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Thursday, May 13, 2004

beck to the future

beck live at coachella 2004.

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depressing read

"While I conceive of this blog as a journal, I have no interest in recounting day to day activities; rather, this is an online space for my thoughts on depression and literature. My hope is that, in assembling an honest account of my depression and by providing relevant excerpts from writers’ autobiographies and psychiatric literature, I can offer readers moments of identification that undermine the loneliness and shame of mental illness. And I suspect that blogs can contribute to the public discourse on depression in ways that more traditional representations of depression can’t; since a blog is continually updated, its representation of depression is less likely to hide or mitigate contradictions and ambiguities, and more likely to challenge practiced wisdom and “pop psychology” simplifications."

via large


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laugh now

armchair generalists

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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Sep. 30, 2002

(flashback)


"McDermott also said on "This Week" that Bush might mislead Americans about the threat Iraq poses, comparing the situation to misleading statements by President Johnson about the Vietnam War.

"It would not surprise me if they came with some information that is not provable," he said. "I think the president would mislead the American people."

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe responded that Bush has made a "very clear case" regarding Iraq's actions.

"The American people know he hasn't misled anyone, and the American people know he won't mislead anyone," he said."


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