[monochrom] AW: [monochrom] shit on klaus (was: piss on pattie)

War zu faul noch mal nachzuschauen und bin eh generell Namenslegastheniker - leider es geht ja bei Klaus' Text auch nicht um einen generellen PS-Verriss, sondern um seinen Eindruck von ihrem aktuellen Konzert (Tibetfahne... Kinder von Palästina; für mich ist das fishing for ganz schlechten

[monochrom] Out of out minds: How did humans come down from the trees and why did no one follow?

In the 6 million years since hominids split from the evolutionary ancestor we share with chimpanzees and bonobos, something happened to our brains that allowed us to become master cooperators, accumulate knowledge at a rapid rate, and manipulate tools to colonize almost every corner of the

[monochrom] Twittering Program Notes In Real Time? D.C.'s National Symphony Will Give It A Try

Conductor Emil de Cou has prepared real-time program notes to Beethoven's Sixth [Symphony] that will be beamed to Twitterati sitting on the lawn of Wolf Trap July 30. It's an interesting variation on a palm-held device, tried out by some orchestras a few years ago, that texted program notes as

[monochrom] Common Ground: Learning from Latin American Social Movements

As the global economic crisis expands, a rapidly increasing number of people are seeking ways to combat unemployment, marginalization, corruption, repression and other problems. Such challenges have faced millions of Latin Americans for decades, and as a result, many successful grassroots

[monochrom] Congo Ignored, Not Forgotten: When 5 million dead aren't worth two stories a year

The wars that have wracked the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1996, killing well over 5 million people (International Rescue Committee, 1/08) in what may be the deadliest conflict since World War II, are officially over. A peace agreement was signed in 2002, and general elections