Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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D12 concert review. September the 17th, 2004, Paris Elysée Montmartre
D12 concert review: September the 17th, Paris, Elysée Montmartre After waiting for hours in the crowd under a very hot and burning sun, it is a real pleasure when you manage to be placed in the first row, just in front of the stage.
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Backstage people don't want brain. Guess what they want…
Before writing my D12 concert review, I gotta let a lot of rage out of my chest. Before leaving for the show that had taken place on Friday the 17th of September, I had taken a sample of my (yet unpublished) Eminem biography and a floppy disk containing nearly all of my articles about D12’s…
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Free Wireless Internet
Esat BT are still offering free wireless broadband in Cork Airport. I thought it would become pay-for after the Irish presidency. Hopefully this is a permanent arrangement.
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Bloggin
Blogging will be light, I am off to London today, meeting up with some friends and having a few beers. Then on to Dubai next week. I will be blogging as much as possible while away.
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Will Turkey join the EU club?
Katrin Bennhold of the IHT asks if Turkey is set to join. The most important statistic, at least in my opinion: With 70 million inhabitants, Turkey is already the second-most populous country in the region, behind Germany with 82 million; by 2020, Turkey’s population is projected to reach 85 million, while Germany’s is expected to…
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Kathryn Blair suicide bid
Seems like the story has finally leaked out, I did point it out a good while back, after a tip off from a reader in London. No.10 are keeping very quiet about it, apparently all the lobby journalists were asked to keep quiet. She was rushed to hospital after a suspected overdose. Rumours suggest she…
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Don't mess with the Bushes: Kitty Kelley
Salon do an interview with author Kitty Kelley, among the highlights of her now book, they choose this curious insight into George Bush’s university time from one of his old friends: But, as one of W’s Yalie frat brothers tells Kelley, it’s not the substance abuse in Bush’s past that’s disturbing, it’s the “lack of…
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William Safire: Those memos are frauds
Dick over at BSD has been covering this story at length, I have been reading all about it, but just don’t feel motivated enough to blog about it. Safire believes the memos to be frauds, though CBS is sticking to their guns. I note the use of the word “bloggers” without the usual paragraph explaining…
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Final battle: Eminem vs The Source
And the winner is: Eminem. The last chapter in Benzino and Dave Mays’ worthless hate crusade against Eminem has eventually been written. With a good news for all the people who like Marshall Mathers: the Source has been outrapped by the talented rapper. The Source Magazine has been ordered to pay $131,388 to cover legal…
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I might be posting less during the upcoming days
I will be travelling to Paris next Thursday for the D12 concert. I hope to come back with at least a D12 concert review. I’ll keep posting as usual when I will be back.
Got any book recommendations?