Browsing the blog archives for January, 2012

Rest In Peace, Etta James.

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Share 1938-2012 A True Legend My wife introduced me to the music of Etta James, back in 2000. She always played Etta’s Live from San Francisco CD, in her car when we were out. Over the years I’ve heard a good deal of her catalog, mainly her later career, from 1980 onward… and it’s all [...]

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The First Lolcat Of 2012.

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ShareI Can Has Lolcat? Yes, Virgina, You Can Has It’s been a long time since the last lolcat. It will probably be a long time before my next one.

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The Coolest Rube Goldberg Machine Ever.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWd5D8wUc88&feature=related”

ShareBreak Glasses, Wreck a Laptop, Set Fires All To Turn A Newspaper Page This is just fucking great. Remember the beginning of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure? The breakfast machine? It’s like that but better, because it’s clever as hell. Joseph Hersher is the genius behind this contraption. All hail. Thank you to my antipodean friends [...]

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Watch The Rolling Stones Performing An Amazing Beast Of Burden From 1978

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http://youtu.be/MYvy3kBYN4Q

ShareI like it that the Stones are delving through the archives, and releasing some of the cool stuff they find. Things like the expanded Exile On Main Street, or Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones (1972 concert film) are actually worth the release. They have a vitality that’s their own. The latest Rolling Stones release, [...]

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