Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Friday, December 19th, 2008 at 5:02am

The Importance of Unpleasantness

Posted by Curtis Haring in Art, Censorship, Education

Tonight, as I do every two out of three Thursdays, I volunteered my time with Salt Lake Peer Court – a fantastic organization that helps troubled youth.   My main obligation is focused around making sure the four students I am in charge of do what they are supposed to be doing.  During downtime, of [...]

Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 5:06pm

Get the new Nine Inch Nails Album, The Slip, FOR FREE!

Posted by Curtis Haring in Art

Okay, I know this is not my usual political type post, but that being said, Nine Inch Nails’ last album, Year Zero, was one of the principal reasons that I felt it was important to express my political ideologies to the world in the form of this little ol’ blog. Well Trent Reznor just released [...]

Thursday, July 5th, 2007 at 6:41pm

Gun, Murder, Pay, Did

Posted by Curtis Haring in Art

So I am just sitting around, watching MTV and (gasp) they are actually showing a music video. But I am not writing about hat that. This post is about censorship. My Chemical Romance has a music video titled “Teenagers” that discusses teenage angst about how an outsider can not fit in with the cool kids [...]

Friday, June 29th, 2007 at 3:46am

Political Songs for a New Generation

Posted by Curtis Haring in Art

So I am updating my iPod and came to the realization that it is filled with some great political songs. Here is a short list of new and old songs that I think you should consider when putting together your political mix! Fiddle and the Drum – A Perfect Circle I’m Thinking – Autopilot OffLet [...]

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 3:46am

Shame On Us

Posted by Curtis Haring in Art, Democracy Threatened

I must admit, of late I have been in one of my “what the hell are we doing” moods. This being in the most grand of views; “we” being the collective we of every man, woman, and child on this planet. This time around it has been prompted by the recent Nine Inch Nails album [...]

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