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Said the Attending Doctor at the Birth of the Fangirl:
From Elijah Wald's How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n Roll:So in August 1942, at age twenty-six, Sinatra went solo, and for a few months it looked as if he had made a bad mistake. He had a few records out under his own name, and a lot of young fans knew him, but he no longer had the power of the Dorsey organization behind him, and no one was ( Read more... ) -
The Knife - "Coloring of Pigeons" and "Height of Summer"
These are from The Knife's soundtrack to Tomorrow In A Year, some kind of stage production about Charles Darwin. It occupies the same territory as Bjork's pieces for Dancer in the Dark and David Byrne's score for Twyla Tharp's Catherine Wheel. That is: some off kilter pop elements, atmospherics, a bit of concrete music. Some of the musical motifs ( Read more... ) -
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The night Scott Brown won, I posted on twitter:What a relief for the democrats! They can go back to asking for cash, pinning any lack of action on a mere 18 seat lead in the senate.
And now, an anonymous Democratic Senate staffer writes in to TPM:The worst is that I can't help but feel like the main emotion people in the caucus are feeling is relief ( Read more... ) -
MPILF
From JMG, the BBC reports that FBI "artists" attempted to age-up an old Osama Bin-Laden photo using elements lifted from a photo of handsome Spanish MP Gaspar Llamazares. This is Llamazares:
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Panache
From wikipedia, on panache:The literal meaning of the word is a plume, such as is worn on a hat or a helmet, but the reference is to King Henry IV of France. Pleasure-loving and cynical, but a brave military leader and the best-loved of the kings of France, he was famed for wearing a striking white plume in his helmet and for his war cry: "Follow ( Read more... ) -
A Moment on Their Lips / A Lifetime on Your Hips
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Weight Watchers. robotman turned me on to this. It will go right to your hips. -
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via jwz. Shaye St. John and Betty Butterfield collided at the speed of light and then this happened.
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