I discovered two new ambient/drone artists--both on Kranky, naturally--who I have really begun to fall in love with: Chihei Hatakeyama and Keith Fullerton Whitman. While neither of them will ever surpass, at least not in my mind, the ubiquitous yet delicate beauty of Stars of the Lid, they are both quite phenomenal. Fullerton, who you may better ( Read more... )

Did anybody else see the Battlestar Galactica season 2 finale? Holy fracking frack!

Rock on.

The ethereal harmonies of the laserpipe orchestra echoed off the solid diamond walls of the Galactic Overlord's pleasure chamber. As I slowly made my way through the gyrating throng of human, plasmid, and arachnoid revelers, the arcanite sensors on my integrated detectograph started going haywire. "Just as I thought," I thought. "She's here ( Read more... )

What the shit fuck? Our weather is totally broken.

The Queensland University Pitch Drop Experiment. Amorphous solids are rad.

1. The first question whose answer is B is question
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
(A) 6 and 7
(B) 7 and 8
(C) 8 and 9
(D) 9 and 10
(E) 10 and 11

3. The number of questions with the answer E is
(A) 0
(B) 1
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Man, I wanted all of my food hot, not just some of it. Fucking microwave.

Watch out
You might get what you’re after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I’m an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight wait till the party’s over
Hold tight we’re in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here’s your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin’ overboard
The transportation is here
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