Month: August 2018
Posted on August 31, 2018
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Another Late Evening Jam…check out Nick Drake if you want to hear some fantastic music by someone who actually took the trouble to practice singing. Don’t You Know the Ring? (Alternate Title) Lyrics The faintest spark Within the dark Would hold us fast And…
Category: UncategorizedTags: Dedications, Demos, Guitar, Indie, Jams, lyrics, Music, Odes, Original Music, Tributes, Violin, Vocals
Posted on August 30, 2018
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“You saw those rocks right?” Cook inquired. “Huh?” “When you were training did you notice any stones in the jungle?” Everything had been a blur. “No.” “Hmm…” Cook said furrowing his brow. “Isn’t the rainforest famously rockless?” “Si…yes…for the most part but…you are…
Posted on August 30, 2018
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A pre – powernap ramble about the trend of treating institutions of higher learning like trade schools and the deleterious effects this has. The video that stirred the thought: http://www.fractaljournal.com | Stories, Essays, Music, and More http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join me on Minds! http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal…
Posted on August 30, 2018
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So I was doin a bit of studying and stumbled on a U2 song with a sweet and simple (somewhat trite) lyrics ‘you’ve been everywhere.’ Which got me to pondering the funny way music and glib phrasing allows us to overlay our own…
Posted on August 29, 2018
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However faintly the frantic words ‘don’t tase me bro’ still probably echo in the popular imagination. Subduing a nebbish university student for an uncouth question is arguably the wrong way to use a taser. Is there a right way? Figuring that out has been…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Axon, Columns, Dana Goodyear, Fred Reed, News, Opinion, Police, Politics, Social Commentary, Taser, The New Yorker, Violence
Posted on August 29, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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The result of a brief little jam session I was able to squeeze in last night. I made it on the fly and just now wrote down the lyrics for those who prefer poems to songs. DAW (i guess it’s a DAW) – Audacity…
Posted on August 29, 2018
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Dana Goodyear (The New Yorker) recently visited Axon, formerly Taser. I use this story as a springboard for a discussion on policing, surveillance, and citizenship. http://www.fractaljournal.com | Stories, Essays, Webcomics and more! http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join me on minds! http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal | Support Indie Media https://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/60959006-7-of-the-biggest-issues-facing-law-enforcement-in-2016/…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Commentary, Current Events, Ethics, News, Opinion, Social Commentary, The New Yorker, Vlogs
Fractal Radio | Episode 15 – Does College Produce Intellectuals?
Posted on August 30, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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A pre – powernap ramble about the trend of treating institutions of higher learning like trade schools and the deleterious effects this has. The video that stirred the thought: http://www.fractaljournal.com | Stories, Essays, Music, and More http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow | Join me on Minds! http://www.patreon.com/TheFractalJournal…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: College, Higher Education, Social Commentary, Vlogs