Hold Fast

A Blog by Matt Browner Hamlin

Hold Fast - a blog by Matt Browner Hamlin

Entries Tagged as 'Living'

The 10th Dimension

April 18th, 2008 · Comments Off

This is just cool (hat tip to Fred for the video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1fixMAObI

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A History of Evil

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6c-umQ_hlc

Via Vernon Lee, with a hat tip to FG.

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Dassin

April 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

Jules Dassin, one of the great directors of film noir, has died. He was blacklisted during the HUAC for associations with the Communist Party and had lived in exile since 1953. Rififi is one of my favorite movies - I actually thought about watching it this weekend, coincidentally. If you’re a fan of Quintin Tarantino, […]

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Expelled

March 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

You’re doing it wrong.

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Partnership

March 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

The Washington Post has a very interesting article today on an Indian initiative giving community coalitions access to bureaucracies and input in the governance process.
But under a popular government initiative called Bhagidari, which is Hindi for partnership, citizens’ groups across New Delhi have been empowered to walk into any office and demand answers.
Since 2000, neighborhood […]

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Grand Central Frozen

February 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo

Hooray for public art.

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Casey Affleck Should Win

February 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp2ppYB9fDo

I can probably count the number of my friends who saw The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford on one hand, while pretty much everyone I know has seen No Country for Old Men. While I loved No Country for Old Men and thought Javier Bardem gave a phenomenal performance, Casey Affleck’s […]

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Happy Birthday to Me

February 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXckTL3QEdM

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Donita Sparks Listening Party @ FDL

February 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

For those who are friends of FireDogLake and Donita Sparks I wanted to let you know that my pal Joh Padgett of Monticello Politics is doing a special podcast version of this week’s regular The Spin I’m In music column at FDL. Donita will host a conversation with her longtime friend and drummer Lady Dee […]

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Boooooooooooooooo!

February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Via Dean Barker at Blue Hampshire, it turns out two Democrats cast “present” votes on legislation that the rest of the caucus had the courage to stand up and vote for:

H RES 960 RES 960: “Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most […]

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