http://www.t-sides.com/2006/02/28/internship-days-seven-eight/ Meditations on Culture since 2006. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.t-sides.com/2006/02/28/internship-days-seven-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-38 t-sides » Internship: Days Nine - Twelve Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:29:37 +0000 http://www.t-sides.com/?p=16#comment-38 [...] I also transcribed a really fascinating interview with a man putting together footage from a concert/series of concerts from ‘69 (the same year as Woodstock).  This series was apparently given no coverage, and most people haven’t heard of it, even though it had names like Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Nina Simone, and a speech from Jesse Jackson.  It’s African-American performers in-front of an African-American audience in Harlem - which brings up the question of whether or not the lack of attention was unintentional (or intentional) racism.  Supposedly the police didn’t want to be involved with the event, so the Black Panthers were called in as security.  Fascinating stuff.  I don’t know the name of the concert series, but the film is supposedly going to be in Sundance next January - so look for it (I’ll remind you, provided I can keep this running that long). Lots of improvements are being made around the office - we interns who know very little of the office goings-on are assuming it’s because of the upcoming MTV television show. Of course, it could just be that the office needs the improvements and we’re just bitter. [...] [...] I also transcribed a really fascinating interview with a man putting together footage from a concert/series of concerts from ‘69 (the same year as Woodstock).  This series was apparently given no coverage, and most people haven’t heard of it, even though it had names like Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Nina Simone, and a speech from Jesse Jackson.  It’s African-American performers in-front of an African-American audience in Harlem – which brings up the question of whether or not the lack of attention was unintentional (or intentional) racism.  Supposedly the police didn’t want to be involved with the event, so the Black Panthers were called in as security.  Fascinating stuff.  I don’t know the name of the concert series, but the film is supposedly going to be in Sundance next January – so look for it (I’ll remind you, provided I can keep this running that long). Lots of improvements are being made around the office – we interns who know very little of the office goings-on are assuming it’s because of the upcoming MTV television show. Of course, it could just be that the office needs the improvements and we’re just bitter. [...]

]]> http://www.t-sides.com/2006/02/28/internship-days-seven-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-33 puck Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:50:09 +0000 http://www.t-sides.com/?p=16#comment-33 <a href="http://www.tailsteak.com/arbuckle/index.php?date=780619" rel="nofollow">this</a> doesn't count, does it? this doesn’t count, does it?

]]> http://www.t-sides.com/2006/02/28/internship-days-seven-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Steve Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:09:11 +0000 http://www.t-sides.com/?p=16#comment-32 You might be able to keep up with the funny video meme by surveying the <a href="http://youtube.com/browse?s=mp" rel="nofollow">top videos on YouTube</a> regularly. You might be able to keep up with the funny video meme by surveying the top videos on YouTube regularly.

]]> http://www.t-sides.com/2006/02/28/internship-days-seven-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Yosef Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:21:45 +0000 http://www.t-sides.com/?p=16#comment-31 Get well soon! Don't pass out in train stations. Get well soon! Don’t pass out in train stations.

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