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cabbagingcove: Today in History - April 20 Billie Holiday...
Today in History - April 20
Billie Holiday records Strange Fruit, 1939.
Noted as the first major rallying cry for the Civil Rights movement, Strange Fruit was a poem originally written by Abel Meeropol, and first performed by his wife and singer Laura Duncan, at protest venues in New York City. However, it wasn’t until Billie Holiday recorded the song for Commodore Records that it became a major hit.
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.Image by TerryBlas
Biography at JAZZ: A Film By Ken Burns on PBS.
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I hate myself. I truly do. I have now fucked up the only thing that gives me true happiness....
I hate myself. I truly do. I have now fucked up the only thing that gives me true happiness. We’re not gonna last much longer and it is ENTIRELY my fault. Not even a little bit his fault, ALL MY FAULT. Ever since I had my stupid blow up, he treats me different. I can tell he’s not okay and he just won’t talk to me about it. He won’t tell me exactly how he feels, just short answers all the time. He doesn’t do any of the cute things he used to anymore. Our conversations are boring and unlike him…I have destroyed EVERYTHING.
WAY TO GO YOU FUCKING BITCH.
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originalgameboy: Hackers turned MIT’s Green Building into a...
Hackers turned MIT’s Green Building into a giant, playable, and multi-color Tetris game. A console allowed players to move, rotate, and drop blocks.
The Green Building (Building 54) is home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences department.
MIT hackers have long considered “Tetris on the Green Building” to be the Holy Grail of hacks, as the side of the building is a wonderful grid for the game.
The game started off scrolling the words “TETRIS” and then would start into the first level. As the player progressed, the second level would start with more pale colors, making it harder to identify the type of block. The third level involved the colors shifting on-screen. Upon losing the game, all of the blocks would fall to the bottom of the building.
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