Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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links for 2010-04-07
Kelefa Sanneh: Is white the new black? (tags: culture race politics history) A Short Guide To Japan Bashing – Japan – Kotaku (tags: social politics media culture race) TribBlog: Katrina's Exiles Thrived In Texas Schools (tags: education texas)
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links for 2010-04-06
WikiLeaks releases video of slaughter in Iraq – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com (tags: media politics technology)
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This Week in Dallas Music History: This Recession’s Killing the Music Scene. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
This Week in Dallas Music History: This Recession’s Killing the Music Scene. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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links for 2010-04-04
Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? – TaxDay 2010 | National Priorities Project (tags: economics economy capitalism politics sustainability social)
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links for 2010-04-03
Pakistan Moves Further Toward Democracy; Could become a Role Model for Other Muslim states (tags: desi politics social)
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links for 2010-04-01
R.I.P. David Mills, writer for The Wire and Treme (tags: tv media)
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links for 2010-03-31
BBC News – US 'Stand And Deliver' teacher Jaime Escalante dies (tags: education movies media) The Onion — U.S. Government To Save Billions By Cutting Wasteful Senator Program (tags: politics comedy)
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Badu, and to the Left: Erykah Badu’s Window Seat video.
Dallas press is talking all about Erykah Badu’s video for the single Window Seat this week. In the video, she strips down near Dealey plaza and depicts herself getting shot and falling on the same spot that JFK was assassinated. The video features the words “evolving” and “Groupthink”, which Badu intended to get people discussing […]
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This Week in Dallas Music History: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Out of Rehab and Ready To Rock. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
This Week in Dallas Music History: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Out of Rehab and Ready To Rock. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. I recognized that name from the song Pride and Joy and because Dream Theatre’s John Petrucci cites him as an influence.
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