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The fine art of writing commentarys... |
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THE CRACKED FEATURES |
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the collected frontpage-columns and more by Georg "Head Honcho" Cracked. Updated very, very often. Promised. Because there is a lot to talk about. |
ITRYL #140: “I do believe we live in an age without ideology. At least in western civilizations (or what is called such) there is no main paradigm or ideology except consumerism..." here |
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| DEAD FLYS art project with dead flies. yeah, right, but that is exactly what it is. | |
| EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: DJANGO REINHARDT inventor of gypsy jazz, | |
| FOOD FOR EYES how designers and experts make our food look better | |
| SEARCH ENGINE TEST we conducted an infallible test to find out the best search engine available | |
| KIDNAPPING THE CEO desperate times cry for desperate measures | |
| NOTHING IS FOR FREE never. that's rule #1. | |
| BEING LUCKY what happiness is all about, a guide | |
| THE SEVEN SINS AND THE DUDE 10 years of the greatest movie ever shot, ten years of indepth thinking and meditating on it, ten years of "The Big Lebowski" | |
| GLOBAL CRIME it is all around us, and it is a shame | |
| TERROR IN UZBEKISTAN a brutal regime in Russia's backyard | |
| GENDERBENDING BY PLASTIC PRODUCTS it's science | |
| KING KONG GOES A LONG WAY a new(?) reading of the same old story | |
| FRIENDLY FLOATEES a few thousand of them travelling the world | |
| THE ONLINE ROLE PLAYER BUSINESS MYSTIQUE what I find exciting about multi-mass-online-role-playing-games (and it is not the elves...) | |
| PROBLEM WITH CHINA it's the economy, stupid, and it is destroying the planet | |
| THE FUTURE OF EATING some facts, some ideas and some trends on one of the most important things there is: food | |
| I STILL HATE CONCERTS CONTINUED | |
| THE LIFE OF BRIAN REVISITED on a movie that couldn't be made today | |
| NEURO-SCIENCE (FICTION) what's new in brain research and some hints at the threats involved. | |
| CANNIBALISM AT SEA a short flashlight at one of history's most gruesome footnotes | |
| A STATE OF COMPLETE CONTROL modern technology and the power to the powers to control every move you make | |
| EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: DEAN MARTIN actor, singer, womanizer, the original definition of cool. | |
| THE GLOBAL VILLAGE IS SEE-THROUGH what they know about you. | |
| BIOPIRACY OVER AFRICA its robbery and those being robbed have hardly a clue of what's happened | |
| EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: JELLY ROLL MORTON hustler, roller, jewelled tooth and piano master - the original o.g. | |
| UPDATING SEXUAL DEVIANCY psychiatrists find a new look on human sexuality aside of the norm | |
| WHEN BLOGS COLLIDE with common sense | |
| THE MOST AWFUL SPAM MAIL EVER | |
| METALLICA MISTAKEN SONGLYRIC | |
| CRACKED SCIENCE PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY | |
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EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: BUCKMINSTER FULLER Thinker, architect, artist, writer, intellectual - a man who was at least 30 years ahead of everyone else. |
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EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: HOWARD HUGHES A short look on the life and work of Howard Hughes: moviemaker, aviator, billionaire, eccentric |
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CREDIT RATINGS & HOW TO GET CREDIT Ed Brown on how banks share credit information on you and what you can do about it |
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a real-life-story of ignorance and stupidity |
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how the music industry is responsible for its own downfall |
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a short history of the usage of drugs in wars |
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Or: what about this generation, the last one and the one before? |
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| THE BEAR WITCH PROJECT | |
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ANNEX TO "MY OWN MUSICAL CHARTA" INTRODUCTION TO MY OWN MUSICAL CHARTA plain text |
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THE OSBOURNES ARE GOOD FOR THE WORLD or How the pop-business betrays itself for the good of the people |
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ERFURT SHOOTINGS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS or Why Slipknot makes you kill people. |
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| EVEN MORE REASONS WHY I STILL HATE CONCERTS |
other interesting writing on the net: |
| THAT THING ABOUT STARBUCKS |
STRATEGIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS ... AND SUPERSTARS David Byrne's (yes, of Talking Heads) strategies for survival in the new way of music business |
| THE INTERNET HOAX |
the manual on how to produce a number one charts hit by KLF |
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controversial thoughts by Dan Simmons |
or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative |
| I STILL HATE CONCERTS |
meet the
THE SUPERPRODUCERS |
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PHONES - a lesson for the paranoid turn it off |
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a little something about the funny movie by Kevin Smith, not that artsy shmoo-from Denkmark |
CONSUMER SOCIETY AND AUTHENCITY: The (Il)logic of Punk Practices by
Tony Lack |
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where's all the revolution in mainstream-tv gone to? |
WHAT ABOUT BARCODES AND THE 666: THE MARK OF THE BEAST? to answer that question once and for all |
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the American fear of Anthrax and its double moral |
AN OBJECTIVE OVERVIEW OF AUTOEROTIC FATALITIES okay, so no real commentary, but also unfit for the „stupid stuff on the internet“-collection |
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CAT TORTURE IN EARLIER CENTURIES a very short account of how our ancestors treated the all-beloved mice-hunters |
THE HARDCORE/PUNK GUIDE TO CHRISTIANITY do you need more reasoning that religions are stupid? |
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childhood-memories by our good friend Husbert |
Interesting revelations about food, the food-industry and your daily diet |
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LESBO VAMPIRE-HUNTER-WITCH in LOVE WITH DEMON SPEX-magazine stole this idea from us! You read it here first! |
Steve Albini tells all about the music industry - outside link |