Browsing the archives for the Coolest Shit Ever tag
Boolah Boolah, Youdopia. Great song. Clapton is spending the Sept of his years playing with who he wants. He told Rolling Stone that he always felt like a dick (paraphrasing here) because he pretty much just bailed on Blind Faith, because of drugs/fame. That’s why Clapton went underground (kinda) and went with Derek and the [...]
Howdy, Youdopia. I have a dram of wisdom for you Hemlock junkies. Robert Anton Wilson, he of the fnord, completely explains Quantum Mechanics. I can’t recall if I got this from my friend Brigid, or the other way around (probably got it from her) but it’s a nice little slice of clarity in a world [...]
I realized recently that I like the Kinks a great deal. You probably do too, if you think about all the songs of theirs you like. Then add the fifteen more that you knew, but didn’t didn’t know were by them, and then three more that
you’ve heard before in commercials (HP’s picture book commercial from [...]
Knock knock. Who’s There? Infinity. Infinity who? Infinity is pretty amazingly large. My dear Youdopia, one of the blogs I read daily, is The Daily Grail. This little video which is a zippity doo dah tour from Tibet to the edge of the cosmic horizon and back, was posted there. I just nicked it and [...]
I love this movie, Youdopia. It’s etched on my neurons like the lines of solder on a motherboard. Imprinted. This scene where Willard meets Col Kurtz for the first time… is pure genius. I have a thumbnail sketch comparison of this movie to the various Sefiroth (qlippoth) but it doesn’t really stand up, only has [...]
I have been on a bit of a Lou Reed kick lately. Today it is the album New Sensations. My favorite song from that album is Fly Into The Sun. It’s a lovely piece of music, simple and eloquent, like Lou can be at his best. Lou Reed is pretty amazing, and this song is [...]
So, I was reading the latest journal from the Austrian Academy Of Sciences, as is my custom, and I saw this amazing project. Full 360 degree laser mapping, and scanning, of the Roman Catacombs. Which ones, you ask? All of them. The full 100+ miles of them, not the 500 meters that is open to [...]
This is a PSA by my friend Audacia Ray, who you may remember from the Love Machine viral vid from last year.
She is working with Sex Work Awareness, and the radical notion that sex workers are people too. This is her first one minute PSA, and I think it rocks. Coolest Shit Ever? Hell yes. [...]
Hello, Youdopia. How’s it going? In light of the recent Jeff Beck Hall of Fame post, featuring Mr Jimmy Page, I thought it apropo to post this video of a spectacular reunion. On April 21, 2009 Jeff Beck was performing a gig, and Rod Stewart came out to sing with him. This is spectacular because [...]
My friends, I give you another Led Zeppelin live nugget, from Osaka 10/2/72. The boys perform the Ben E King classic, Stand By Me. They pull it off pretty well, making it the Coolest Shit Ever. Enjoy the music.
A Lecture on the Philosophy of Magick
By
Aleister Crowley
Extracted From The Magical Link Volume 8 No. 4
Copyright © O.T.O.
[Editor's Note: From Crowley's diary: He noted in his diary for August 17, 1932 "Saw Foyle - asked to speak at lunch Sept. 15 on "The
Philosophy of Magick." His hope was, as he wrote an aquaintance a few [...]
Here’s a quick test that should help indicate if you are schizophrenic. I don’t judge, Youdopia, but I am a giver, so let me give you the tools to self diganose your myiad psychological disorders. The story from which I got this can be found on the Wired blogs. It also counts as a cool [...]
Youdopia, you know of my affinity for Led Zeppelin, and Jimmy Page. Last weekend, Jeff Beck was inducted, by Jimmy Page, into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, and it was cool. The super cool part is what you’re about to watch, which is Jeff Beck (same age as Jimmy, by the way… [...]
Youdopia, I present to you what may be my favorite soul song of all time. It’s up there with the best of Otis. The funny thing is this is Little Richard, with Jimi Hendrix and Billy Preston (he played the keyboard solo on Get Back by the Beatles) in the band. The wail at the [...]
Well, Youdopia, I think you know I dig robots, at least I seem to. Honda, pioneers of the ASIMO (eternally satirized on South Park as Awesome-O) have developed a robot/brain interface that allows thoughts to control robots. Excellent. Maybe the robots will conquer us before the zombies. That makes it the Coolest Shit Ever. Yup.
Youdopia, I love music. I love music with soul. It’s trite, but the Rolling Stones once were amazing. This clip from 1972 of the boys doing Sweet Virginia live. The audio is pro mixed stereo, and the performance is outstanding. The Stones at their best. Guess what? It’s the Coolest Shit Ever. Keef rocks, Mick’s [...]
Howdy youdopia. My friend Gus, who goes by August, now that he’s in the September of his years, says Youdopia hasn’t been updated since January. He is, of course, lying because I told him cold fusion doesn’t work. Anyhoo, this last month has been … how do you say… shitty and amazing. So I blog [...]
Hello Youdopia. I have more ear candy for you. It’s a simple slideshow with audio. The audio is Led Zeppelin in LA on 9/4/70 playing Fats Domino’s Blueberry Hill. 1970 is arguably my favorite live year for Zep. They had three albums out (in two years) and they were ferocious live. They also played tons [...]
Youdopia, I think robots are cool. This is the Coolest Shit Ever, because robots are cool. I’m not that impressed by facial expressions that much. Disney has had that in the Hall of Presidents for nigh on half a century (is that right, Eric?)
Well, Youdopia… Jon Stewart took Cramer to the cleaners on the Daily Show last night. In one sense it was amazingly wonderful, but in another sense it is the start of Jon Stewart, politician, and I worry about the Frankenization of a very funny guy. He’s obviously fired up, and goddamnit he won, and he’s [...]
Feed Me, Seymour
