– Recorded during his exile in London by Caetano Veloso. Veloso was jailed in Brazil for his participation in the cultural movement of protest, which was called Tropicalia, against the military regime. Let this music, from the album A Little More Blue, serve as soundtrack for the posts to follow.

– Isabel Samaras, painting detail “Nexx will be New Zealand’s online marketplace for social lending. We’ll let people borrow and lend money directly with each other, without greedy banks and unpredictable finance companies in the middle.“ Is there a similar programme to assist non-profit organisations and non-commercial

– listen to Kathryn Ryan interviewing John Key by tapping the hand that takes, National – your freedom Ozchralians shouldun be bailed ou’ by Nyu Zillindaz – however we can allegedly afford to carry on with gross liability to the bankers of oz, liability on such a scale – a potential indebtedness exceeding three

I was talking to Mike today and he was talking about the charge made against the interweb that whereas film – as a distinct medium – was scaring the shit out of people by making them think the train was going to come out of the screen and run them down, here