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Bike-a-stra Live at Solar Culture Nov 20 2010

For this performance the Bike-a-stra was (L to R): Scott Kerr, Glenn Weyant, and Steev Hise.

Cast: steev hise and Glenn Weyant

Tags: bikeastra, bikes, bicycles, music, live, performance and video

How I Became a Famous Novelist

How I Became a Famous Novelist

author: Steve Hely

name: Steev

average rating: 3.69

book published: 2009

rating: 4

read at: 2010/11/21

date added: 2010/11/21

shelves: fun, novels, own-it

Meditations On The World: Esteban Caliente Interviews Steev Hise

Famed reporter Esteban Caliente ruthlessly interrogates videoactivist and filmmaker Steev Hise just after the 2007 G8 protests in Rostock, Germany. A look back at a week of marches and rallies and yelling and chanting, as well as some questioning of progressive activist tactics and strategies as well as Hise's own place in them.

Cast: steev hise

Accelerando

Accelerando

author: Charles Stross

name: Steev

average rating: 3.81

book published: 2005

rating: 4

read at: 2010/11/11

date added: 2010/11/11

shelves: fun, novels, own-it

Accelerando

Accelerando

author: Charles Stross

name: Steev

average rating: 3.81

book published: 2005

rating: 4

read at: 2010/11/11

date added: 2010/11/11

shelves: fun, novels, own-it

"They Take Our Jobs!": and 20 Other Myths about Immigration

"They Take Our Jobs!": and 20 Other Myths about Immigration

author: Aviva Chomsky

name: Steev

average rating: 4.18

book published: 2007

rating: 5

read at: 2010/11/11

date added: 2010/11/11

shelves: border, own-it, politics

review:

Maybe Not

I've always liked this song by Cat Power, "Maybe Not."  I first heard it when I got it from the Protest Records website 7 years ago. It seems appropriate to blog about it today, especially because it popped up on my ipod shuffle while running this morning, and i had just been listening to a bunch of Cat Power yesterday.  The song has many interpretations, and many video adaptations by fans, of varying quality, in addition to live renditions, covers, and a really mediocre "official" version. This is my favorite:

The lyrics are worth reading and thinking about:

There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Read more>>>

Web Comedy "Homeland Insecurity" Picked Up By CBS TV

A pilot originally shot for the web has been picked up by CBS for adaptation to a television series. It's a comedy about security at an airport. You can see their trailer on vimeo.
According to Deadline, the budget was $70K, though it's unclear to us if that's just to shoot the above trailer or if there's more to it (actual episodes) that were produced. Read more>>>