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May 23, 2013
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wageworking: Wage/Working Opening & Celebration Tuesday, May 28th Open 10AM - 7PM  Reception 5PM - 7PM Cairo Public Library 15 Railroad Ave Take a break and join us for the unveiling of the Wage/Working project’s jukebox-based installation, featuring stories and sounds from the working lives of residents of Greene and Columbia counties. Community members are also invited to bring their own CDs of locally produced sounds to trade for a CD that was in the original jukebox. The CDs can include any audio (music, interviews, etc.) as long as it originated in Greene or Columbia county, and will be considered for inclusion in the Wage/Working jukebox, which will be located for the next six months in the Cairo Public Library’s Teen Room. (via WGXC Community Radio in Greene & Columbia Counties, NY: 90.7-FM) Oh my dog – it’s happening!

wageworking:

Wage/Working Opening & Celebration

Tuesday, May 28th

Open 10AM - 7PM 

Reception 5PM - 7PM

Cairo Public Library

15 Railroad Ave

Take a break and join us for the unveiling of the Wage/Working project’s jukebox-based installation, featuring stories and sounds from the working lives of residents of Greene and Columbia counties.

Community members are also invited to bring their own CDs of locally produced sounds to trade for a CD that was in the original jukebox. The CDs can include any audio (music, interviews, etc.) as long as it originated in Greene or Columbia county, and will be considered for inclusion in the Wage/Working jukebox, which will be located for the next six months in the Cairo Public Library’s Teen Room. (via WGXC Community Radio in Greene & Columbia Counties, NY: 90.7-FM)

Oh my dog – it’s happening!

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April 24, 2013
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wageworking: Look what came in the mail today! (at Wave Farm) I am now the owner of oh-so-many Journey & Lady Gaga CDs! 

wageworking:

Look what came in the mail today! (at Wave Farm)

I am now the owner of oh-so-many Journey & Lady Gaga CDs! 

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April 16, 2013
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theilluminatormobilizer:

Last night The Illuminator was out in Brooklyn. In NYC our thoughts are with Boston. Our hopes are for peace.

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Photo credit: Lucky Tran, the Illuminator collective
Building: Brooklyn Academy of Music

Love The Illuminator. 

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April 16, 2013
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wageworking:

During our lunch break, we asked people outside the Cairo post office what local improvements they would like to see their tax dollars support.

Tennessee Watson and I are working up a storm up here in the Hudson Valley, talking to residents of Greene & Columbia counties about their relationship to their work. We did this little “tax day” vox pop on our lunch break asking local residents what local improvements they would like to see their tax dollars go towards. Follow our Tumblr for project updates! 

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March 29, 2013
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thereconstructionists: American cartoonist and author Lynda Barry (born January 2, 1956) is as much a storyteller as she is a visual philosopher. From her 1999 graphic-novel-turned-off-Broadway-hit The Good Times Are Killing Me, exploring the interracial relationship between two girls, to her long-running, deeply empathic weekly comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Barry’s instantly recognizable works are invariably imbued with equal parts humor, irreverence, sensitivity, and wisdom. In 2009, her graphic novel What Is, published the previous year, received an Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. But perhaps the most remarkable quality of Barry’s work is precisely its defiance of reality — the whimsy and wit with which she blurs the line between the real and, to borrow Sartre’s term, the irreal to peel away at some simple truth or grand complexity of what it means to be human. Learn more: Wikipedia  |  Books  |  Literary Jukebox

thereconstructionists:

American cartoonist and author Lynda Barry (born January 2, 1956) is as much a storyteller as she is a visual philosopher. From her 1999 graphic-novel-turned-off-Broadway-hit The Good Times Are Killing Me, exploring the interracial relationship between two girls, to her long-running, deeply empathic weekly comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Barry’s instantly recognizable works are invariably imbued with equal parts humor, irreverence, sensitivity, and wisdom.

In 2009, her graphic novel What Is, published the previous year, received an Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. But perhaps the most remarkable quality of Barry’s work is precisely its defiance of reality — the whimsy and wit with which she blurs the line between the real and, to borrow Sartre’s term, the irreal to peel away at some simple truth or grand complexity of what it means to be human.

Learn more: Wikipedia  |  Books  |  Literary Jukebox

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March 10, 2013

Getting ready for our road trip from Arizona to Brooklyn… help us flesh out our playlist and/or recommend some good audiobooks!

(Source: Spotify)

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March 05, 2013
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I love finding stories mixed into massive government documents.

“My application for a special plate has been denied. It was deemed to be a reference to a intoxicant drug. Or I might be a purveyor of drugs.

I am a 70 year old Jewish Man who doesn’t do drugs. Nor have I ever done drugs. Born 10/17/41.

Growing up in The Bronx with a Hebrew name “Hashel” was not the easyest. My mother would yell out the third floor window for me to come in, or stay out of the street. She cut “Hashel” short and called me Hash. My mother is 95, born 1/29/17, and although she is still alive, I would like the plate “HASH” to remember her always. I didn’t ask for a 2nd or 3rd choice as I only want that plate.”

Source: List of banned license plates (and correspondence with their applicants), courtesy of the Freedom of Information Act. Hat tip 99% Invisible. 

(Source: governmentattic.org)

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February 12, 2013
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Despite its name, none of the country lies on the Equator. Most of its land mass is on the African mainland, but the capital’s on an island. Its colonial language is Spanish, but French and Portuguese are official languages too. It’s the richest country per capita in the continent, thanks to a recent oil discovery, but most of the population lives in poverty. That’s a lot of contradiction for a very small country — its population is barely 700,000. But improbably, we know someone who spent three years living there when his father was the US ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. Stephen was an excellent guide to the culture, politics, and foodways of a country few people have even heard of. The food was pretty much reminiscent of other nearby countries — peanuts, palm products, etc. — though with a bit of Spanish flair and probably more spice. (via Meal 56: Equatorial Guinea : United Noshes)

Despite its name, none of the country lies on the Equator. Most of its land mass is on the African mainland, but the capital’s on an island. Its colonial language is Spanish, but French and Portuguese are official languages too. It’s the richest country per capita in the continent, thanks to a recent oil discovery, but most of the population lives in poverty.

That’s a lot of contradiction for a very small country — its population is barely 700,000. But improbably, we know someone who spent three years living there when his father was the US ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. Stephen was an excellent guide to the culture, politics, and foodways of a country few people have even heard of. The food was pretty much reminiscent of other nearby countries — peanuts, palm products, etc. — though with a bit of Spanish flair and probably more spice. (via Meal 56: Equatorial Guinea : United Noshes)

Tags: food cooking african food equatorial guinea west africa recipes

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February 05, 2013
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This wedge-shaped country on the Red Sea has seen a tumultuous history, especially in the past decade and a half: colonization by Italy after the opening of the Suez Canal, being stapled to its larger neighbor Ethiopia in the 1930s when the Italians invaded there too; a thirty-year war for independence that finally ended in 1991; and since then a highly autocratic government that is intolerant of any dissent. (Oh, and a border war with Ethiopia for good measure in the late ’90s.) But how about the food? Well, frankly, it’s not that different from Ethiopian, especially from the north half of that country. The berbere spice blend is a bit different, the clarified butter recipe has some modifications, but when it comes down to it, you’re eating spiced stews with tangy, spongy flatbread. Since Ethiopia’s coming up soon, I think we’ll concentrate on food from the south of that country for the sake of contrast. (via Meal 55: Eritrea : United Noshes) The above photo compilation is of the coffee ceremony, featuring frankincense! 

This wedge-shaped country on the Red Sea has seen a tumultuous history, especially in the past decade and a half: colonization by Italy after the opening of the Suez Canal, being stapled to its larger neighbor Ethiopia in the 1930s when the Italians invaded there too; a thirty-year war for independence that finally ended in 1991; and since then a highly autocratic government that is intolerant of any dissent. (Oh, and a border war with Ethiopia for good measure in the late ’90s.)

But how about the food? Well, frankly, it’s not that different from Ethiopian, especially from the north half of that country. The berbere spice blend is a bit different, the clarified butter recipe has some modifications, but when it comes down to it, you’re eating spiced stews with tangy, spongy flatbread. Since Ethiopia’s coming up soon, I think we’ll concentrate on food from the south of that country for the sake of contrast. (via Meal 55: Eritrea : United Noshes)

The above photo compilation is of the coffee ceremony, featuring frankincense! 

Tags: eritrea food dinner party united noshes african food recipe coffee travel

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January 25, 2013
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wtfevolution: The geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is native to the Pacific Northwest United States. It’s the largest burrowing clam in the world and can live for more than 150 years. There is nothing funny about it.  GO, GEODUCKS, GO! 

wtfevolution:

The geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is native to the Pacific Northwest United States. It’s the largest burrowing clam in the world and can live for more than 150 years. There is nothing funny about it. 

GO, GEODUCKS, GO! 

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