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  • That other musical genre
    This is for everything that doesn't have its own musical topic.  So we don't have to decide if The Waitresses, for example, are Punk, or New Wave, or something totally different.  So ...
    38 comments Most recent by EvanMarch 13LN Media → Music
  • Teach me Kabbalah.
    OK. I'm over 40, I'm married, and I've been seeing a lot of pokes about this everywhere I turn lately. So, I want all of you to teach me Kabbalah. I have ...
    281 comments Most recent by T Hedge CokeMarch 12Liminal → Magic Theory
  • Music shares thread (No Vids - Links Only :])
    'K, my browser hates those threads with the vids that memory-grab. So here is a thread for folks to post up a little of what is taking their fancy right now in ...
    53 comments Most recent by SethMarch 3LN Media → Music
  • "Political Correctness" as a Thought-Terminating Cliche.
    "Political Correctness" as a  Thought-Terminating Cliche.Just recently, I came across a simple and elegant term that articulates something I've been trying to put into words for years now: "Thought-terminating cliché". It was ...
    25 comments Most recent by moon_custaferMarch 3Nation → Politics
  • Codex Seraphinianus
    It's a book full of stuff like this:I have a copy of it. I don't really know what to make of it. The artist is still alive, but he ain't sayin' much. ...
    14 comments Most recent by EmberLeoFebruary 21LN Media → Books
  • Country and Southern Rock
    Because I like it, damn it.  And I need a break from the Kabbalah.Here's a start: Tennessee Ernie Ford.  Perfect for these days of austerity.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpTJg2EBpwAnd on the lighter side, one of my ...
    30 comments Most recent by EmberLeoFebruary 14LN Media → Music
  • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
    This is the official pony thread!  I was first turned onto this show via a post in the Fandom Wank community over on Journalfen, which described how the now-notorious 4Chan had been ...
    109 comments Most recent by SekhmetFebruary 13LN Media → TV and Film
  • The Wizard of Oz
    Hello, Media category. I've been reading children's books again - to actual children, mind - and keep getting that creeping feeling that they mean more than they're saying. I thought maybe someone ...
    17 comments Most recent by SekhmetFebruary 12LN Media → Books
  • Film and Cinematic Magic
    I would be interested to know if anyone out there deals with film within a magical context - but in terms of what the personal brings to film (e.g., interpretation) rather than ...
    9 comments Most recent by GefFebruary 12Liminal → Magic Theory
  • Feeling the vibes -- or not
    I chewed on this set of thoughts for a while this evening, and I'm posting it here because it just tasted kind of LN-y to me for no particular reason I can ...
    3 comments Most recent by XKFebruary 11Liminal → Magic Theory
  • Soul music thread
    Hesitating about whether to designate this the 70s soul thread, leaving room for a separate 60s/Northern thread - oh well, we can alter this if the need arises. Anyway, kicking things off is a ...
    121 comments Most recent by GefFebruary 11LN Media → Music
  • Cover Songs! I love when someone breathes new life into an older song, and puts a spin of their own. Like Hendrix covering Dylan. Here's some that I like:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8QwctLykshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42V61lS67Uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDHl5djnYM4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXyZ_9gNacchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1c9ErCn7whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmYfVCH2UA
    44 comments Most recent by EvanFebruary 8LN Media → Music
  • Reggae, dancehall, ska, bluebeat thread 'Chase Vampire', Sancho, 1987 or 1988. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mTv-QNWhk"Run with the boy weh a work the Obeah..."  
    45 comments Most recent by GefFebruary 8LN Media → Music
  • Promethea and The Invisibles
    Is the significant break between The Invisibles & Promethea, besides fun sex w/old woman vs prostitution w/old man as spiritual act, their treatment of rape, debt, and sacrifice? I asked this over at ...
    75 comments Most recent by T Hedge CokeFebruary 7LN Media → Books
  • Fashion and Other Masks
    From the "Discussions you thought about starting" thread (with omissions):Grotto of Nolte said: Do we have a thread for looks and appearances? As in faces, masks literal or figurative, glamours, clothes, garments ...
    130 comments Most recent by kristiinaJanuary 31LN Media → Art
  • Trials of Being a Teacher (Occult or Otherwise)
    I'm a teacher by trade, either music or ESL, and it is a profession that I have always wanted for myself.  I am very pleased that I am able to be a ...
    10 comments Most recent by wonderlandJanuary 25Liminal → Magic Theory
  • The Deep
    A thread for everything to do with the deep ocean. Reflections on the fact that the vast majority of our world is as alien to us as the voids between the planets (and ...
    150 comments Most recent by SekhmetJanuary 23Nation → Science
  • John Quiggin on Recapturing Utopia
    http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-quiggin-on-utopia?page=1Not much to say here, except read the interview. It's not revolutionary, really, but pleasant because it is level-headed and practical. Not to mention he's a reader of Iain Banks' "Culture" novels. ...
    3 comments Most recent by wonderlandJanuary 22Nation → Politics
  • Biblical "Hyssop"
    Hey gang,I have a technical question: anyone know much about what current scholarship claims as to possible actual plant identity of Biblical hyssop / ezov? I've read the relevant Wiki article(s) and ...
    9 comments Most recent by wonderlandJanuary 21Liminal → Magic Theory
  • Culture, Social Justice and the Scientific Method.
    When the topic of the scientific method (more properly, scientific methods, as there are more than one) as it relates to culture comes up, I've noticed that there are usually two main ...
    24 comments Most recent by Mordant CarnivalJanuary 17Nation → Science

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