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The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, Springtime of the Peoples or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the Europeancontinent. Described by some historians as a revolutionary wave, the period of unrest began in France and then, further propelled by the French Revolution of 1848, soon spread to the rest of Europe.
While the immediate political effects of the revolutions were largely reversed, the long-term reverberations of the events were far-reaching.
Alexis de Tocqueville remarked in his Recollections of the period that “society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy, and those who had anything united in common terror.”
Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit created in March 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848. It was used as an allegoric decoration in the National Assembly in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche, where it concealed the organ. It was meant as a symbol of a united democratic Germany and remained a national personification until the end of World War I.

The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of NationsSpringtime of the Peoples or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the Europeancontinent. Described by some historians as a revolutionary wave, the period of unrest began in France and then, further propelled by the French Revolution of 1848, soon spread to the rest of Europe.

While the immediate political effects of the revolutions were largely reversed, the long-term reverberations of the events were far-reaching.

Alexis de Tocqueville remarked in his Recollections of the period that “society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy, and those who had anything united in common terror.”

Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit created in March 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848. It was used as an allegoric decoration in the National Assembly in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche, where it concealed the organ. It was meant as a symbol of a united democratic Germany and remained a national personification until the end of World War I.

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It’s really intense – it’s dark. To me it’s super dark. It’s definitely a vibe that I feel like I’m not so close to, it’s more of the other guys who are the horror movie guys.
Panda Bear on that upcoming Animal Collective movie. also talk about his next album.
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Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.
— Jean Baudrillard (via tiffanyhoran) (via sympathyfortheartgallery) (via jomc)
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It’s The New Hip-Hop Wars! | FreakyTrigger

(shameless reblog of my own site ;))
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To casual observers, dance music’s multitude of genres must seem amusingly pedantic. How many ways are there to describe electronic music that you can dance to? House, trance, techno, drum & bass - it’s a confusing world with its own language, and that’s before they started chucking adjectives into the already dubious pot. Minimal techno? Psychedelic trance? Progressive house? Talk about splitting hairs. And then when you consider that language develops over time, especially in electronic music which is intrinsically linked to technological change and the fickle trends of youth, you’re left with, well, meaningless drivel. What does progressive house in 2009 mean exactly? Call us fools, but we’ll try to answer that.
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It’s weird to me that punks hated the Grateful Dead so much. They had the same spirit as punk rock. They would put on free concerts, and when they became a huge megaband, they stood up to giant ticket companies. They did things their own way. They were punk before punk existed.
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The thing is, that fucking Loveless album ruined guitar music for me. For nearly two decades I’ve sought my musical transcendance in other genres, because Kevin Shields had taken all the potential envelope Albini hadn’t claimed. I became a house fan, nodding my head to repetitive electronic beats, all because that Shields fellow dominating the guitar side of my head.

I say he’s a witch.

— Biodegradable (Derelict) on Does anyone REALLY like My Bloody Valentine?
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My Bloody Valentine - Never Say Goodbye