Consumos web. 07/23/2020

• Debbie Harry on Blondie, Bowie, #MeToo, and the Plight of the Honeybees – Mother Jones

  Somehow I skipped the ’90s. I don’t know why. Drugs, I suppose.

  tags: DebbieHarry

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Consumos web. 07/21/2020

• Online petition calls on Trader Joe's to change its 'racist packaging' - CNN

  It cites "Trader Ming's," the grocery chain's label for its Chinese products, "Arabian Joe," for its Middle Eastern products, "Trader José," for its Mexican products, and a handful of others as examples.

  tags: censura social propiedad intelectual decadencia cultural mojigatería mundial excesos antidiscriminación

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Consumos web. 07/04/2020

• Con el precio del remdesivir la historia se repite

  La diferencia entre los 2.083 euros que va a suponer para las arcas de muchos países el tratamiento completo, frente a los casi 6 euros que costaría producirlo es, cuanto menos, significativa.

  tags: industria farmacéutica imperialismo crematocracia

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Consumos web. 06/20/2020

• En Estados Unidos, el 30% de los jóvenes ya no tiene sexo. Y es el futuro de todos los países

  Todo lo anterior coincide con un retraso del inicio de la actividad sexual y afectiva, de la independencia paterna, del matrimonio, del embarazo y de la edad a la que se tiene el primer hijo. No es simplemente lo que los jóvenes toman. Es que están postergando cada vez más todos los ritos de paso.

  tags: neotenia sociología antropología

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Consumos web. 03/17/2020

• "F**k a pig! It’s Paul!": This McCartney song reignited John Lennon's competitive songwriting drive | Salon.com

  But that all changed one afternoon, when Lennon heard a familiar voice crackling over the car radio. "F*ck a pig! It's Paul!" he exclaimed. And sure enough, it was "Coming Up," McCartney's latest single.

  tags: Beatles beatlehistory JohnLennon PaulMcCartney beatlesongs

• Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour piano sketches found in skip - BBC News

  Sketches including designs for Sir Paul McCartney's "magic piano" that were found in a skip could fetch £10,000 at auction.

  tags: Beatles beatlehistory beatleart beatlegear beatlemovies

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Consumos web. 03/10/2020

• Who Sang the Most Beatles Songs? Lead Vocal Totals

  As much as we want to think of the Beatles as a four-headed beast, John Lennon was the clear frontman in their early days, taking the majority of the lead vocals.

  tags: Beatles beatlehistory

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Consumos web. 03/09/2020

• Stephen King says publisher's decision to drop Woody Allen memoir makes him 'very uneasy' | Daily Mail Online

  'We have published and will continue to publish many challenging books. As publishers, we make sure every day in our work that different voices and conflicting points of views can be heard.

  tags: censura censura social mojigatería mundial decadencia cultural excesos antiacoso excesos antidiscriminación

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Consumos web. 03/08/2020

• Woody Allen book pulped after walkout at publisher - BBC News

  Hachette Book Group (HBG) acted on Friday a day after its employees staged a walkout in New York and Boston to protest against the publication.

  tags: censura censura social mojigatería mundial decadencia cultural excesos antidiscriminación excesos antiacoso

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Consumos web. 03/02/2020

• Beatles guitar valued at £400,000 on Antiques Roadshow - BBC News

  A "strange" guitar formerly owned by Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison has been valued at up to £400,000 on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.

  tags: mercado de arte Beatles beatlegear beatlehistory

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Consumos web. 02/27/2020

• Por qué el rostro humano es como es y qué papel tuvieron las relaciones sociales en su evolución - BBC News Mundo

  Según ellos, uno de los factores que hicieron que nuestra cara evolucionase fue la necesidad de tener más opciones de gesticular y de comunicarnos de manera no verbal.

  tags: evolución sociología antropología cerebro

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