Leonard Cohen ukelele covers subculture

[altariel]

Hallelujah, George Formby style.

I wound up on this blog via the Riddley Walker annotations site, where I also learned that there is a DVD of a theatre production of RW, performed in Waterford in November 2007. Who said you can't learn anything off the internet? And why do I not have a Riddley Walker icon?

Also, via shezan: excellent piece by Johann Hari on excess and recession in Dubai.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

I've got a friend working in Dubai, but it does look an abominable, soulless place. I didn't know they had no concept of bankruptcy (though if I worked out there, I hope I would have the sense to find out how the law worked first).

[thornsilver]

From what I have seen of people, they tend to authomatically assume that the laws are the same in the new place as they were in their old country, state, town...

The complacency is terrifying.