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Finding meaning in M.I.A.'s 'Born Free' video

April 26, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The video for M.I.A.’s new single, “Born Free,” has been online a little more than 24 hours, and it’s upped the stakes for NSFW videos. The video was banned by YouTube and is causing quite a ruckus across the Internet. A lot of the online conversation is focused on the video’s meaning. Some think it … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Born Free, Geoff Rickly, gingers, keffiyah, M.I.A., music, music video, Northern Ireland, Not safe for work, NSFW, Palestine, Romain Gavras, Thursday, Vietnam War, YouTube

Riots in Greece

December 9, 2008 / 2 Comments

The youth of Greece have been rioting…

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: anarchist movement, Athens, cellphones, emo, Facebook, Geoff Rickly, goth, Greece, Greek riots, texting, Trikala, War in Iraq

Too Lazy To Right Write

September 24, 2008 / 1 Comment

Michael Moore is the newest guy to pull a Radiohead, but not with music (though if it were, I’m sure it’d be somewhere in the general stereotype for emo these days – whiny and overly-dramatic). Moore released his newest piece, Slacker Uprising, on the net for a free download yesterday, perfectly timed with the upcoming … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 2004 election, Alex Ross, ATP, Bowling for Columbine, classical music, Dear Science, emo, film, Geoff Rickly, John Kerry, MacArthur "Genius" Awards, Michael Moore, music, My Bloody Valentine, New York Times, Radiohead, Richard Strauss, Slacker Uprising, slackers, The Rest Is Noise, Thomas Frank, Thursday, turntable, TV On The Radio, Walter Kitundu, What's The Matter With Kansas?

The Politics of Fashion

September 11, 2008 / 2 Comments

Naomi pointed me the way to this excellent piece by Thursday/United Nations’ Geoff Rickly on the MTV Headbanger’s Blog site on my previous post, and it got me thinking about the impact of fashion on culture. Rickly astutely notes the power of the image, and in doing so recalls Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Beastie Boys, Che Guevara, Daniel Boorstin, emo, fashion, Fugazi, Geoff Rickly, Gym Class Heroes, Headbanger's Blog, hipsterdom, hipsters, independent film, indie, Instrument, iTunes, Jem Cohen, kafia, Marshall McLuhan, MCA, Mona Lisa, MTV, music, New York Times, Palestine, The Image, Thursday, United Nations

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