Saturday Palate Cleanser
We've all had the same dream:
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July 19, 2008
July 12, 2008
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Cheating is bad!
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July 07, 2008
July 05, 2008
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Some Cocteau Twins for your listening/viewing pleasure:
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June 29, 2008
June 21, 2008
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A lousy week needs some Marxes:
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June 17, 2008
C-[bleep]
Cliff Schecter has posted a video. I suggest you watch it.
Then see how long it takes you to stop laughing.
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June 16, 2008
June 14, 2008
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Buddy Cole!
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June 11, 2008
June 07, 2008
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Bauhaus:
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June 05, 2008
You Need To Work On That Plié A Bit
Bend those knees!
(Bob Donaldson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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June 02, 2008
June 01, 2008
Random Brilliance Of The Day
If you're fool enough to read Joan Walsh's mewlings (and I am) this site will have you in stitches.
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May 31, 2008
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Cowboy Junkies:
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May 24, 2008
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Some "Fawlty Towers"
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May 22, 2008
Noted In Passing
Tied up today and tonight. Some more Izzard to keep you company:
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May 19, 2008
May 17, 2008
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Because I'll be seeing him this Thursday:
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May 13, 2008
Heavens!
Roy Edroso now works for The Villiage Voice.
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May 12, 2008
May 10, 2008
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A rilly big shew...Señor Wences on Ed Sullivan:
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May 04, 2008
Going To The Dogs
Even canines have an opinion about our corporate "news" media. Karen Tumulty:
During this morning's security sweep of press corps gear before we boarded the Obama campaign plane, the bomb-sniffing dog urinated on my laptop bag, purse and raincoat.
Smart dog.
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May 03, 2008
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Bruuuuuuce!
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April 28, 2008
April 26, 2008
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I'm feeling a bit doom-y...Hector Berlioz:
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April 24, 2008
The Things You Learn On The Internets
A penguin in a wetsuit:
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
No sillier than a penguin on the telly, to be sure.
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April 21, 2008
April 19, 2008
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L7 and Joan Jett perform Jett's "Cherry Bomb"
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April 14, 2008
April 12, 2008
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Hüsker Dü vs. Mary Tyler Moore.
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April 09, 2008
Wow
Barack Obama really does have mystical powers.
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April 07, 2008
April 05, 2008
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The original Marcel's perform their 1961 hit "Blue Moon":
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April 01, 2008
March 31, 2008
March 29, 2008
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Art appreciation:
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March 24, 2008
March 22, 2008
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The two-minute version of "The Big Lebowski":
The Dude abides.
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March 17, 2008
March 15, 2008
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The sadly forgotten Reivers
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March 14, 2008
March 10, 2008
March 08, 2008
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A little musical nightmare from 1943.
With cows.
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March 07, 2008
Random Thought
Let's all call Hillary Clinton tonight at 3AM.
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March 01, 2008
February 29, 2008
Headline Of The Day
Study finds dogs, robots cheer elderly
Dogs I can see but robots? Only if your want your granddad and gradma to be killed by vicious Islamodemocratfascist robots.
But who am I to judge?
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February 23, 2008
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Happy healthy hygiene tips:
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February 16, 2008
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That's nobody's business but the Turk's:
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February 12, 2008
February 11, 2008
Inevitable Parody
You might recall the near-brilliant Obama video from last week. Get ready because here's the St. John McCain version:
Heh.
[Via AmericaBlog.]
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February 09, 2008
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LaFong! Carl LaFooooong!
Part Un:
Part Deux:
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February 06, 2008
Quote Of The Night
[Mississippi Governor] Haley Barbour, who looks like he's been passed through the bowels of a palm civet, said the Democratic party was seriously divided because a bunch of people didn't vote for Hillary Clinton in a contested primary.
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February 02, 2008
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Truly one of the greatest musical performances of the 20th. Century:
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ADDED: The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat responds.
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January 28, 2008
January 26, 2008
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Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and taxes:
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January 19, 2008
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Stan Ridgeway rocks!
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January 16, 2008
Follow The Bouncing Balls
Meanwhile, in Italy:
A greyish 18th-century landmark in Rome was transformed into a colorful mess today when a half-million plastic balls were dumped at the top of the Spanish Steps.The balls bounced downhill before filling the Barcaccia fountain, leaving surprised passers-by and tourists snapping pictures of a scene that recalled the indoor-playground ball pits that spark joyful frolicking by children of all ages.
Of course, there's always a killjoy:
“It was a lot of balls — and that was it,” said Gilberto Guibbini, 38, who had trouble arriving at his job at a shoe store because the stunt forced the closing of streets leading to the Spanish Steps. “I don’t know why.”“There is nothing interesting about it,” he added. “He just wants attention.”
The man behind the stunt, Graziano Cecchini, previously dyed the water of the Trevi Fountain blood-red.
Bouncy bouncy!
Now why couldn't this have happened when I was sitting on the Spanish Steps some years ago?
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January 12, 2008
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Something different. Some science. This time, information about Brontosauruses:
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January 05, 2008
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David Leterman:
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December 29, 2007
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Some more KITH:
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December 25, 2007
December 22, 2007
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A little Christmas cheer from the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl:
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December 15, 2007
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Truly one of the strangest skits ever - really a short-short film by Bruce McCollough - "Sausages."
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December 08, 2007
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Once upon a time teevee was experimental.
Ernie Kovacs Part 1
Parrt II:
(This is dedicated to Racymind.)
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December 01, 2007
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Because yinz just aren't smart enough here's a philosophy lesson:
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November 24, 2007
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Ernie Kovacs:
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November 17, 2007
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The most brilliant movie scene ever:
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November 10, 2007
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Nick Cave (with an assist from Lotte Lenya):
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November 03, 2007
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"There were zwei peanuts walking down the strasse..."
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October 29, 2007
Odd Critter Roundup
An ocean quahog clam thought to have lived more than 405 years has been found off the coast of Iceland. A study of the mollusk could lead to insights on the aging process.
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In the Allegheny Forest northeast of Pittsburgh a camera fitted with an "automatic trigger" set by a hunter took a picture of Bigfoot. Or maybe a bear with mange.
My money is on the bear with mange.
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To my friends in the Hudson River Valley: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Josh Marshall passes along the news the none other than Dead-Eye Dick Cheney will be visiting with a gun.
Maybe he'll be hunting Bigfoot. Or perhaps a bear with mange. Either way, keep to your basements up there.
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October 27, 2007
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Seems apropos - Tom Lehrer, "So Long Mom (A Song for World War III)"
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October 23, 2007
October 20, 2007
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Raspunina - "1816 The Year Without a Summer"
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October 16, 2007
October 13, 2007
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Some classic Andy Kaufman. (Ignore the last 20 seconds.)
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October 06, 2007
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One of the many great scenes from the brilliant "Annie Hall":
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