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The Epistemology of a Charlie Sheen World

March 11, 2011 by DJ Lanphier

Over the past 250 years, as the industrial revolution progressed and was then superseded by the modern technological age, an epistemological crisis began to fester and grow quietly in the shadows. Our ability to obtain, disseminate, and – most importantly – apply knowledge, has been severely hindered by our industrial and technological success and our response to that [...]

Blue in Green

July 28, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Bill Evans does “Blue in Green”, the Miles Davis classic from Kind of Blue. Probably my fav album of all time.

earthrise

January 6, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

A great Hi-Def movie of an earth rise. Wonderful. (via Open Culture)

talkin’ john birch paranoid blues

September 6, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

YouTube vid of Bob Dylan’s banned satirical song about paranoid right wing racists written in 1963 as a response to the popularity of the John Birch Society. It was dropped from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan due to political concerns and remained unreleased until the Bootleg disc in the mid 90′s. Could have been written today. [...]

bill and bill: moyers and maher on real time

September 6, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

If you haven’t watched Bill Moyers on Real Time with Bil Maher, it’s worth watching. The point that conservatives are simply employing a scorched earth campaign to insure that Obama fails is important, and has to be confronted. And, he covers corporatism as well. Part 2 Part 3

al franken talks to the mob

September 4, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

Not a mob obviously. The term has been tossed around in some cases, accurate in others. It’s like dealing with a bunch of hecklers. And, Al Franken does well. People do want to know the facts. But, it’s so heated out there, as you can see, it’s not easy. There’s a lot of work to [...]