Rdio called Spotify a 'boring, spreadsheet-like' experience, but what if the entire subscription space has a far bigger problem? Well, according to one of the most agile shapers of culture, that's exactly what's happening here. Here's what Jimmy Iovine, a top Universal Music Group executive and... Read more...
Intro by Mark Taylor Essay by Mumia The commentary/letter by Mumia, below, needs a brief explanation. Mumia sent this to me for my students at Princeton Theological Seminary, in a class I teach, “Incarnation and Incarcerated Bodies.” He wrote it while in “the hole” (Restricted Housing U... Read more...
Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of State censorship and State sponsored torture. Mumia is being kept in solitary in SCI Mahanoy's dungeon. Its restrictions and conditions belie its modern construction. The defeat for ... Read more...
A new commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal a holiday message written from SCI Greene just prior to transfer entitled, 'Slow Death Row.' 1) 1:35 'Slow Death Row' Mp3 Jan. 1st 2012 Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of St... Read more...
A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists. The hole is 66 feet (20 meters) across and plunges nearly 100 feet (30 meters) deep. Geologists said Tu... Read more...
Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 — 25 years ago — that aerosol chemicals, among other factors, had torn a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole. The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from damaging solar radiation, became an overnight... Read more...