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1) (White) San Franciscan Nina Paley's (white) husband took a job in India, grew apart from her, and left her several months later. After moving to New York and reading the ancient Hindu religious text the /Ramayana/, Paley began work on an 82 minute computer animated film telling her own story and the story of Rama's wife, Sita, and Sita's anguish at her undeserved and tragic rejection by Rama. Paley then made the film, Sita Sings the Blues, available as a free download, and it's been getting enthusiastic reviews from the New York Times and other publications.
2) I've heard it claimed that nostalgia happens on a 20-year lag, and after all the 80s-influenced music and films like Hot Tub Time Machine and La Roux, we're now seeing Silly Bandz as the new Slap Wraps, and a resurgence in raves. Onward through the past, through raves, to grunge rock, and beyond!
3) Police Charged in Post-Katrina Shootings and Cover-Up
4) New cars hacked through wireless tire pressure sensors
5) Franco Maria Ricci, the publisher behind Luigi Serafini's Codex Seraphinianus, creates world's largest hedge maze at Fontanellato
2) I've heard it claimed that nostalgia happens on a 20-year lag, and after all the 80s-influenced music and films like Hot Tub Time Machine and La Roux, we're now seeing Silly Bandz as the new Slap Wraps, and a resurgence in raves. Onward through the past, through raves, to grunge rock, and beyond!
3) Police Charged in Post-Katrina Shootings and Cover-Up
4) New cars hacked through wireless tire pressure sensors
5) Franco Maria Ricci, the publisher behind Luigi Serafini's Codex Seraphinianus, creates world's largest hedge maze at Fontanellato