Common Folk Collective » motown http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Ditty, Camelopard and Tornado Safety http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/05/ditty-camelopard-and-tornado-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ditty-camelopard-and-tornado-safety http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/05/ditty-camelopard-and-tornado-safety/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:20:12 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=3917 A nice little ditty by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

When you don’t know the right word you stick with what you know, the Camelopard.

Where you won’t find tornadoes.

A strong case could easily be made that reading these magazines would likely make you less knowledgable.

A strong case could easily be made that reading these magazines would likely make you less knowledgable.

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Golfing The Length Of Detroit http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/07/golfing-the-length-of-detroit-freakonomic-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=golfing-the-length-of-detroit-freakonomic-video http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2012/07/golfing-the-length-of-detroit-freakonomic-video/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:19:04 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=1166 Stephen Dubner posted this video, about a reporter (Charlie LeDuff) who literally golfs the length of Detroit, on the Freakonomics blog and asks-

“Is it a) one of the most interesting pieces of reporting you’ll ever see? b) a kind of cultural criticism that almost never shows up in mainstream journalism? c) a golfing adventure that even the most adventuresome golfers have never considered?

Yes.”

Detroit is such a great, interesting piece of America and it’s continuously on the precipice of renaissance or mad max thunderdome-ness. This video is an ingenious, wacky call (plea) to greatness.

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