Useless quote for 18 December: "… we don’t just read 'good' books because they’re good for us. We read to expand our horizons, to understand and connect with something outside ourselves, good and bad." ~ Mariko Tamaki in a 2016 interview with Tom Speelman, Comics Alliance, 24 Jun 2016 Link to source:

ComicsAlliance

We Read To Challenge Ourselves: An Interview With Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki reflects on her evolution as a comics writer from Skim to This One Summer, and the importance of queer characters in her work

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The Brain DJ is humming an old song of love from the 1980s – Rickie Lee Jones, "We Belong Together" (1981; live released 1995) #Music #RickieLeeJones

Useless quote for 17 December: "… my only assumption is that audiences, of all ages and backgrounds, are intelligent, lively, curious – and want a good time." ~ Joanna MacGregor, in a 2024 article in Classical Music Link to source:

Classical Music

‘Dedicated and damn brilliant’: Joanna MacGregor on transforming Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

Pianist, conductor, curator, composer, and one of few female music directors on the UK professional symphony orchestra scene, Joanna MacGregor refl...

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The Brain DJ has caught a time machine (because I was watching Lily Savage clips last weekend; I know this song because I listen to it sometimes) – Marlene Dietrich, "Falling in Love Again" (1930) #Music #MarleneDietrich

Useless quote for 16 December: "… Audiences want to support artists, which is pretty much how it's always been except during the last 100 years where it's turned into this really vicious, cutthroat, nasty business with all these blood-thirsty, parasitic middle-men." ~ Nina Paley, speaking at "Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum", October 2009 in London, UK Link to video: Link to Power To The Pixel:

Power To The Pixel

Power To The Pixel -

Supporting the film and media industries in their transition to a digital age through our programmes The Pixel Lab and Power to the Pixel: The Cros...

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It's 1977 in Brain DJ land, and the rhythm section of The Rumour is in the studio playing reggae with Elvis (not that one) and Steve Nieve – Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives" (1977) #Music #ElvisCostello

Useless quote for 15 December: "Power expands through the distribution of secrecy." ~ John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell, in an interview with Pip Ayers The Daily Mail, (updated 15 July 2011) Link to source (list):

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