Month: July 2011
Yet more proof that lightning never strikes twice: http://youtu.be/cngKXRMjzu0
Author and preacher Steve Wohlberg is advising everyone to avoid the Harry Potter books and movies because of the occult themes within them. From his website, www.avoidharrypotter.com, Wohlberg summarizes his assertions in this way: “In the midst of fun and fantasy, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels make witchcraft appear cool and exciting, especially to teenagers. …
Do the kids today realize that Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was heard upon release in 1980 as a beautifully nihilistic burlesque of this ubiquitous mid 70s entertainment phenomena? (Also, do the kids know, does anyone know, that Toni Tennille sang backing vocals on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall?” – Wikipedia entry here.)
In English, title reads, “Give us wings.” .
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http://youtu.be/OPmtftURkn8 —–Original Message—– Subject: KOJM Revisited Thought you might find this interesting. Last night heavy rains and storms caused a three hour power outage that stretched from Havre to Malta to Chester to Fort Benton. We broke out the flashlights and I managed to get an old walkman radio to work in an attempt …
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Tom- I’m now a cheerleader for Google+ for the simple reason that I think it’s significantly superior to Facebook. I suspect Facebook will survive, much like how broadcast TV has survived cable TV. Then again, look at the massive rise and fall of MySpace. – Matt Crowley *********************************************************** Hi Matt: …
Have I already shared this particular Christgau/Dibbell-penned oddity with you? At any rate, it’s from the May 1975 issue of long-lost U.S. soft porn mag Oui, and I’m betting that Bob & Carola got a pretty paycheck in the mail when all was said and done, those being the days when "slick" print journalism still paid! …
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. Spotify is here, and I loathe its arrival. That means I’ll be tempted to see if it is better than my current Rhapsody subscription, or worry that it will put Rhapsody out of business, forcing the issue. And just how much time do I have to figure out how to migrate my 28,000+ Rhapsody track …
[The photo above was taken of the Forest Cafe in Bristo Park, Edinburgh. For more information about the place and it’s history, click here.] My wife and I recently returned from a vacation in Scotland. We visited cathedrals, castles, the countryside, and the capital, Edinburgh. I asked at least five people where I could go …
I’ve never heard anyone say much of anything bad about the Foo Fighters. I’m not a huge fan, but I admire them for their obvious, genuine love of rock n roll. Fun band to watch. I get tired of hearing about Kurt Cobain, the legend, because to me the usual adulatory sentiments about KC are …
Tom Selleck was offered the Indiana Jones role in Raiders of the Lost Ark. He was unable to take it because of his contract to appear in Magnum P.I. Full story is here. In the same article, the Daily Mail asserts that a Magnum P.I. movie remake is currently in the works and that George …
Perhaps the most un-American thing about Vladimir Nabokov was his unwillingness to play at the jazz of talk show gab—even in this nearly prehistoric example. “Off the cuff” was simply not in his vast vocabulary. Whether the interview was to be published or broadcast, VN insisted on receiving the questions in advance and composing careful …
I don’t know why folk dancing should depress me so, but it does. Perhaps the lingering aftereffects of the emotional damage inflicted at a nyckelharpa festival in Dalarna one endless hot June afternoon in 1976. No 14 year old should be forced to suffer so—though I expect I’ll subject my son to some equivalent trauma. …
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Salon story is here. Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for the tip.