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Embarrassing Ways To Die – Vol 1
These are friends of mine. ANJOI.
Fennec Grooming
HA HA HA HA HA HA.
First I am amused because the look on this fox’s face is identical to the one on Jake’s when I cuddle him.
Yeah, about like that
But also it reminds me of (almost) every man I ever dated. Like, “I appreciate the attention but I must say it is MAKING ME DERANGED AAAARRRGGH CIRCLE DANCE!”
LA Beer Fest ticket impromptu morality quiz
When this showed up toward the end of my LA Beer Fest online ticket purchase, I realized the entire event was a subtle and secret Voight-Kampff Test:
Animals! No, wait — Children! No… come on… gimme a second OH FRICK I AM A REPLICANT.
Chris Isaak Day!
It’s Chris Isaak Day!
I just decided!
How can it be a falsetto when it FEELS SO REAL?
LA Times — breaking news
Occupying space below the AIG resignation op-ed is this piece of intelligence-increasing advermation:
I can just feel my understanding of the world expanding — my awareness of the challenges of the human race — my hope for joining together to build a better today and tomorrow. How can anyone fear for the future of print news when the LA Times continues to flower with the craft — nay, art! — of journalism.
To think I almost followed a BBC link instead!
If you will excuse me, I need to go take a naproxen.
One Sassy Dress
“You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice” is a blog about lifted/ripped/otherwise exploited design content. My best understanding is that readers contribute posts which are monitored by blog monitor.
A week ago, this was a normal post accusing Cutiemas of ripping anthropologie. Somebody at Cutiemus notices a certain linked image, and today the post is double-back haughty as hell:
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
The Funky Drummer vs. The Amen Break
If you are a thirty-something white girl, maybe your first encounter with Clyde Stubblefield’s famous drum break was Sinead O’Connor’s “I Am Stretched on Your Grave.” Maybe years later you dated someone who was really into R&B, and through that person you got a slapdash education in James Brown, Howlin’ Wolf and Israel Cachao Lopez.
Maybe you listened to N.W.A. I dunno.
In any event, this is cultural literacy, people. CULTURAL LITERACY.
If you have four minutes and want some sexy, educational drumming and Clyde Stubblefield interview about the Funky Drummer (Man — it’s just fun as hell to see someone so good at something do the thing they’re good at. It’s like getting close to God):
If you have 20 minutes and want a tasty history of The Amen Break and sampling in general (courtesy random_tangent):
If you have ADD, here are three famous drum breaks in 45 secs: