http://susiemadrak.com/2008/07/04/12/44/4th-of-july/

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Aimee Mann live on Jools Holland:

Today’s the fourth of July
another June has gone by
and when they light up our town I just think
what a waste of gunpowder and sky
I’m certain that I am alone
in harboring thoughts of our home
it’s one of my faults that I can’t quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone

Oh baby
I wonder
if when you are older
someday
You’ll wake up
and say, ‘My God, I should have told her
What would it take?
But now here I am and the world’s gotten colder
and she’s got the river down which I sold her.’

So that’s today’s memory lane
with all the pathos and pain
another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless
and they’re always the same
a verse, then a verse and refrain

Oh baby I wonder
if when you are older
someday
you’ll wake up
and say, ‘My God, I should have told her
what would it take?
But now here I am and the world’s gotten colder
and she’s got the river down which I sold her.’

_joi

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http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/07/04/oh-ive-noticed/

America’s Shrinking Food Wraps, by Kate Pickert at Time.com, via Yahoo! News. I read this last week, but Frangela reminded me about this morning on the radio as they were filling in for Stephanie Miller.

. . . is it possible that the amount of food Americans are buying is, in fact… shrinking? Well, yes. Soaring commodity and fuel prices are driving up costs for manufacturers; faced with a choice between raising prices (which consumers would surely notice) or quietly putting fewer ounces in the bag, carton or cup (which they generally don’t) manufacturers are choosing the latter. This month, Kellogg’s started shipping Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks containing an average of 2.4 fewer ounces per box.

Similar reductions have recently happened or are on the horizon for many other products: Tropicana orange juice containers are shrinking from 96 ounces to 89; Wrigley’s is dropping its the 17-stick PlenTPak in favor of the 15-stick Slim Pack; Dial soap bars now weigh half an ounce less, and that’s even before they melt in the shower. Containers of Country Crock spread, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Edy’s and Breyer’s ice cream have all slimmed down as well (although that may not necessarily be a bad thing).

“People are just more sensitive to changes in price than changes in quantity,” says Harvard Business School Professor John Gourville, who studies consumer decision-making. “Most people can tell you how much a box of cereal costs, but they have no clue how much is actually in it.”. . .

(more…)

http://www.osmond-riba.org/lis/journal/2008_06_29_j_archive.htm#3439153249835494043

http://susiemadrak.com/2008/07/04/10/34/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/

http://susiemadrak.com/?p=25565

I watched this Ken Loach film again this morning and man, who says that politics and art don’t mix? If you’ve never seen any of his work, check it out. (Start with “Riff-Raff.”) Loach, a socialist, does some compelling work and is one of the few directors who is not afraid to address class issues in his films.