December 2011
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy →
Last year, my cardiologist told me I probably have a pacemaker in my future. He didn’t mention anything about angels or rappers, though. I suppose there’s a silver lining.
Dec 30th
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“Every genius must ask herself, at some point, am I real? And they must discover...”
– I think it would be bad for me to play this game. [found via.]
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“Gundane said he hoped that his involvement with the song would turn him into an...”
–  “‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid.”
Dec 23rd
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ListenBob Lind, “A New Year Carol” Not...
Dec 22nd
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“What authority there is in the position of viewlessness is unearned– like the...”
– I think the whole impartiality canard is probably why more people in other countries read newspapers than do in America… if that’s even true any more. Bias is bad because it manipulates readers. But being manipulated is what makes reading *fun*, isn’t it? I have been in the...
Dec 20th
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I wrote a minuet. Because keepyourpebbles wrote minuet words. It is about algae that actually dance and also about ballet dance lessons and time travel. It was very difficult to find a harpsichord, but I managed. I traveled in time.
Dec 20th
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The Smooth Hands, “Holding Balloons” - one of 30 one-minute tracks on the album I Love You So Much. They’re all lo-fi. Some of them are great.
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 17th
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But the Nutcracker kids were hard to beat for... →
Just sayin’.
Dec 16th
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I love beeps and cellos almost as much as I love the idea behind the Voyager mission. Luckily, keepyourpebbles put it into words, so I could beep and cello about it. I’m very happy with the way this turned out. Took a few months, but I think it was worth it. Barnard’s Star.
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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A very special Christmas film.
So last night I discovered that My Impish Spouse was permanently traumatized by watching Hot Rods to Hell as a child. It’s kind of like a combination between Road Warrior, Beach Blanket Bingo and an ABC After-School Special. (“Too intense for TV,” the producers thought.) The soundtrack is ginchy and the cars are boss. And the kids are out of their minds!!. The whole...
Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Alejandro Jodorowsky made a public appearance to... →
“The call made by the cult mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky said the event would seek to “heal” the country of the cosmic weight of so many dead in the drug war, by gathering for something he called the March of the Skulls.” “There are 50,000 dead beings,” Jodorowsky said through a bullhorn, before the sea of skulls. “They are sheep. They are not black sheep. We must have mercy...
Dec 8th
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- “God of Concrete, God of Steel,” by Ganbatte (Seth Cooke). In case you miss it in the show notes, part of this live performance consists of recordings made inside a nuclear power plant’s cooling tower. Lyrics to Frederick R.C. Clarke’s “peculiar 1971 hymn” are also at the link.
Dec 8th
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ListenHow much do I love this exhaustive footnoting? A...
Dec 8th
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A chomhairle féin do mhac árann ‘s ní bhfuair sé... →
There is little play on words in the Irish of this proverb. Literally, this proverb means, “His own council for a dear son and it never got worse.” “A chomhairle féin a dhéanamh” is an idiomatic way of saying “he does what he pleases.” He only takes his own advice. Of course, from a parent’s perspective, this is the worst advice he could get.
Dec 7th
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“Anyway, if your retirement fund lost a decade’s-worth of gains overnight, this...”
– http://myoccupylaarrest.blogspot.com/ (via danielnyegriffiths) That Family Guy guy has a point.
Dec 7th
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“As we gazed into each other’s eyes, Athena encircled my arms with hers, latching...”
–  Sy Montgomery, “Deep Intellect: Inside the Mind of the Octopus,” Orion Magazine. [via]
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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“William Blake and his wife Catherine are interred upon the Bone Hill, their...”
–  from Stephen Grasso’s Smoke and Mirrors, pt. II - “Old Devil Moon”. You can read more of his occult history of London (including fun notes on Irish Vodou pirates)… and listen to his accompanying music mix at Bang the Bore. Third installment’s up next week.
Dec 5th
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I saw another utterly bizarre film last night: Mixed Company. Starring Joseph Bologna (as Al Pacino playing a basketball coach) and Barbara Harris (as his very 1970s wife). Sort of a family comedy in the With Six, You Get Eggroll mode, only… * in 1974  * about interracial adoption * with naked kids’ butts * being spanked * and lots of swearing. * and a cameo by Tom Bosley...
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Snake charmer unleashes cobras in India office →
Dec 2nd
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Breeding Hellbenders! →
The Saint Louis Zoo’s Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Nov. 30, 2011, that Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity—a first for either of the two subspecies of hellbender. This decade-long collaboration has yielded 63 baby hellbenders. Also known by the colloquial names of “snot otter” and “old lasagna sides,” the...
Dec 1st
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A hedge fund analyst explains how things work to... →
Not a joke. Not satire. A financial guy explaining things - including the distinction between the 1% and the 0.1%.
Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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