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jazzfishThe Unbelievable True Story Of How The Memphis Pyramid Became A Bass Pro Shops: "Several months later, Bass Pro Shops founder and Forbes billionaire Johnny Morris found himself hiking to the top of the silent, steel sentinel where Seger’s voice echoed that night. As he looked down from the rafters, visions of a cypress swamp began to fill his mind."
Anthony Ekundayo Lennon on being accused of 'passing' as a black man: fascinating interview with a white actor who's lived all his life as mixed-race.
Ender's Game, at Something Short & Snappy, in which Orson Scott Card's classic is subjected to a close reading, and does not come off well. Same guy did Speaker For The Dead immediately afterwards and it also has some problems. I adored Ender's Game when I discovered it in seventh grade, because it told me that the reason that everything was terrible was that I was so much better than everyone else.
America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them: "In one case, in a certain city that Dr. Dennis declined to name, the construction of a downtown high-rise that sat in the approach path to an international airport was delayed while the building was redesigned to be one floor shorter." Also includes a photo that really should have been captioned "The National Curio Cabinet of Standards."
Musical analysis of 'Solsbury Hill': I had somehow not realised it was in 7/4 time. Neat.
Anthony Ekundayo Lennon on being accused of 'passing' as a black man: fascinating interview with a white actor who's lived all his life as mixed-race.
Ender's Game, at Something Short & Snappy, in which Orson Scott Card's classic is subjected to a close reading, and does not come off well. Same guy did Speaker For The Dead immediately afterwards and it also has some problems. I adored Ender's Game when I discovered it in seventh grade, because it told me that the reason that everything was terrible was that I was so much better than everyone else.
America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them: "In one case, in a certain city that Dr. Dennis declined to name, the construction of a downtown high-rise that sat in the approach path to an international airport was delayed while the building was redesigned to be one floor shorter." Also includes a photo that really should have been captioned "The National Curio Cabinet of Standards."
Musical analysis of 'Solsbury Hill': I had somehow not realised it was in 7/4 time. Neat.