mumblings and ramblings

ratan is not amused

And now… the news!

Deer stands guard over goose nest in cemetery
3 rodeo bulls make run through Idaho town
Self immolator dies
75 year old Armenian cuts off net access
Hiccup Girl’s Satanic turn
Man delivers corpse to hospital
Raikkonen fast in truck test
Update on new Aussie shortwave station
Ubuntu Natty release countdown banners revealed

Until next time!

Dat bass!

Standard disclaimer applies: I didn’t draw these. They were found on 4chan’s /c/ etc

Bonus!

Sorry about yesterday. I could have sworn that I made up a list, but I didn’t. I must have dreamt it…

Raikkonen enjoys first NASCAR test
100 classic Atari games for iPad
Awe inspiring view of the Milky Way
Bias? What anti-Israel bias?
Miley Cyrus doll quickly sells out
Maine legalizes switchblades for one-armed people

Man murders wife, shows her parents the body on web cam
Cop faces porn charge for broadcasting couple on CCTV
Pakistani brothers dig up corpse and make it into a curry
Australian cannibal found guilty of murdering flatmate
LAPD tears down house to get suspect

Yup, I posted more than usual to make up for yesterday. And, until tomorrow (unless I forget again!)

My grandpa was an Oddfellows, I think. I heard rumors of it, but he never much talked about it. I guess Pee Wee didn’t take kindly to people talking about Oddfellows. The first rule is…

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For the longest time I hated Out of Time. And I can’t say why. Losing My Religion got overplayed, Shiny Happy People… well, it’s not as bad as Wendell Gee, but yeah… Shiny Happy People… I guess it was one of those albums that got put away and when I listened to R.E.M. I’d listen to anything but that one.

But that’s no reason to hate on the rest of the album. The other nine songs are really amazing. I posted Texarkana last month and I have four songs from OOT in the queue for this month. This is the fist and it’s one of my favorites by them. Low is just… so dark but beautiful. I love the strings, the funeral organ, the chunky guitars, the bongos. They probably shouldn’t go together, but they do. I rediscovered this album last year and wish I had done so sooner.

Standard disclaimer applies: I didn’t draw these. They were found on 4chan’s /c/ etc

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Georgia preacher does motorcycle stunt for Jesus
Invasion of the body snatching algae I smell a movie series!
Three lifelike humanoids sit down for chat with human counterparts This is kind of creepy
Now is the time for observing Saturn in the night sky
DuckDuckGo a totally anonymous search engine
Spring, When a Young Man’s Fancy Lightly Turns to Thoughts of Combustion
One legged man trips robber
Woman fined for walking dog while driving car
Couple survives 6 natural disasters while on Honymoon is that what they call premature ejaculation in Obama’s America?
UK boy plays with ghosts
Stellarium review

Until next time…

Another great from Lifes Rich Pageant. I said before I wasn’t really taken with this album, but that’s mostly in comparison to the rest of their output.

And as a bonus, here is one of the strangest songs the band has recorded “Underneath the Bunker.” Given how stagnant the band has become in later years, maybe an album of cha-cha music would pull them out of the doldrums (I’m dead serious, no fucking around here. If Stipey or anybody else in the band is listening…)

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Yup, it’s that time again!

Duke LaCrosse liar charged in stabbing
Kick starting the joy of astronomy

Crews facing 100-year battle at Fukushima
Drug runner’s super subs amazes authorities
High-speed chase leads to driver suicide
Bursting MRSA’s bubble

Until later…

Typically I think musicians need to STFU about politics, but this song isn’t too bad. Also, I don’t like posting live videos, but this is the best version I could find on YouTube. Sounds pretty good for an audience recording.

Standard disclaimer applies: I didn’t draw these. They were found on 4chan’s /c/ etc

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