Monthly Archives: September 2010

i don’t remember my concept\/\/\/\/so let’s fight the terrorism

September 2, 2010
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i don’t remember my concept\/\/\/\/so let’s fight the terrorism

this song, which I recorded and mixed is from a band called Dorjeman of which I am a member. mic night is an event that happened in Israeli politics. The translation might sound a bit weird, as I used google translate to translate the wikipedia.il page… so i’m sorry if it sounds strange. The short version: in the middle of a right-winged party convention one official shouted against the prime minister : “Those in favor of eliminating terrorism, raise your hand!” which is kind of funny. the chorus is: “sing with us, together we will win against the terrorism” and in the verses, we talk about how cool are we. Now, the long version: Night of the microphones was the name given by the media to the Likud Party Central Committee meeting on 12 February 1990 in which Ariel Sharon announced his resignation from the position of Minister of Industry and Trade.  At the time, the Prime Minister was Yitzhak Shamir.  At Sharon’s resignation, Sharon tried to convince the Keneset (Israel’s congress) that he would make a better leader.  When Shamir had Sharon’s microphone turned off, Sharon ripped the mic out of Shamir’s

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political scientism | forgetting-me-not

September 1, 2010
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political scientism | forgetting-me-not

In recognition of this week’s theme — “forgetting” — it would have been convenient had I resorted to contriving a post in list form because I had forgotten about this week’s deadline. But, the truth of the matter is that (1) I read kwilk’s post this week; (2) I liked it; (3) I’m impressionable; and (4) I ultimately decided to steal the idea. Here are two items of interest that we could hardly help but forget,  thanks to our rapacious, small-minded, muckracking, bickering, tit-for-tat, two-party media culture that would give our country’s founders a start. (On account of revulsion or delight, depending on whom you ask.) 1. Yesterday Is So Far Away: In my lifetime, there has been nearly constant changeover between the parties that control the Presidency, the House and the Senate.  In the year I was born, 1981, there was a Republican in the White House, a Republican-controlled Senate and a Democratic House.  But, that changed by the time I was 6, when, in 1987, Democrats took over the Senate.  It changed again 6 years later, in 1993, when we put a Democrat in the White House.  By 1995, Republicans controlled the House and Senate.  But, in 2001,

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it burns

September 1, 2010
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it burns

“Memory is shaped by forgetting just as the shore is shaped by the sea” Marc Augé How do you perform your memories? Do you wear them on your sleeves? Can I read your memories in the same way that I read your personality? The way you wear your hair or where you choose to place your tattoos? Is it on your All Stars, or in the way you sashay? Our memories flow from everything we do and say. Take for example the time I learned how to walk. I was 11 years old and in middle school when a couple of boys slapped the books out of my hand, knocked me over, and told me I walked like a girl. I thought that maybe if I learned how to walk like a boy I might not have such a hard time and so began my 6th grade reconnaissance mission: operation “walk like a man.” I found nooks and crevices around campus to hide in while others walked to class or the cafeteria.  I waited and took notes. Copious notes. When I got home I snuck out to the alley ways around our house and practiced, sometimes for hours, until the

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welcome back, jonny quest

September 1, 2010
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welcome back, jonny quest

Our intrepid author, upon forgetting his column deadline while moving to Chicago, bumps into an old friend, Jonny Quest.

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