clips of the day
October 8, 2009 by miahansensong of the day
October 4, 2009 by miahansen
clip of the day
October 1, 2009 by miahansen
Louis Theroux explores weird corners of American culture. I’m a fan.
song of the day
September 28, 2009 by miahansen
September 26, 2009 by miahansen
Illustration I did recently for an article about how activists mobilized in the 80s compared to today.
September 24, 2009 by miahansen
I used to try my hand at comics in my younger days, and decided to scan a few into Flickr. Orthodox examined the general absurdities of life, and Ogilvy and Marwood were a man dog duo where naturally the dog was smarter than his slacker owner. All were done with pen and ink.
oh…..my…..god.
September 22, 2009 by miahansen
clip of the day
September 19, 2009 by miahansen
book of the day
September 19, 2009 by miahansen
I recently stumbled upon Joe Bageant’s blog, and was soon reading his book Deer Hunting with Jesus, Dispatches from America’s Class War which attempts to answer the question, why does poor, Red State America defend, with Stockholm Syndrome-like zeal, its capitalist oppressors? Bageant escaped small town redneck Virginia to get edjumacated, and returned 30 years later to live and report on the zany viewpoints first hand from the diners, bars and avocado-free supermarkets. He also gives a background history lesson on the ancestors of these people that helps put things in perspective.
It reminds me a bit of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, in which a journalist tries to find unskilled jobs in various cities and live off the wages while examining the lives of the working poor around her (it reads like a heartbreaking and darkly funny novel – also highly recommended).
