David Thompson points out some of his old posts on topics of conformity in art, racism and feminism.

The Planster’s Vision
Cut down that timber! Bells, too many and strong,
Pouring their music through the branches bare,
From moon-white church-towers down the windy air
Have pealed the centuries out with Evensong.
Remove those cottages, a huddled throng!
Too many babies have been born in there,
Too many coffins, bumping down the stair,
Carried the old their garden paths along.
I have a [...]

What a day job inevitably means, of course, is spending the majority of your waking hours not doing the thing you love: making art.
Very true; having a day job inevitably means I spend the majority of my waking hours not doing the things I love: drinking whisky and meeting beautiful women.
It’s from the Guardian, unsurprisingly.

Rather beautiful and very sad:

Thank goodness we have academics who can produce this kind of insightful analysis:
If you thought the television tales about Thomas the Tank Engine were merely light-hearted fun, think again.

In fact, they portray a world blighted by a ‘conservative political ideology’ and a rigid class system which stifles self-expression. And they are sexist.
That, at least, is [...]

A dance artist with epilepsy is to try to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at The Bradford Playhouse. Arts Council England, which is funding the performance, said it aimed to raise awareness about the condition. Ms Marcalo, the artistic director of Leeds-based dance company, [...]

Dissident Frogman suggests that we, the anti-collectivists, are losing the war for hearts and minds. He gives this example, quoting the IMDB movie page for the ‘Boat that Rocks’ – a movie about a pirate radio station.

And by “all fronts”, I do mean “all fronts”. Example? Example:
Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors [...]

Some brouhaha in the US of A over the editorial by the CEO of Whole Foods that I linked to the other day and will link to again here. Some lefties are calling for a boycott of Whole Foods because their CEO has the temerity to suggest health care reform proposals that differ from those [...]

I tend to really enjoy reading Steyn’s song of the week,  and I usually do it accompanied by youtube versions of the song in question.  I figure it makes sense to post links together in case anyone else wants to appreciate them.
This week’s song is “Dance me to the end of love” by Leonard Cohen. [...]

Jones: You’re sort of regarded as an oddity in the punk movement. A conservative Republican. Like a right-winger doesn’t belong.
Ramone: To me, I think punk is right wing. What happened in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s was a lot of disaffected kids — the kind who would’ve been hippies a decade before –- [...]