then I wouuld be your diamond boy I would build you a house of stone And I would never let the fire go out I would kiss the dew from your mouth Diamond boy Diamond boy Diamond boy Diamond boy Diamond boy Diamond boy © 1999 Love Pants Music Words and music by Ken Dow Genre: Alt-Pop 8:06:08 AM | permalink | comment [] |
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Primeval terror (since 1929)
"Halloween has been creeping up on Christmas to become the second biggest annual bonanza for U.S. retailers, a Grim Reaper that harvests $6.8 billion per year in exchange for candy, costumes, cards and party supplies. That success sets it up for the kind of debunking that Christmas has endured recently, as historians have shown that what we think of as time-honored Yuletide traditions are actually only about 100 years old. Likewise, as two new books document, the seemingly ancient customs of Halloween turn out to be recent embellishments to a holiday that used to be a pretty low-key affair. And forget those Transylvanian villagers and superstitious medieval peasants -- Halloween is as American as the Fourth of July. "
[Salon Headlines 7:57:47 AM | permalink | comment [] |
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