Synthesis Weekly Reviews: “Songs About A Sick Boy” by Quieting Syrup

Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Author in Album Review, Music

Quieting Syrup
Songs About A Sick Boy
Lovitt
If an individual is so damn sad, then why not just down a handful of pills with a bottle of cheap whiskey on top? Or better yet, follow the true kings of sadness and stab yourself in the gut a bunch of times. Stephen Howard, the main man of Quieting Syrup has mastered the craft of crybaby emo gloom with solo debut Songs About A Sick Boy. “Passwords to a Fort Full of Pills” begins the first chapter of boring and somber tunes that Howard [...]

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by spencer in Videos

Red Light, Green Light:

Posted on 19. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Environment

[The following, written by Synthesis weekly columnist Julia Murphy, appeared in the Synthesis Weekly on Monday, June 16th, 2008. Julia can be reached at ninjatreehugger@gmail.com]

“Foregone Production” and Human Resources
“By being left in the ground, the resource would provide no value to society.”
I am reading an ICF International (consulting firm) document that was prepared for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. This phrase is used to illustrate the tragedy of “foregone production”, that is, when you leave something—natural gas, in this case–in the ground and don’t attempt to extract and sell [...]