Sunday Morning Shards #12
The “Evening Falls” Edition
Iron Jawed Angels, a fantastic film on HBO (and now DVD) about the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consitution which gave women the right to vote. Contains all the politicking, back-room deals, violence, generational conflict and moral backbone of a great political docudrama. This movie says, with dignity and firmness, that the road to women’s sufferage was not the neat correcting of a moral wrong but rather a messy, chaotic, stumble motivated as much by politics as by rightousness. In short, a daring, honest story about the imperfect machine called democracy.
A better-late-than-never rundown of fall culture offerings courtesy of The Morning News (via Nick Denton).
The most complete profile of author JT LeRoy to date.
An analysis of the New York Times’s Book Review’s redesign.
Mac Users: Find the RSS reader that’s right for you.
Rich loopy fellow tries to collect every MP3 ever recorded. Good for him (via Waxy.org).
A superb interview with David Neeleman, CEO of jetBlue Airways.
A rundown of the U2/Ipod deal (via Waxy.org).
A review of their new album How to Dismantle a Nuclear Bomb.