May 2011
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May 31st
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May 30th
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May 30th
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ListenSun Kil Moon // Glenn Tipton
May 29th
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“If you dedicate your existence to being likable, however, and if you adopt...”
– Jonathan Franzen - Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts. - NYTimes.com JF at his most perceptive and brilliant on technology, narcissism, and birdwatching. A great piece
May 29th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 27th
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“Paura del risultato: il timore di come possa essere accolto ciò che fai è uno...”
– Le 5 ansie fondamentali per scrivere | Studio via Bucknasty - @bknsty
May 27th
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"Parable of the Door," by G.C. Waldrep
ewilcox: You tell what’s on the other side of the door by the odor of the door. There are rules to this game, you feel sure. You tap the crumbling edge of the off-season Olympic pool impatiently, with the toe of your left foot. All around you, fossil fuels are being liberated from the crushing burden of use. You want to be responsible for things that are necessary, things nobody else does: ...
May 27th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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“The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted...”
– Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (I don’t know what it is about these words but they do something to me.)
May 25th
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“Cinema shows us the world in which we live, how we think about it, and how we...”
– Yes, I have just written that sentence for a press release. 
May 24th
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May 24th
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Pilot whales: social creatures in dangerous... →
The behaviour of whales threatening to beach themselves in the Outer Hebrides shows the complexity of cetacean sociability An informative and customarily intelligent article by Philip Hoare on social interaction amongst pilot whales.
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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WatchWatch
In 2009 Kate Miller made a documentary for the Marine Mammal Conservation through the Arts organisation about underwater photographer Bryant Austin and his project to take the first high-resolution life-size photographs of whales. Austin’s are the largest and most detailed images of whales ever produced, and they are a powerful tool in the study of whales in their natural habitat, since our...
May 23rd
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May 22nd
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Are humans to blame for mass whale strandings? |... →
Whales in the news this week for a terribly sad reason: a pod of about 100 pilot whales, some of whom are presenting severe head injuries, is headed towards the coast of Loch Carnan in Scotland, apparently looking to beach themselves. A team of conservation and animal welfare experts are trying to help prevent this disaster. Philip Hoare explains what may be causing these animals to commit...
May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 20th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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May 19th
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Lars von Trier says provocative shit, Guardian... →
Really? We’re still taking him seriously? 
May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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“This film is not for everyone, and I will admit I am agnostic about the final...”
– Peter Bradshaw Cannes 2011 review: The Tree of Life | Film | guardian.co.uk I don’t know how many times I’ve said I CAN’T WAIT to see Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life. “Cinema that’s thinking big” is exactly my kind of cinema.
May 16th
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The Way Martin Sheen puts on a jacket Appreciation...
kmartloves: Ready to tackle this Monday?
May 16th
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May 16th
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La Semaine de la Critique - MUBI.com →
May - December 2011 MUBI is partnering with La Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) in Cannes to celebrate 50 years of its programming by showing a retrospective of films from the festival’s history. Through support from 4 1 Film Festival, each film will be free for the first 1,000 views through June 30.
May 15th
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“What a silly job criticism is! What unnatural work it is! It is certainly not...”
– John Irving - Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 93
May 15th
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“I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote”
– Ishmael, in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (free full text ebook available on Project Gutenberg)
May 14th
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Octopus and Rocket Salad - recipe from The Silver...
Serves 6 as a starer; 2-3 as a main course 100 ml/3 1/2 fl oz dry white wine 6 black peppercorns 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt 800g/ 1 3/4 lb octopus, cleaned and tenderized 2 bunches of rocket, chopped 4 tablespoons pine nuts 1/2 apple, peeled, cored and diced (a sweet, juicy apple is best, IMHO) 120 ml/ 4fl oz olive oil juice of 1 lemon, strained salt and pepper ...
May 14th
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May 14th
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