Where would Ian Curtis be today had his life not been tragically and prematurely snuffed out at the end of a noose? Thirty-three years is a long time. Would he have learned to manage the throes of his demonic epileptic fits? Would he have left his wife? Would New Order even exist, or would Joy…
I’ve made a lot of comments in interviews and online about file-sharing/music piracy in the past, though it occurs to me that I’ve never really made an all-encompassing statement about my thoughts on the matter. In some regards, I’ve never really felt like I needed to…
an important distinction.
FORZA
[noun]
musical force.
If you really don’t know who the Stone Roses are, you need to familiarize yourself.
My mother is the most precious thing I have in my life. Maria Arreola, my loving mother, risked her life in (YEAR SHE LEFT MEXICO) when she left my abusive father and migrated to the U.S. seeking safety for her children and herself.
Last night, Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE), trespassed into to my home without a warrant and apprehended my mother. My brother, who was next door at a friends house, was also handcuffed and taken by ICE.
I can’t believe I am living this nightmare. I need your help! I cannot begin to imagine what my life would be without my mother. Right now your voice is the only thing that can help keep my family together.
We have to end this now. Help us keep this family together.
Thank you,
Erika Andiola
sign petition at:
http://act.presente.org/sign/erika/?akid=754.379711.cSIg1J&rd=1&t=1
Please signal boost this everyone.
Just some necessities. (at Costco)
Read Matt LeMay’s review of the 10th anniversary reissue of Interpol’s debut LP, Turn on the Bright Lights, a Best New Reissue.
(Source: Spotify)
A 30 Second Sunset Shot (by Seth Oliver Photographic Art)
HELP FIND MISSING TEEN FROM LITTLE VILLAGE, CHICAGO.
1:05 p.m. CST, November 18, 2012
Chicago police issued a community alert today for a Southwest Side teenage girl who hasn’t been seen since early November.
According to the release, Natalie Barrera, 16, was last seen Nov. 4. She is described as a white Hispanic who is 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 137 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing black pants, a black hoodie, and black and white Jordan gym shoes.
The release said she was missing from the 2800 block of South Christiana Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood. She frequents an area bounded by 24th Street on the north, Homan Avenue on the east, 26th Street on the south, and Drake Avenue on the West and has been seen in front of Farragut High School at 23rd and Christiana.
Anyone with information about Barrera is asked to call (312) 747-8380 or 911.
chicagobreaking@tribune.com
(via Pilsen neighborhood)
Jack Kerouac typed the manuscript for “On the Road” single-spaced, no margins or paragraph breaks, on a 120-foot-long scroll in 3 weeks during the spring of 1951.