Sunday, 7 July 2002
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Sunday: The Eyes are Portals to the Advertising Soul. I saw Minority Report last night, and geesus did Steven Spielberg redeem a couple decades of mediocre filmmaking.[GlennLog]
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Adam Curry's Weblog: "He told me the story how Tommy Mattola drove Michael Jackson around manhattan doing tv and instore appearances for a full day and no matter how much MJ begged and pleaded, TM wouldn't let him stop to use the restroom. Kingston told this story with an uncanny devilish chuckle that it stuck in my memory banks. It was a sinister kind of "gotcha motherfucker" tone. Like a schoolboy sucking up to the schoolyard bully."
Adam adds some credence to MJ's accusations of racism against Mattola.
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Thestar.com/Smoke from forest fires near James Bay hits T.O.: "Smoke from fires in Quebec's Nemiscau area, east of James Bay, was carried more than 900 kilometres south and blanketed vast swathes of Ontario by late afternoon, said Environment Canada weather specialist Alain Boisvert."Toronto was very hazy.
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Scripts: Wow. A pile of absolutely wonderful utilities. I think I could make use of 90% of these. Hope to find time to download and install them soon.
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The maestro market, William Littler, Toronto Star, 7/6/2002 [La Scena Musicale - News]'WANTED: Conductor-music director for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Must be outstanding musician, inspiring leader, charismatic educator, willing fundraiser and committed community activist. Godhood an asset.'
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Afghan vice-president assassinated
The bold midday assassination of a senior Afghan leader was a terrible
crime that highlights the country's need for help from outside, U.S.
President George W. Bush said Saturday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Mac Collecting Like a Religion. The Mac is more than a computer: It's a community, an identity, a church. Collecting Apple memorabilia is an important part of the Mac psyche. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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GraphicConverter 4.4.1: shareware image util [The Macintosh News Network]
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Rumble in the desert
TAG TEAM POETRY IN TAOS: The stakes are high, the opponents are pumped and the proverbial fur is flying in this slugfest of wordsmiths. Who will land the knockout punch -- the red-headed dames or the grizzled veterans?
-- THE BOUT Donned in his light blue Ben-Hur baseball cap, Peter Rabbit announces: ''Tonight's card. From the El Taoseno restaurant, in beautiful downtown Taos, New Mexico, the World Heavyweight Poetry Association presents the third annual tag-team event, featuring four poets. I'm calling the first team, ''The Geezers.'' From Boulder, Colorado, by way of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, we have Anselm (the Finn) Hollo. And from New Orleans by way of Romania, former World Heavyweight Champion Poet, Andrei Codrescu.'' The men mount the stage. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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