Tired of All That Holiday Music?
Here, wash out your ears with "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Wes Phillips
50 Worst Musical Artists?
JA sends along this 2003 Blender article, urging everyone to take the test at the end.
The Bebop Bentley
Over at Rifftides, Doug Ramsey has a lovely recollection of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter and her Bentley S1.
Messianic Delusions
Jessica Duchen says, "Christmas is coming, decisions are being made over whether to splash out on an organic turkey, and Handel's Messiah is being reheated for its annual outings. With its stirring choruses and memorable melodies, it's no wonder that Messiah is still everyone's seasonal favourite, especially when performed in a style allegedly appropriate to the mid-18th century. But just as consumers of supposedly organic food can be misled, so music-lovers, dazzled by displays of "superior" knowledge, often swallow assurances that they're hearing a historically correct performance when they manifestly aren't."
Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks
We need these.
What Does [Blank] Sound Like?
An audio dictionary.
Take Me Out
MLB caskets and urns for the, ahem, die-hard fan.
Is Apocalypto Porn?
I can't remember the last film review I read in Archeology. Traci Ardren, an AP at the University of Miami, who has studied classic Maya society for the 20 years, while living in Yucatan villages, has a different view of Mel Gibson's movie than the one you probably read in your local paper.
Quick!
Q: What composer is also a shoe size?
Boids!
Bagheera wants to see what's chirping outside.