Yet Another Linkspam
Oct. 10th, 2010 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switchbladesisFirst, the fandom related one: Cosmic Love, song by Florence and the Machine, vid by ![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
affablyevil Awesome song, awesome clip selection, Cas-centric.
Random links on Chicago (it's been coming up a lot lately. Not just on the internet, but coworkers asking me for sightseeing ideas, friends asking me why I think Daley's stepping down, other friends asking me to explain white sox fans . . you get the idea)
I am Chicago is a series of street portraits grouped by neighborhood. Not all of the neighborhoods are covered (most of them seem to be on the north/west sides, but it's an interesting mix.
Vivian Maier was a street photographer in Chicago from the 1950's-1990's. Here's a selection of her pictures.
So this project was making the rounds a few weeks ago, based on this image of segregation in Chicago by Bill Rankin. And while the racial segregation was interesting, I'm a lot more surprised at the income tab (on the Bill Rankin site, click on income). Sure, there's still large blocks of mostly-blue (and one large block of mostly-red on the north shore), but it's far more integrated by income than it is by race. I was saving this one for a while, trying to figure out what to do with it-but I'm not sure where to go.
The first link's nice too-a little less detail, but it's a nice way to compare the makeup of various American cities. Unsurprisingly, Minneapolis/St. Paul is pretty damn white, but still in need of a Native American tag.
Via Jewcy of all places, a New York Times article on Rahm's chances for becoming mayor. I personally think that he's not likely to win-the ties with the President are more likely to hurt than help him (liberals blame him for giving away too much to the Republicans, conservatives think he's a bully, and the people in the middle are largely machine voters). I'm still really excited to watch this. A real mayoral election! In Chicago! the last time something close to that happened, I was four.
Also on Jewcy: Schmekel is your friendly neighborhood transgender jewish polka-punk band. Look, if you're going to have a shtick, you better make it good. Here's a song called Pharaoh/Moses slash. Yes, it's what you think it is.
In other music related news, this makes me die a little inside. D: Oh, Moe. No. No, Moe, No!
And now for something completely different: How to degauss a cat.
If that's not enough, here's a dog that will do the dishes, the laundry, and start the coffee for you.
Other Youtube Videos You've Probably Already Seen, but Just In Case:
GROVER AS THE OLD SPICE GUY.
The It Gets Better Project. Just in case you've somehow missed this, it's been everywhere, but it's worth linking again.
affablyevil Awesome song, awesome clip selection, Cas-centric. Random links on Chicago (it's been coming up a lot lately. Not just on the internet, but coworkers asking me for sightseeing ideas, friends asking me why I think Daley's stepping down, other friends asking me to explain white sox fans . . you get the idea)
I am Chicago is a series of street portraits grouped by neighborhood. Not all of the neighborhoods are covered (most of them seem to be on the north/west sides, but it's an interesting mix.
Vivian Maier was a street photographer in Chicago from the 1950's-1990's. Here's a selection of her pictures.
So this project was making the rounds a few weeks ago, based on this image of segregation in Chicago by Bill Rankin. And while the racial segregation was interesting, I'm a lot more surprised at the income tab (on the Bill Rankin site, click on income). Sure, there's still large blocks of mostly-blue (and one large block of mostly-red on the north shore), but it's far more integrated by income than it is by race. I was saving this one for a while, trying to figure out what to do with it-but I'm not sure where to go.
The first link's nice too-a little less detail, but it's a nice way to compare the makeup of various American cities. Unsurprisingly, Minneapolis/St. Paul is pretty damn white, but still in need of a Native American tag.
Via Jewcy of all places, a New York Times article on Rahm's chances for becoming mayor. I personally think that he's not likely to win-the ties with the President are more likely to hurt than help him (liberals blame him for giving away too much to the Republicans, conservatives think he's a bully, and the people in the middle are largely machine voters). I'm still really excited to watch this. A real mayoral election! In Chicago! the last time something close to that happened, I was four.
Also on Jewcy: Schmekel is your friendly neighborhood transgender jewish polka-punk band. Look, if you're going to have a shtick, you better make it good. Here's a song called Pharaoh/Moses slash. Yes, it's what you think it is.
In other music related news, this makes me die a little inside. D: Oh, Moe. No. No, Moe, No!
And now for something completely different: How to degauss a cat.
If that's not enough, here's a dog that will do the dishes, the laundry, and start the coffee for you.
Other Youtube Videos You've Probably Already Seen, but Just In Case:
GROVER AS THE OLD SPICE GUY.
The It Gets Better Project. Just in case you've somehow missed this, it's been everywhere, but it's worth linking again.
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on 2010-10-11 02:43 am (UTC)Moo.
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on 2010-10-11 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2010-10-11 07:42 am (UTC)OMG GROVER
OMG THIS IS AN AWESOME POST :DDD
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on 2010-10-11 05:12 pm (UTC)Moving's hard, though. And I'd miss my cheap rent. . .
And I always find it SO WEIRD when people I know show up in public art. My grandmother ended up getting painted on a viaduct outside of a metra station (don't think it's there now, it'd be like 15-20 years old), and it always kind of freaked me out. O.o
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on 2010-10-15 07:22 am (UTC)That is SO COOL about your grandmother. ... Maybe a little freaky, yeah. But I never thought that those were real people, except for the ones that are known historical personages! That is so wonderful! :D
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on 2010-10-15 11:45 am (UTC)Edited to change the emoticon: my grandma was both grumpy and awesome.