This Week… Hip Hop Cats, Phone Lives & Ways To Breath

"It’s difficult to say which I’ve found more entertaining – Russell Brand’s recent declarations of revolutionary fervour or the splenetic anger that he has elicited from mainstream commentators of both left and right wing persuasions. 
Brand’s new revolutionary persona – an irrepressible mixture of Che Guevara and Austin Powers – can be exasperating. I find myself attracted by what he’s saying, yet repulsed by the way he’s saying it.
Russell Brand may not have all the answers, but the role of the artist is to ask the right questions, to ring in the changes rather than make them himself. I welcome his contribution." BIlly Bragg

"Regardless of what I do, madness is coming." Russell Brand

"Today’s key fact: you are probably wrong about almost everything"

There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, "If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen? The Master thought about this, then replied, "Ten years . ." "¨The student then said, "But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast — How long then?" Replied the Master, "Well, twenty years." "But, if I really, really work at it, how long then?" asked the student. "Thirty years," replied the Master. "But, I do not understand," said the disappointed student. "At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will take me longer. Why do you say that?" "¨Replied the Master, "When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path.”

12 Other Classic Hip-Hop Albums That Should Get All-Cat Remixes

If you place 32 metronomes on a static object and set them rocking out of phase with one another, they will remain that way indefinitely. Place them on a moveable surface, however, and something very interesting (and very mesmerizing) happens.

The death of conversation… Photographs of People Obsessed With Their Smartphones… Surprised I'm not on here to be honest.