Driftglass has a post “All Your Internet Traditions” to mark the 40th anniversary of the internet (when you go over to read his post, click on the title if you are not aware of all internet traditions) which has led me all kinds of places, but finally to something I can’t believe I missed! Gorgeous [...]
Archive for October, 2009
“All your base are belong to us!”
Posted in Comic Relief, Videos, tagged comedy, Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, internet TV, Japanese, parody, video on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ooooh! Scary!
Posted in how we live, tagged Halloween, pumpkins, Star Wars on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks, Casanova!
“La Muralla”
Posted in music, Politics Straight Up, Reality Bites, Videos, tagged chile, CIA, music video, Nicolás Guillen, politics, Salvador Allende, The Left on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t visit David Seaton’s News Links nearly often enough. The left has been buried under the rubbish that neoconservatism has dumped on it for so long that many people, including (especially?) many people of the left have forgotten what the left is. And you should definitely read this post.
“Old Time Music Nightmare”
Posted in Comic Relief, music, Videos, tagged animation, blues, Cyriak, music video, The Chicken Chokers on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some hilarious animation by Cyriak and some delightful music by The Chicken Chokers to while away a bit of your day: Thanks, Rumproast!
“America”
Posted in movie history, tagged 1923, america, D.W. Griffith, film history on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boo!
Posted in music, Videos, tagged music video, Screamin Jay Hawkins on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t put that in your mouth!
Posted in Comic Relief, how we live, Videos, tagged candy, food review, Halloween on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Randall Cleveland has posted the results of his Halloween candy taste test. I could have told him he shouldn’t put those Atomic Warheads in his mouth.
Transit of Venus
Posted in Historical Information, music, Nature, Science and Technology, tagged astronomy, Johannes Kepler, John Philip Sousa, marching bands, Transit of Venus, Venus on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John Philip Sousa composed a march for military band titled “Transit of Venus” in 1883 to celebrate a rare astronomical phenomena that occurred on December 6, 1882 — Venus Venus passing directly between the Sun and Earth. You can listen to it here. Transits of Venus occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years. [...]
