2008 April | buzz twang

A taste for torture

April 17, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

The simple fact of the matter is: we are better than torture. We are, or at least we once were… The country that held the moral high ground during the Nuremburg trials would not condone torture of enemies. Torture was the tactic of savages, of the evil Japanese Empire, the Nazi’s, the Soviets, the Red [...]

soul food

April 14, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. Little Bit of Everything Soup. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

from ashes rise

April 13, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. Ground zero still a big empty but getting there inches at a time. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

wall of gibson

April 12, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

The Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, News Corp. orgy…

April 11, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Microsoft’s interest in buying Yahoo! has all the major internet players scrambling for position, and observers trying to figure out who is winning and losing and why. But, to my mind, Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch mails a point that others aren’t talking about: Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience [...]

war made easy… but you pay the price

April 11, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Ralph Bernardo of Disinformation posted this trailer clip for “War Made Easy” and thought it worth sharing: buzz-twang : news and views : blog

yoko ono: touch me

April 9, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

it’s hard to imagine another artist who generates such contrasting reactions – wonder and hatred – simply by the mention of her name. the artist will be exhibiting a new interactive project entitled touch me. I’ve seen three of her shows – a film retrospective at MOMA, an art retrospective at the Whitney and a [...]

grass roots

April 9, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

the fabulous furry freak brothers movie is on the way. love it. one of my all time fav comics. it’ll be stop animation, like Wallace and Gromit. here’s a test trailer: buzz-twang : news and views : blog

fugu tuesday

April 9, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Syncronicity is the oddest thing… this morning a friend sends me a link to a clip from a classic Simpson’s episode. The one where Homer eats fugu, poisonous blowfish at a sushi restaurant. Just an hour ago, I went and got my haircut and the young Japanese stylist and I were talking and (without any [...]

tree blossoms

April 9, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. Spring has sprung. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

more on the snoop dogg says KKK endorses obama story

April 8, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

This is getting good. Scary how a false story gets propelled into news… Here’s the time line: On February 7, 2008 the UK based comedy satire site The Daily Squib posts a joke article titled: Ku Klux Klan Endorses Obama. This joke post becomes an “internet rumor” which is pretty quickly sourced and debunked by [...]

bad actor is dead, but he was a good american gun owner

April 7, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

I’m with Sadly No! on this one: Moses of the Assault Rifles has departed for the Great Firing Range in the Sky. John Hinderaker on George W. Bush Pauline Kael on Charlton Heston: “With his perfect, lean-hipped, powerful body, Heston is a godlike hero; built for strength, he’s an archetype of what makes Americans win. [...]