var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-27942171-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); a sorting house, for making sense…. director / screenwriter / preditor / creative consultant prague / international info@harveysparkes.com skype: harveysparkes twitter: @harveysparkesTumblr (3.0; @harveysparkes)http://www.harveysparkes.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv0m4PzCr1r8dsefo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>most pirated music artists 2007-2010<br/></strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18139285245http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18139285245Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0100musicpiracydownloadingsopaacta<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lylyvt1NvK1qhtovio1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/post/18132303798/europa-1991" target="_blank">moviebarcode</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101829/" target="_blank">Europa (1991)</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting to see early von Trier represented here, when his work was so technically-immaculate with performances secondary.</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18136598194http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18136598194Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:51:36 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpfq2nIMV1r8dsefo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>codes for modern living no. 79055068900985</strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18130245005http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18130245005Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:02:05 +0100loosen the fuck upadvice<a href="http://www.methproject.org/?state=MT&utm_source=Montana-site&utm_medium=old-state-site&utm_campaign=meth-project-launch/View_Ads/index.php">what do you know about meth?</a>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18120483633http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18120483633Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:00:06 +0100methmethamphetaminecrystal methdrugseducation<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztd29Tm7j1qd3lbbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://criterioncollection.tumblr.com/post/18088222292/the-great-luis-bunuel-at-age-seven" target="_blank">criterioncollection</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The great <a href="http://www.criterion.com/explore/16-luis-bunuel" target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a> at age seven.</p> </blockquote> <p>Christ, the young Bunuel looked a tad like Javier Hernandez.</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18089136968http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18089136968Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:45:17 +0100luis bunueljavier hernandezchicharitomufcmanchester unitedcinemasurrealism<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzt556QquH1qd3lbbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>the night of the hunter</strong></p> <p>beautiful</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18079935158http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18079935158Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:46:51 +0100the night of the hunter“Becoming a writer is not a “career decision” like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don’t choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you’re not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.”<br/><br/> - <em>Paul Auster</em>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18071066903http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18071066903Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:02:05 +0100<a href="http://topcultured.com/8-unknown-facts-about-famous-businesses/">eight unknown facts about unknown businesses</a>: <p>some nice stuff here</p> <p>bold, brash, desperate - how business needs to be sometimes</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18061150972http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18061150972Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:05 +0100businessriskrewardcuriomiscellanytrivia<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pr75rgusNJU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>54 years today</strong></p> <p><strong>r.i.p. duncan edwards</strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18023888624http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18023888624Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:20:26 +0100duncan edwardsmanchester unitedmufcfootballmunich air disasterbusby babes<p><strong>Total debt in 2005 was £559m:</strong></p> <p><br/><em>£284m directly on club</em><br/><em> £275m in the holding company</em></p> <p><br/><strong>After the 2006 refinancing it was £656m:</strong></p> <p><br/><em>£525m directly on club (bank loan)</em><br/><em> £131m in the holding company (PIKs)</em></p> <p><em><br/></em></p> <p><strong>After the 2010 bond issue it was £765m</strong></p> <p><br/><em>£540m directly on club (bonds)</em><br/><em> £225m in the holding company (PIKs)</em><br/><br/></p> <p><strong>Now:</strong></p> <p><br/><em>£439m directly on club (bonds)</em><br/><em> £???m in the holding company (in Delaware, switched over as nobody can get access to the accounts there)</em></p> <p><em><br/></em></p> <p>A club that makes more profit than any other, faced with these losses due to a leveraged buyout.</p> <p>A club whose net spend since 2005 hovers at just 10% of those profits - around £10.5m per year invested into the squad.</p> <p>A club unable to even service the interest payments on its debt.</p> <p>Yet people <strong>STILL </strong>hand their money over, and allow it to happen.</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18019493314http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18019493314Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:47:00 +0100footballfinancedebtmanchester unitedmufcluhgglazerleeching cunts<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzm9tfsuFb1qzj0mao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.moneyisnotimportant.com/post/18009891783/awesome-words-to-live-by" target="_blank">moneyisnotimportant</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Awesome words to live by.</p> </blockquote> <p>measure success by your heart</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18017289891http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18017289891Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:56:56 +0100<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011801434.html">the great zucchini</a>: <p><strong>a fantastic article on the life of eric knaus - washington’s best children’s entertainer</strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18010729790http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18010729790Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:05:05 +0100clownchildren's entertainergamblingbirthday<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lyMS4qJ8NXU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>there’s a bluebird in my heart that</em><br/><em> wants to get out</em><br/><em> but I’m too tough for him,</em><br/><em> I say, stay in there, I’m not going</em><br/><em> to let anybody see</em><br/><em> you.</em><br/><em> there’s a bluebird in my heart that</em><br/><em> wants to get out</em><br/><em> but I pour whiskey on him and inhale</em><br/><em> cigarette smoke</em><br/><em> and the whores and the bartenders</em><br/><em> and the grocery clerks</em><br/><em> never know that</em><br/><em> he’s</em><br/><em> in there.</em><br/><br/><em> there’s a bluebird in my heart that</em><br/><em> wants to get out</em><br/><em> but I’m too tough for him,</em><br/><em> I say,</em><br/><em> stay down, do you want to mess</em><br/><em> me up?</em><br/><em> you want to screw up the</em><br/><em> works?</em><br/><em> you want to blow my book sales in</em><br/><em> Europe?</em><br/><em> there’s a bluebird in my heart that</em><br/><em> wants to get out</em><br/><em> but I’m too clever, I only let him out</em><br/><em> at night sometimes</em><br/><em> when everybody’s asleep.</em><br/><em> I say, I know that you’re there,</em><br/><em> so don’t be</em><br/><em> sad.</em><br/><em> then I put him back,</em><br/><em> but he’s singing a little</em><br/><em> in there, I haven’t quite let him</em><br/><em> die</em><br/><em> and we sleep together like</em><br/><em> that</em><br/><em> with our</em><br/><em> secret pact</em><br/><em> and it’s nice enough to</em><br/><em> make a man</em><br/><em> weep, but I don’t</em><br/><em> weep, do</em><br/><em> you?</em></p> <p><strong>bluebird, from the last night of the earth poems (bukowski, 1992)</strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18000643879http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/18000643879Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:00:05 +0100bukowskipoetryalcoholgamblinglowlifebarfly<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq5ikFBLh1qzenhzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cordisre.tumblr.com/post/17992202380/parisian-walkways-boulevard-st-michel-di-peter" target="_blank">cordisre</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Parisian Walkways, Boulevard St. Michel. (di <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter-hall/6282938771/in/photostream" target="_blank">Peter G Hall</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17999451902http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17999451902Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:25:02 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpef9I5Nj1qa2wo7o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>And I thought it might be helpful to basically cut off 5 of those retirement years and intersperse them in between those working years</p> - <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html" target="_blank">Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off</a></blockquote>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17984693281http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17984693281Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:54:18 +0100time offrestbalance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzp29jEaGz1qfrrv2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>well earned, bart simpson</p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17954713609http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17954713609Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:45:50 +0100simpsons500th episode.<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ndnmwJzi2MY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>once was ephemera</strong></p> <p><strong>manchester united celebrations, uncut, plus news items (1999)</strong></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17946871845http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17946871845Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:02:06 +0100footballmanchester unitedtreblemufc<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012211103617437180.html">The ethics of internet piracy by Peter Singer</a>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17938463993http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17938463993Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:31:11 +0100ethicsinternetsopapipasingerphilosophy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzoj2hkm571qaanh3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://philphys.tumblr.com/post/17935534485/alan-turing" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">philphys</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Alan Turing</p></blockquote>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17938412736http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17938412736Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:29:03 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPBEx-8j44A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>on one of this generation’s most-underrated films</strong></p> <p>a lovely q&a</p> <p><em>guillermo arriaga discusses ‘the three burials of melquiades estrada’</em></p>http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17935884325http://www.harveysparkes.com/post/17935884325Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:06 +0100melquiades estradawesterntommy lee jonescinema