Monthly Archives: May 2011

Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”

Damn.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died (npr)

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Translation: “We’re Still Here.”

‘Here’ being the makeshift ‘Los Indignados’ camp at Plaza de Catalunya, Barcelona’s main square, one of dozens erected in Spain to protest high unemployment and other woes.

And it’s still there despite this violent intervention yesterday by police, captured by AP photographer Emilio Morenatti.


The scenes were carried live on Spanish TV and, by nightfall, at least 5,000 people were in the square protesting against the police action. In Madrid hundreds of protestors marched under the banner: ‘Barcelona: You Are Not Alone’

You can follow the protests on Twitter: #spanishrevolution and #realdemocracynow

Meanwhile, on Spanish TV, a show of solidarity from Barcelona football fans during a live link to London…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUqcJkMcsI&feature=youtu.be

Police Clash With Protestors In Barcelona (New York Times)

Barcelona Protest Photostream

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12paEIC7BkU

The tongue presses the water against the roof of the mouth, and keeps it there even as the tip of the tongue sticks out for another lap. As the tip draws up another column, the trapped water from the previous cycle is shoved backwards, and eventually swallowed. By filming cats, Crompton and Musinsky showed that they do the same thing. The tongues of both species do several things at the same time – they draw up a fresh lot of water, while pushing back older ones up into their throat.

Dogs do drink like cats after all (Discover Mag)