25 September 2015

 

Each Tuesday for the next two months, KEXP will present recordings we captured during the OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland. Our excursion there in the hot days of August – made possible by the festival and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute’s Don’t Panic! We’re from Poland! initiative – introduced us to an unbelievably wide range of artists that will redefine whatever your idea of Polish music might be. Whether it be motoric post-rock, dreamy indie pop, incisive post-punk, riotous street folk or any other genre imaginable, the music we heard, and bands we met, defied all of our expectations. Now, we are excited for you to take that journey with us as we present these ten terrific bands, who are really just a sampling of what contemporary Polish music has to offer...

 

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03 September 2015

 

Sam: [In the women's dressing room] What kind of bird are you?

Sparrow: [Starting to point to the other actresses] I'm a sparrow, she's a dove...

Sam: [Cutting her off] No. I said...

[Points to Suzy]

Sam: What kind of bird are YOU?

Suzy: I'm a raven...

 

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30 June 2015
21 June 2015

 

just finished reading a truly fascinating article and decided to copypaste it...

 

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18 June 2015
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19 May 2015

 

Ms. Tirado points out in her book, when you’re living “hand to mouth” (or paycheck to paycheck, like 25 million Americans), there’s no margin for error. I recently went into a panic because I thought I was going to need a dental implant. In fact, whenever I have a medical problem of any kind, I’m more worried about the cost than the health implications. (I once got out of a taxi on my way to a hospital emergency room and walked because it was stuck in traffic! Needless to say, I didn’t even consider paying $500 for an ambulance, even though I had insurance at the time.)

 

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The Lumière (pronounced: [lymjɛːʁ]) brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas [oɡyst maʁi lwi nikɔla] (19 October 1862, Besançon, France – 10 April 1954, Lyon) and Louis Jean [lwi ʒɑ̃] (5 October 1864, Besançon, France – 6 June 1948, Bandol),  were the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph, which in contrast to Edison's "peepshow" kinetoscope allowed simultaneous viewing by multiple parties. Their first film, Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon, shot in 1894, is considered the first true motion picture...

 

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