#ben kraus

[sims-for-breakfast]

The islanders had clearly heard about her return, as the little cafe was unusually busy! Jorani, the newly employed waitress was a huge help. Dannii made a mental note to raise her pay if this continued.

[extraordinary-heroes]

Hellboy & The B.P.R.D by Duncan Fegredo

[chthonicas]

[the-gershomite]

B.P.R.D. The Ectoplasmic Man -June 2008-

Dark Horse comics one shot

story by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi

art by Ben Stenbeck

letters by Clem Robins

cover art by Mike Mignola

cover colors by Dave Stewart

[stillnotyourmusebitch]

I love this is the reason why Roger doesn't wear trousers...

[rainingmusic]

Beth Orton - Stolen Car

[graphicpolicy]

Vault unveils its 2024 creator lineup

Vault unveils its 2024 creator lineup #comics #comicbooks

While the specific projects haven’t been revealed (other than Slash’s which features Tim Seeley, Jim Terry, and  Steven Kostanski and Pete Wentz’s which features Hannah Klein, artist Lisa Sterle), Vault has shown off the creators who we can expect to see on the shelves from the publishing in 2024. The full list includes: Alex SchlitzAmalas RosaBen McCoolBrenden FletcherCavan ScottCassio…

[hellboyunivers]

La team BPRD à l’attaque

[without-ado]

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Heavy

l Erik Kuna(1) l Ben Cooper l john Kraus(5/6)

[curiositasmundi]

Se uno va ai resoconti degli anni prima dello scoppio della prima guerra mondiale, vedrà masse di popolazione, frustrate da decenni di stagnazione economica ed esacerbate da una propaganda giornalistica battente, inneggiare alla guerra desiderosi di “fargliela vedere” al nemico, dipinto come un bruto che fa ciò che fa per puro odio, immotivatamente. I pochi personaggi che allora cercavano di conservare uno spirito critico, come Karl Kraus, venivano denigrati da ogni parte. Un secolo e fischia più tardi non è cambiato niente. L’attacco che Hamas ha organizzato contro Israele è frutto di un percorso lunghissimo, che dovrebbe essere noto, in cui un odio viscerale è stato fatto crescere. La necessaria condanna dello scempio commesso nei confronti di civili inermi non cambia nulla nel quadro generale, dove, come chiaramente espresso anche nell’editoriale di Haaretz di ieri, questi atti belluini sono il risultato di una vicenda che ha responsabili politici ben precisi, di cui Netanyahu è uno dei principali. Comprendere NON significa giustificare, ma questa distinzione cruciale è categorialmente assente nella maggior parte delle scatole craniche. Niente può giustificare, cioè trasformare in qualcosa di giusto, un attacco indiscriminato a civili indifesi (da una parte come dall’altra). Comprendere serve a mettersi nelle condizioni per agire e correggere il tiro. Di fronte ad un genocidio come quello che si profila nella striscia di Gaza il rischio che questo apra un nuovo fronte in Libano da parte degli Hezbollah è elevatissimo (Hezbollah ha esplicitamente detto che interverrà se ci sarà un’operazione dell’esercito nella striscia di Gaza). Hezbollah ha dietro di sé l’Iran. Intanto gli USA hanno inviato una portaerei nucleare e un bombardiere B-52 a sostegno di Israele. L’Arabia Saudita ha chiuso la porta ad ogni processo di normalizzazione dei rapporti con Israele. Alle minacce di Hezbollah Israele ha risposto che un loro intervento contro Israele porterà alla distruzione di Damasco (Hezbollah è alleato della Siria). Ma la Siria è anche alleata fondamentale nello scacchiere medioorientale della Russia, che ha truppe militari in loco. Il domino delle alleanze è pronto a far crollare tutte le tessere, come nel 1914. A parte ciò, ci sono 25 milioni di musulmani in Europa, ed immaginando che una frazione minima, uno su mille, sia radicalizzato, questo significa avere un esercito di 25.000 potenziali terroristi in casa, che di fronte ad atti percepiti come forme di sterminio dei propri “confratelli” potrebbero attivarsi nel cuore dell’Europa. Rispetto a questo quadro, proprio come in passato, la reazione della maggioranza è quella da rissa al bar: “Pensi che abbia paura? Ti faccio vedere io!” Nel 1914 i più bramosi di menar le mani erano quelli che non si erano sbucciati neanche un ginocchio in tutta la loro vita, studenti e borghesia salottiera. Oggi è la stessa cosa, con prevalenza dei salotti. Una volta di più sarà l’imbecillità a distruggerci.

Sarà l’imbecillità a distruggerci - Andrea Zhok, via: Infosannio

[eretzyisrael]

Two rockets hit unpopulated areas in the north

Two rockets land in unpopulated area near Qiryat Shemona after a siren activated in Margaliot. At the same time, Hezbollah-linked al-Manar network reported attacks on the Markaba village in southern Lebanon. (Yair Kraus, Lior Ben Ari)

[extraordinary-heroes]

Hellboy & The BPRD by Ben Stenbeck

[chthonicas]

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 3.14

Beer Birthdays

Anthony J. McGowan (1869)

Brad Kraus

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Caine; actor (1933)

Billy Crystal; actor, comedian (1947)

Albert Einstein; physicist (1879)

Meagan Follows; actor (1968)

Casey Jones; railroad engineer (1864)

Famous Birthdays

Eva Angelina; porn actor (1985)

Diane Arbus; photographer (1923)

Les Baxter; singer, bandleader (1922)

Frank Borman; astronaut (1928)

Les Brown; bandleader (1912)

Eugene "Gene" Cernan; astronaut (1934)

Pierre-Louis Couperin; composer (1755)

Hannah Cowley; writer (1743)

Rick Dees; radio D.J. (1951)

Paul Ehrlich; bacteriologist (1854)

Victor Emmanuel II; 1st king of Italy (1820)

Horton Foote; playwright, screenwriter (1916)

Adolph Gottlieb; artist (1903)

Sasha Grey; porn actor (1988)

Jerry Greenfield; co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (1951)

Quincy Jones; record producer (1933)

Hank Ketchum; cartoonist (1920)

Laura Leighton; actor (1969)

Brianna Love; porn actor (1985)

Thomas Malory; writer (c. 1405; date of death, 1471)

Isadore Gilbert Mudge; librarian (1875)

Peter Musschenbroek; Dutch physicist (1692)

Arthur O'Shaughnessy; British poet (1844)

Walter Parazaider; rock woodwinds, "Chicago" (1945)

Kirby Puckett; Minnesota Twins CF (1960)

Meredith Salenger; actor (1970)

Giovanni Schiaparelli; astronomer (1835)

Shirley Scott; jazz/blues organist (1934)

Max Shulman; writer (1919)

Johann Strauss; composer (1804)

Georg Telemann; composer (1681)

Edward Tufte; designer (1942)

Rita Tushingham; actor (1942)

Jerry Jeff Walker; country singer (1942)

Tad Williams; writer (1957)

Kevin Williamson; screenwriter (1965)

Adrian Zmed; actor (1954)

[clementinecompendium]

Book List: Maestromind

For the "siren" archetype; a villain with mind control powers through music.

Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music by Lawrence Sherman, Dennis Plies

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross

The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art by Anjan Chatterjee MD

How Music Works by David Byrne

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas

Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste by Nolan Gasser

Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by Ben Ratliff

Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds by John Powell

The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

Music, Math, and Mind: The Physics and Neuroscience of Music by David Sulzer

Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer

Musical Emotions Explained: Unlocking the Secrets of Musical Affect by Patrik N. Juslin

The Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past and Imagining the Future by Elizabeth H. Margulis (Editor), Psyche Loui (Editor), Deirdre Loughridge (Editor)

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell: How to Create Hits in Today's Music Industry by Eric Beall

On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone by Philip Ewell

The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain by Donald Hodges (Editor), Michael Thaut (Editor)

The Science of Music and the Music of Science: How Music Reveals Our Brain, Our Humanity and the Cosmos by Michael J. Montague

How to Listen to Jazz by Ted Gioia

The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth by Michael Spitzer

The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin

MUSIC AND THE MIND by Anthony Storr

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics by Gordon Graham

Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain by Joseph P. Huston (Editor), Marcos Nadal (Editor), Francisco Mora (Editor), Luigi F. Agnati (Editor), Camilo José Cela Conde (Editor)

Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger by Albert Hofstadter (Author, Editor), Richard Kuhns (Author, Editor)

Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) by Steven M. Cahn (Editor), Stephanie Ross (Editor), Sandra L. Shapshay (Editor)

The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts by Pablo P. L. Tinio (Editor), Jeffrey K. Smith (Editor)

Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World by Nina Kraus

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

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