Paul EmersonFucking Gibbon can't go more than two paragraphs without using "former" and/or "latter"
WIST Quotations Has Moved!There is the moral of all human tales;
‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,
First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails,
Wealth — Vice — Corruption, — Barbarism at last.
‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,
First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails,
Wealth — Vice — Corruption, — Barbarism at last.
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 4, st. 108 (1818)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/byron/76512/
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Daniel DvorkinA lot of what the regime does is driven by greed, of course. Make as much money as possible as fast as possible. But I'm increasingly convinced just as much of it is toddler-like gleeful destruction for its own sake.
tinydoctorI'm in a quandary. I'd buy tickets for this now--one of the first jazz albums I ever bought was Hancock's VSOP Ouintet album, back in ...'77. I'd love to hear Hancock playing with anybody live--but for all I know by November I may be a refugee or in hiding or...
Post-Punk.comBurn This Asylum — Lisbon Darkwavers Decline and Fall Debut Video for “As All Ends”
Burn This Asylum — Lisbon Darkwavers Decline and Fall Debut Video for "As All Ends" — Post-Punk.com
Decline and Fall is where the wires now hum for Armando Teixeira, a man who’s marched through Portugal’s musical underbelly for decades. From the skeletal mechanics of Ik Mux’s EBM to the industrial clang of Bizarra Locomotiva, from the sampled swagger of Da Weasel to the brooding elegance of Balla, Teixeira has long treated genre like clay: something to bend, break, and remake. His soundtrack work, which has won him three Sophia Awards, drips through screens across Portuguese film and television like ink in water.
Nate CochraneWhen the US is a smouldering, smoking husk of a ruin, how will you describe what it was like before the 'Mump' coup?
Give it your best shot in the comments below.
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Waywords Studio𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 -
Absurd and comedic satire on British "appearances" and class with plenty of lowkey digs at other topics along the way. Unfortunately, 100 years later, we are reminded that not all "humor" ages equally well.
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Review: "Decline and Fall" by Evelyn Waugh -
Rick GoldsteinMy wife heard from a former student today. The student had a job offer in hand from the National Park Service for a fee clerk position at a park visitor center. A worker position, not a policy job.
They got an email today that the job offer had been rescinded, and they'd be notified if the position re-opened so they could apply again.
This is no way to run a business, much less the government of the richest country in the world.
𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹” 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 -
Waugh's silly romp through early 20th century high society at once light-hearted and searing satire.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 -
Realized Waugh had sneaked past me and then this free book came across my old teacher's desk. Perfect!
