October 2010
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WatchThis crazy awesome event happened tonight. Mr. Andy Sturdevant and the Works Progress crew invited me to participate in their monthly Salon Saloon. What you see here is a clip from our rehearsal yesterday. What a great time - I recommend you check out the next one!
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Salon Saloon: The Baseball Show is live in less then 5 hours.
Above, singer/songwriter Nikki Schultz previews a...
February 2010
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January 2010
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December 2009
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Who has two thumbs and just gave notice at her day...
This guy. And I feel great. My 2 month countdown begins…
To Lloyd, on his last day.
It’s always the people that make shitty jobs worthwhile. It’s with a proud and heavy heart that I am saying goodbye today to an outstanding dude who has made my crappy office existence bearable. I’m pretty shitty at saying goodbye to people when they leave some routine part of my life, but I can make a list. Here’s a list of things that I want to thank Lloyd for before he...
November 2009
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October 2009
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“Wearing a vest decorated with a ribcage and flexing his biceps, Diallo rapped...”
– Carl Atiya Swanson hits the corporate nail on the head with his review of the Saul Williams/Afropunk show at the Varsity last Sunday. Talk about the most amazing/disappointing show of the year. Local acts Dearling Physique and No Bird Sing tore it up and gave the audience inspiring, energetic,...
“Under a flashlight, two Ninja(s) throwing star(s) can be seen on the backside of...”
– a little ditty I found during the state identification portion of my alcohol awareness training on servingalcohol.com…once again, WI ftw.
CORRECTION: After further examination, I noticed yr humble blogger misread the passage. It should read: ‘two Ninja throwing stars’…not...
“The desire to work through existing contradictions rather than stand outside...”
– George Lipsitz from Dangerous Crossroads
Nikki from Schultzbrain: How do we change? Is it possible to work inside systems to change society without deferring to said systems and growing comfortable inside them?
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Media and the G20 Twitter Arrest or: Let's...
So a G-20 protester was arrested, then raided by the FBI, for his Twitter usage regarding police whereabouts during the summit. Two articles have come to my attention - this one written by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman. It’s titled Watch What You Tweet. Although the title may lead a person to believe that she suggests protester actions require a social networking face-lift of sorts, she...
ShutUpSchultz wants YOU to write her personal...
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“a COP on doughnuts:
I think the cop/doughnut thing came around because cops,...”
– Good Magazine interviews some people on the food/beverage closely related to thier profession. For the record, I also love doughnuts. (via chriseats)
September 2009
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G20 roundup of a different sort
From a TC indymedia pal who just returned from Pittsburgh. Thus concludes my coverage of the G20. Maybe. The G20 in Pittsburgh is over, but much like the RNC, the aftermath is just beginning. This is a quick roundup of the first stories about the resistance and accompanying militarization of Pittsburgh from Twin Cities folks (including myself) who were there. There were many successful actions...
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“…In addition to the NLG (National Lawyers Guild) green-hat legal observers...”
– - TC indymedia journalists haloka and skadi, from a comprehensive recap of yesterday’s G20 demonstrations.
I have been trying for a while to explain to people my beef with the ACLU. I think these examples just about sums it up.
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A recap from yesterday's anti-authoritarian march →
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Riot police assault a young couple on the... →
How quickly the phrase “MOVE!” turns into “Beat ‘em.” (from indypgh.org/g20)
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G20 resistance indylinks →
The link above is the website for the Pittsburgh G20 Resistance Project. For continuing coverage and streaming updates, check: indypgh.org/g20 To get updates from the legal office about arrests and situations in the street: twitter.com/g20pghlegal or text the following to 40404: Follow g20pghlegal If you are arrested or witness an arrest: 412-444-3553 (keep this number with you at all times)...
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Watch I interrupt what will become indy coverage of G20 resistance to inform my dear readers that even babies like Beyonce’s video better.
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Watch Hellooooooooooooooooo, Pittsburgh resistance. Hear those honks in the background as soon as the recording starts? Likely sound weapon (LRAD) attacks G20 protesters (From http://indypgh.org/g20) On the live G-Infinity Indymedia broadcast, what sounds like the distinct oscillating chirp of the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) military technology was overheard. The Active Denial System has not...
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Pop Culture and Performance Theory: Making dates...
So I may or may not have gone on a date with someone last night who may or may not have begun talking about her boyfriend who is out of town all the time. I may have proceeded to launch into a mini-lecture about Lady Gaga, the cult of celebrity, performance artists and the multiple layers of meaning in the song Paparazzi.* * There may or may not actually be multiple layers of meaning in the song...
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Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense... →
So good it hurts.
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azspot:
Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately — but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process.
The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to “any...
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Yes. Exactly. fightwithknives:
Sleater-Kinney -...
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“I’m looking for love.”
– Sultan Kosen, 26, of Turkey Well…at 8’1”, he’s officially the tallest man in the world and should be able to find it, among a myriad of other things, from wherever he’s standing. Sultan, if you’re reading this, call me. I make a badass pesto, I’m easy on the...
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Are you there PerformanceArtGod? It's me, Nikki.
Dear PerformanceArtGod: Hey. I know it has been a long time since we’ve talked. I’ve doubted you a lot, and I’m sorry. I didn’t think You were real. I took office jobs out of college instead of putting my faith in You and putting my all into doing Your work. Now I’m boring, out of practice, tall on ideas & fear, short on time & money and also pushing 30. But...
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Vegan Cheese Round-up
Daiya…where have you been all my life?
veganbaking:
We just exhaustively reviewed eight vegan cheeses to help you find your ultimate cheesy experience: http://bit.ly/18mkXm
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He was an ordinary man: Eulogy for Hubert Johnson
If you know me, you probably know how much I love Good Times. Two weeks ago, I had gotten to a point in Season 3, and I had to take a break. Got a little misty. That point was a little episode called “A Place to Die”. I could not find an internet video of this episode, so I blog for you today. In it, Hubert Johnson, a man from a nearby elderly home who Michael has befriended, comes to...
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Re:Activism Twin Cities: Complete List of...
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Couldn’t make the game but curious about the challenges? Want to play on your own? Here are the challenges that the Re:Activism teams completed for points 8/29/2009. MARION STREET BRIDGE Challenge 1 Welcome to the Marion Street bridge, overlooking I-94 and cutting through the old Rondo neighborhood. “In the 1930s, Rondo Avenue was the heart of St. Paul’s largest Black neighborhood....
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We could give you lifetimes of empty...Emmanuel...
So kindly forwarded to me by poet/artist/blogger, Brandon Lacy Campos. The poem is seven-years-old now, but every time I have read it, it has not failed to make me stop. And Listen. A Moment of Silence by Emmanuel Ortiz Before I begin this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. I...