'We Are All Georgians'? Not So Fast.
august 2008 by rybesh
Instead of speaking softly and wielding a big stick, as Teddy Roosevelt recommended, the American policeman has been loudly lecturing the rest of the world while waving an increasingly unimpressive baton.
usa
russia
politics
august 2008 by rybesh
Anime Comparison Sites
february 2007 by rybesh
Sites documenting the changes made to various anime series when they were exported to the US.
anime
video
editing
documentation
japan
usa
culture
cinema
narrative
fans
february 2007 by rybesh
Umair Haque: Europe vs Innovation
march 2006 by rybesh
Because America has mortgaged it's social and cultural capital for less durable, less valuable financial capital, it is less and less able to innovate in a world, where the economic is deeply enmeshed in the social, the cultural, and the creative.
usa
europe
asia
policy
capitalism
social
capital
culture
economics
opinion
march 2006 by rybesh
Videos from Iraq on Google Video not viewable in the US
february 2006 by rybesh
I get the message "This video is not playable in your country." What is the policy behind this? I'm assuming it is not a copyright issue.
web
video
policy
usa
iraq
february 2006 by rybesh
Rumsfeld: U.S. propaganda needs to enter digital age | CNET News.com
february 2006 by rybesh
The Pentagon chief said today's weapons of war include e-mail, BlackBerries, instant messaging, digital cameras and blogs.
propaganda
infowar
mobile
image
sms
camera
blog
usa
government
digital
february 2006 by rybesh
Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
december 2005 by rybesh
This site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.
politics
database
datamining
government
usa
december 2005 by rybesh
Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive
september 2005 by rybesh
By providing near-unrestricted access to these films, we hope to encourage widespread use of moving images in new contexts by people who might not have used them before.
archives
cinema
video
usa
media
september 2005 by rybesh
Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)
september 2005 by rybesh
The Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) has responsibility for the acquisition, cataloging and preservation of the motion picture and television collections.
tv
archives
usa
media
sound
audio
video
cinema
september 2005 by rybesh
UCLA Film & Television Archive
september 2005 by rybesh
The Archive constitutes one of the largest collections of media materials in the United States - second only to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. - and the largest of any university in the world.
archives
usa
media
tv
cinema
september 2005 by rybesh
Dysfunctional Management Education and Damaged Capitalism in America
june 2005 by rybesh
Dysfunctional business and political leaders cause the social, political and economic malaise afflicting America. It produces an MBA mindset that embraces the robber baron culture and Social Darwinism of market and Christian fundamentalism.
usa
business
culture
economics
policy
social
japan
management
capitalism
june 2005 by rybesh
Foreign Affairs - Down to the Wire - Thomas Bleha
june 2005 by rybesh
Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly.
asia
economics
future
globalization
internet
japan
networking
policy
technology
usa
wireless
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Safran Foer: Everything Is Illuminated
june 2005 by rybesh
The scope, the very attempt of what Foer is trying to do here is more than admirable, it is groundbreaking, and it deserves to be read.
books
2003
urn:asin:0060529709
wishlist
1939
fiction
jewishfamilies
literary
ukraine
worldwar
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Noam Chomsky: On Power and Ideology
june 2005 by rybesh
This book is a composition of five lectures that took place at the Univeridad Centroamericana located in Central American country of Managua...
books
1987
urn:asin:089608289X
wishlist
1945
centralamerica
history
politics
psychology
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Daniel J. Boorstin: The Americans
june 2005 by rybesh
There is one idea of Boorstin that seems to me to explain a tremendous amount about American civilization...
books
1974
urn:asin:0394710118
wishlist
civilization
history
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Talking Heads: Talking Heads
june 2005 by rybesh
This is not Talking Heads' best album - fans tend to rate any one of their four subsequent studio releases - but it's definitely worth having...
music
1990
urn:asin:B000002KNU
wishlist
newwave
newyorkpunk
rock
usa
punk
june 2005 by rybesh
Clinton Rossiter, Alexander Hamilton, Rossiter, Charles R. Kesler, Charles R. Kessler: The Federalist Papers
june 2005 by rybesh
You don't need to be told that the Federalist Papers are not for everyone, but for a niche audience of which I happen to be a member...
books
1999
urn:asin:0451628810
wishlist
essays
government
history
politics
reference
sources
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Schuyler M. Moore: The Biz
june 2005 by rybesh
I was afraid when I picked up _The Biz_ that it was going to be a dry read-- legal aspects of any business are not known for being a scintillating read...
books
2003
urn:asin:187950569X
wishlist
entertainment
forms
performingarts
usa
business
art
cinema
june 2005 by rybesh
Robert D. Putnam: Bowling Alone
june 2005 by rybesh
Putnam has hit the nail right on the head...
books
2001
urn:asin:0743203046
wishlist
1945
20thcentury
anthropology
community
currentevents
history
socialchange
socialclasses
socialscience
sociology
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Michael Ondaatje: The Conversations
june 2005 by rybesh
This book is terrible; nothing but a transcript of the personl opinions of various editors...
books
2002
urn:asin:0375413863
wishlist
1943
editing
interviews
murch
performingarts
walter
usa
art
cinema
june 2005 by rybesh
William Arnett, Jane Livingston, John Beardsley, Paul Arnett: Gee's Bend
june 2005 by rybesh
The Quilt's of Gee's Bend exhibit was at the Corcoran in Washington DC earlier this year...
books
2002
urn:asin:0971910405
wishlist
art
ethnicstudies
folk
quilts
socialscience
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Michael. Shamberg: Guerrilla Television
june 2005 by rybesh
In 1973 I purchased a thin softcover copy of Michael Shamberg's "Guerrilla Television", a _different and exciting_ book...
books
1971
urn:asin:0030867355
wishlist
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
John F. Szwed: Space Is the Place
june 2005 by rybesh
Great book. <br />If you have an interest in who Sun Ra was you ought to read this...
books
1998
urn:asin:0306808552
wishlist
biography
composers
jazzmusicians
peopleofcolor
sunra
usa
genre
june 2005 by rybesh
Bill Mckibben: The Age of Missing Information
june 2005 by rybesh
If you became stranded in the wilderness could you build a fire without the aid of matches or a lighter? If your car breaks down can you fix it? Could you build a house or even a cabin? Do you have the necessary knowledge to grow a garden or recognize...
books
1993
urn:asin:0452269806
wishlist
mediastudies
nature
politics
socialaspects
sociology
usa
culture
tv
june 2005 by rybesh
Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour, Robert Venturi: Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition
june 2005 by rybesh
This is a quite unusual and offbeat treatise on architectural theory, as applied to the world's greatest architectural monstrosity - Las Vegas...
books
1977
urn:asin:026272006X
wishlist
architecture
commercial
criticism
lasvegas
nevada
photography
planning
public
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Kevin Lynch: The Image of the City
june 2005 by rybesh
The urban setting is a composition of nodes, landmarks, paths, edges and districts, accorsing to Lynch...
books
1960
urn:asin:0262620014
wishlist
architecture
commercial
planning
public
usa
urban
june 2005 by rybesh
Henry Jenkins, Jane Shattuc, Tara Mcpherson: Hop on Pop
june 2005 by rybesh
Why more people don't know his name is beyond me...
books
2003
urn:asin:0822327376
wishlist
1970
anthropology
civilization
essays
socialscience
sociology
usa
culture
art
june 2005 by rybesh
Greil Marcus, Penguin Usapaper Plume: Mystery Train
june 2005 by rybesh
Is it the music or the events surrounding the music? In any case, Greil Marcus' MYSTERY TRAIN is perhaps the most unusual rock criticism book in existence...
books
1997
urn:asin:0452278368
wishlist
biography
composers
culturalstudies
music
rock
rockmusic
rockmusicians
usa
culture
genre
june 2005 by rybesh
The Ramones: Ramones [Expanded]
june 2005 by rybesh
The Ramones.If Judy wasn't a punk then where would they be now?(And why the hell shouldn't Judy be a punk?) I get a lot of criticism because i am a 12 year old punk, but this album does us proud...
music
2001
urn:asin:B00005JGAB
wishlist
newyorkpunk
punk
rock
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food
june 2005 by rybesh
My favourite Talking Heads album...
music
1990
urn:asin:B000002KNV
wishlist
newwave
newyorkpunk
rock
usa
punk
june 2005 by rybesh
The Ramones: Rocket to Russia [Expanded]
june 2005 by rybesh
The Ramones were not a punk band...
music
2001
urn:asin:B00005JGAF
wishlist
newyorkpunk
punk
rock
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
William H. Gass: Omensetter's Luck
june 2005 by rybesh
My appraisal of this novel coincides with those of A...
books
1997
urn:asin:0141180102
wishlist
classics
clergy
crime
english
fiction
gass
goodandevil
literary
literature
modernfiction
ohio
usa
william
urban
june 2005 by rybesh
Denis Johnson: Fiskadoro
june 2005 by rybesh
Is it a novel about *the* End of the World, the horrifying vestiges of a nuclear war? Or, is there something else at play, in this master writer's intriguing novel? On the one hand we have a fascinating examination of humanity rebuilding, picking up...
books
1995
urn:asin:0060976098
wishlist
allegories
denis
fiction
johnson
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
John Cheever: The Stories of John Cheever
june 2005 by rybesh
This is one of the best short story American books I've read...
books
2000
urn:asin:0375724427
wishlist
20thcentury
fiction
literary
shortstories
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Thomas Frank: What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
june 2005 by rybesh
There are plenty of liberal books out there which get angry about conservatives imposing their social conservatism and/or failed economic libertarianism but this book is one of the few that stands out as one that stands out in successfully solving the...
books
2004
urn:asin:0805073396
wishlist
1951
conservatism
government
history
kansas
politics
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Isaac Kramnick, Alexis De Tocqueville, Gerald E. Bevan: Democracy in America
june 2005 by rybesh
There was a movie that came out in the nineties, whose title eludes me, in which a businessman's airhead wife is taught the art of intelligent discourse by having her read, however reluctantly at first, Democracy in America...
books
2003
urn:asin:0140447601
wishlist
classics
democracy
fiction
government
history
literature
to1865
usa
prose
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Franzen: The Twenty-Seventh City
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Franzen is an accomplished writer...
books
2001
urn:asin:0312420145
wishlist
fiction
mystery
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Franzen: How to Be Alone
june 2005 by rybesh
After reading 'The Corrections' I was expecting to be enlightened by 'How to be alone'...
books
2003
urn:asin:0312422164
wishlist
essays
literature
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Stephen Burn: David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
june 2005 by rybesh
If Infinite Jest has become the Ulysses of the late twentieth century, then this excellent guide is the equivalent of Stuart Gilbert's companion to Joyce's masterpiece: Burn offers a lucid unravelling of some of the more mysterious aspects of Wallace's...
books
2003
urn:asin:082641477X
wishlist
infinitejest
literature
novels
wallace
usa
english
prose
june 2005 by rybesh
Christopher Hitchens: Love, Poverty, and War
june 2005 by rybesh
Christopher Hitchens is one of those writers whose prodigious output of letters, essays, and commentaries on the life, the universe, and everything is so pointed and provocative that he is capable of irritating anyone, sometimes repeatedly so, familiar...
books
2004
urn:asin:1560255803
wishlist
currentevents
essays
government
journalism
politics
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Joel Garreau: Edge City
june 2005 by rybesh
Explores the new environments arising at the junctions of interstate highways on the edges of major American metropolises...
books
1992
urn:asin:0385424345
wishlist
landuse
politics
socialscience
sociology
urban
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Gore Vidal: The Essential Gore Vidal
june 2005 by rybesh
I s Gore Vidal a great writer? It depends on what he is writing...
books
1999
urn:asin:0679457461
wishlist
essays
fiction
gore
literature
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Scott Bukatman: Terminal Identity
june 2005 by rybesh
As dense as it is deep, Bukatman's work is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in science fiction, postmodern theory, or the relationship between technology and human culture...
books
1993
urn:asin:0822313405
wishlist
20thcentury
literarystudies
literature
novels
postmodernism
sciencefiction
usa
fiction
english
prose
june 2005 by rybesh
James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime
june 2005 by rybesh
As a European, I continue to discover American writers I had never heard of...
books
1985
urn:asin:0865472106
wishlist
eroticstories
fiction
france
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Eric Foner: Tom Paine And Revolutionary America
june 2005 by rybesh
Paine was a latecomer to pre-revolutionary America, arriving in November, 1774...
books
2004
urn:asin:0195174852
wishlist
1737
1775
18thcentury
artisans
history
paine
pennsylvania
philadelphia
radicalism
thomas
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
june 2005 by rybesh
It'd be one thing to point out all the flaws in suburban and modern architecture and planning now, after all the failures are fairly well known and felt, but to do it in '61, I give Jane Jacobs a lot of credit...
books
1992
urn:asin:067974195X
wishlist
architecture
planning
socialscience
sociology
urbanhistory
urbanplanning
urbanpolicy
urbanrenewal
usa
urban
june 2005 by rybesh
Larry Fagin: The List Poem
june 2005 by rybesh
I bought this book (List Poem by Larry Fagan) as a companion to the book List Your Self...
books
1991
urn:asin:0915924374
wishlist
audioadult
composition
education
languagearts
poetry
reference
teachingmethods
writing
usa
howto
creative
authoring
june 2005 by rybesh
Jessica Litman: Digital Copyright
june 2005 by rybesh
This is a good book if you want a detailed history of how copyright law evolved to accomodate digital technology and the Internet...
books
2000
urn:asin:1573928895
wishlist
copyright
internet
law
legalreference
patent
trademark
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Henry Jenkins: The Children's Culture Reader
june 2005 by rybesh
This is an interesting book, but in some chapters it tends to focus more on the historical role of the child than it addresses current social issues that are of concern in our society...
books
1998
urn:asin:0814742327
wishlist
children
socialscience
sociology
teenagers
usa
culture
june 2005 by rybesh
Daniel J. Boorstin: The Americans
june 2005 by rybesh
As I said in my review of the Colonial Experience volume, this is not a history that is cogently and logically argued...
books
1967
urn:asin:0394703588
wishlist
1783
civilization
history
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
J. D. Lasica: Darknet
june 2005 by rybesh
In what is essentially a PR war of hysteria (on both sides), JD presents the middle ground, shifting the focus off the corporations and file-sharing teenagers...
books
2005
urn:asin:0471683345
wishlist
digitalmedia
interactive
internet
networksecurity
performingarts
socialaspects
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Daniel J. Boorstin: The Americans
june 2005 by rybesh
When Boorstin named his epic trilogy The Americans rather than American History or History of the American People, he greeted the reader with a different approach to history...
books
1964
urn:asin:0394705130
wishlist
civilization
history
to1783
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Christine A. Finn: Artifacts
june 2005 by rybesh
I had high expectations for this book, however I was severely disappointed...
books
2002
urn:asin:0262561549
wishlist
anthropology
archaeology
computers
computerscience
nanotechnology
sociology
technology
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Juliet B. Schor: Born to Buy
june 2005 by rybesh
I'm a practicing child psychologist, and I have followed the media and their impact on children for a number of years...
books
2004
urn:asin:068487055X
wishlist
business
childconsumers
marketing
socialscience
youngconsumers
usa
material
culture
june 2005 by rybesh
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