adventures in marketing #1 - pink ponies: a case study

fuckyeahgirlsyoungwomenwhoplaysaxophoneinhighschooljazzbands*

Especially baritone saxophone. (And although Blogger limits the size of pictures to the point that you probably can't tell, there's one playing trombone as well, which is also pretty awesome.)

* Gratuitous tumblr reference

not a rant

One of the principles I adopted upon returning to the blog was to avoid using it as an outlet for the personal outrage so often generated by the political and social state of our nation. Frankly, there are others who do it much better (Glenn Greenwald and the Rude Pundit for two), and, probably more importantly, it's just too damn depressing.

So, as the post title says, this is not one of the rants that used to occasionally appear here. Instead it's just a strong suggestion that you read this (and be sure to read the updates at the end about the treatment of David House and Jane Hamsher at Quantico this morning).

This is what is being done in all of our names. What the hell have we become?

we got more

Not feeling particularly inspired, so here's a pretty neat video instead.

the politics of fear

(via Skull Swap)

wallet

Wallet.

(Back from the southland.)

araki/gaga

A match made in heaven (or somewhere).

(Nobuyoshi Araki, Vogue Hommes Japan, September 2009. via Suicide Blonde)

tone of everyday

To reiterate my sign-off from the previous post, I really have nothing to add. Instead, entirely irony free, I offer this.

jesus fucking christ

From back before the November elections:

(That Facebook page is the one with the map with the gunsights over the target congress people. The map that was scrubbed without comment this afternoon.)

Nothing to add, really.

(screen grabs via skippy the bush kangaroo)

it will be streamed

(via dockera)