As befits this season, less dancehall, more living room.

You can download it here or listen to it in your browser.

Q: Do I have to kill the snake?
A: University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake. Some construct decoys and elaborate traps to confuse and then ensnare the snake. One student brought a flute and played a song to lull the snake to sleep. Then he threw the snake out a window.

Q: Does everyone fight the same snake?
A: No. You will fight one of the many snakes that are kept on campus by the facilities department.

Q: Are the snakes big?
A: We have lots of different snakes. The quality of your work determines which snake you will fight. The better your thesis is, the smaller the snake will be.

Read the whole thing at McSweeney’s Internet Tendancy

“…the structural subjugation of Africa through unequal trade relations.” -G.H. Herb et al. / Political Geography 28 (2009) 332–342.  Map by Philippe Rekacewicz (chief cartographer), color original available at:http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/IMG/pdf/fracture.pdf (via NewLeft)

Since our carrier pigeons unionized we’ve had better luck getting the print edition of the Periphery out on time.  You can pick up a copy in the James Library and Public House, the Geography office, and if you are electronically inclined, you can download it here. You can get all the back issues from the Web Branch of the James Library and Public House.

As usual, to celebrate the release of our new print edition, we’re releasing a mixtape.  This time we’ve conveniently titled it “The Future is the Place We All Come Back to Again.”  You can listen to it here (if you are reading this in a feedreader, you may need to visit the actual site), or in the sidebar.

Alternatively, you can download the podcast-y all in one mix.

This time the mixtape features:

1. Kanye West: Power
2. Janelle Monae: Cold War (the Album Version)
3. YACHT: Psychic City (Voodoo City)
4. REM: Radio Free Europe (original Hib-Tone Single
5. Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros: Home
6. The Ting Tings: Great DJ
7. Girl Talk: Hands in the Air
8. Outkast: B.O.B.
9. Captain Planet
10. Peter, Bjorn, and John: Nothing to Worry About
11. Ford Motor Company: Tractor Driving Man
12. Sleigh Bells: Rill Rill

Enjoy the music.  The official print edition announcement is coming shortly.

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via Lapham’s Quarterly

Mash-up artist Girl Talk’s documentary about his New Years Eve show.  This is the future whether you like it or not.  A guy, a laptop, and toilet paper cannons.

Be sure to also watch parts 2 and 3.