bailout blues & comic relief

here is a small excerpt from

CORPORATE FOLKTALES: HOW BERNANKE TACKLED THE DEPRESSION, AS RECORDED 150 YEARS FROM NOW BY POST-APOCALYPTIC HOBO FOLKLORISTS

by grant munroe

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"The Scourge of Markets sat glumly, sipping coffee from a nuclear cooling tower just outside of Lansing, Michigan. He was listening to the wails of the unemployed, which to him sounded as pleasing and melancholy as any Coldplay album. Knowing the strength of his enemy was too great to confront on the level field of battle, Bernanke, being a wise and crafty man, disguised himself.

Hey there, greeted Bernanke.

Oh, hey, said Depression with disinterest. He started absently clipping his toenails with the hinged trunk of an unsold 2009 Chevy Impala."
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read the whole thing at mcsweeney's.

"closing time" by veronica diaferia

here is the trailer to veronica diaferia's beautiful/funny/heartwrenching documentary "CLOSING TIME: Storia di un Negozia," which chronicles the final month of one of new york city's oldest, realest stores. when you have 30 minutes, you can watch the whole thing HERE at folkstreams.net.

it will break your heart.

hideout

colleen: aw, i'm going to miss your attic.
me: i know, me too.
colleen: it's so anne frank it's ridiculous.