The Arcade Fire perform Neon Bible, the title track from their new album, in a lift. Suprisingly, it's a pretty good version. I was especially impressed by the inovative percussion...
Via Ze Frank
- Mr. Ed
Monday, April 30, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Ferd im SparKasse
Auf einem am Dienstag, 24. April 2007, von der Polizei verbreiteten Foto steht ein Pferd am Montag, 23. April 2007 neben einem schlafenden Mann im Foyer einer Bankfiliale im brandenburgischen Wiesenburg. Der offensichtlich betrunkene Mann hatte sich mit dem Pferd zum Ausruhen in das Foyer begeben, Passanten informierten die Polizei. Die Beamten konnten Tier und Mensch zum Verlassen der Bank bewegen.
Translation ClickyHere via the WashingtonPost
Photo Credit: AP Photo
- Philip.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Gonzo's gotta go
As pressure continues to mount on Alberto "the walking cadaver" Gonzalez to resign, I thought I'd collect some of my favourite moments from his Senate testimony last Thursday. Only serious political junkies need read any further...
See Albie cower when big Dick Durbin (D-Il) gets riled up:
Here's Chuck Schumer (D-NY) giving Gonzo the "no, no, no" treatment:
And to add a bi-partisan flavour to thepasting proceedings, here's Lindsey "light in the loafers" Graham (R -SC) piling on:
...and Tom Coburn (R- OK) telling it like it is:
To add insult to injury, in the past few days no less that 5 other Republican senators have called for the Attorney General to resign. Since we're talking senate hearings here, I just can't resist. Mr. Gonzalez, "have you no sense of decency, sir?"
Thank you and goodnight,
Mr. Ed
~ End political nonsense - resume normal bloggage~
See Albie cower when big Dick Durbin (D-Il) gets riled up:
Here's Chuck Schumer (D-NY) giving Gonzo the "no, no, no" treatment:
And to add a bi-partisan flavour to the
...and Tom Coburn (R- OK) telling it like it is:
To add insult to injury, in the past few days no less that 5 other Republican senators have called for the Attorney General to resign. Since we're talking senate hearings here, I just can't resist. Mr. Gonzalez, "have you no sense of decency, sir?"
Thank you and goodnight,
Mr. Ed
~ End political nonsense - resume normal bloggage~
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Local Beer Back!
Image from Harveys of Lewes
To follow up, Mr Ed's March 24th post about the removal of Harveys Best from the Lewes Arms when Green King took over the pub and the beer began outselling their own products, I have just read this on The Argus website (I do have my reasons, really!) It seems the the local boycott has been successful, and the finest beer known to horsekind is once again available at the Lewes Arms. I am whinnying in delight...
-Bluecupboard
Horse Tranquilizers
Ah, yes indeed, a topic of note for all ponies in the know- particularly those in Serbia where those Methuselahs of rock, the Rolling Stones have recently chosen to strut their not altogether unterrifyingly well-preservédly funky "stuff" of late. It seems that the chosen site for aforementioned strutorama is to be the Belgrade Hippodrome, which while disappointing short on hippos (not unlike French restaurant chain of similar title) is home to many of our horsey friends, who may require sedation of some sort, rather that go mad in horsey-fashion at the animal rhythms of rock'n'roll showmanship. For the full story, click here...
The beauty of all of this is that it allows me to post the following vid which frankly is not entirely related to much of the above- but it is really quite good.
Dirty...
-Bluecupboard
The beauty of all of this is that it allows me to post the following vid which frankly is not entirely related to much of the above- but it is really quite good.
Dirty...
-Bluecupboard
Monday, April 16, 2007
Beautiful Bed Spreads
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- Philip on behalf of Fox.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
So it goes
Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007.
Image from Rolling Stone
From the Breakfast of Champions:
Other memorable quotes from Vonnegut here.
From the NY Times obituary:
The defining moment of Mr. Vonnegut’s life was the firebombing of Dresden, Germany, by Allied forces in 1945, an event he witnessed firsthand as a young prisoner of war. Thousands of civilians were killed in the raids, many of them burned to death or asphyxiated. “The firebombing of Dresden,” Mr. Vonnegut wrote, “was a work of art.” It was, he added, “a tower of smoke and flame to commemorate the rage and heartbreak of so many who had had their lives warped or ruined by the indescribable greed and vanity and cruelty of Germany.”
His experience in Dresden was the basis of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” which was published in 1969 against the backdrop of war in Vietnam, racial unrest and cultural and social upheaval. The novel, wrote the critic Jerome Klinkowitz, “so perfectly caught America’s transformative mood that its story and structure became best-selling metaphors for the new age.”
To Mr. Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. The title character in his 1965 novel, “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,” summed up his philosophy:
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”
Mr. Vonnegut eschewed traditional structure and punctuation. His books were a mixture of fiction and autobiography, prone to one-sentence paragraphs, exclamation points and italics. Graham Greene called him “one of the most able of living American writers.” Some critics said he had invented a new literary type, infusing the science-fiction form with humor and moral relevance and elevating it to serious literature.
More obits from the Beeb and the Guardian.
~Update~
Here's another great Vonnegut quote I saw on Boingboing. It's part of the last rites in the Books of Bokonon, from the Cat's Cradle:
- Mr. Ed
Image from Rolling Stone
From the Breakfast of Champions:
Listen:
The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. "Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?" she asked me.
"The big show is inside my head," I said.
Other memorable quotes from Vonnegut here.
From the NY Times obituary:
The defining moment of Mr. Vonnegut’s life was the firebombing of Dresden, Germany, by Allied forces in 1945, an event he witnessed firsthand as a young prisoner of war. Thousands of civilians were killed in the raids, many of them burned to death or asphyxiated. “The firebombing of Dresden,” Mr. Vonnegut wrote, “was a work of art.” It was, he added, “a tower of smoke and flame to commemorate the rage and heartbreak of so many who had had their lives warped or ruined by the indescribable greed and vanity and cruelty of Germany.”
His experience in Dresden was the basis of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” which was published in 1969 against the backdrop of war in Vietnam, racial unrest and cultural and social upheaval. The novel, wrote the critic Jerome Klinkowitz, “so perfectly caught America’s transformative mood that its story and structure became best-selling metaphors for the new age.”
To Mr. Vonnegut, the only possible redemption for the madness and apparent meaninglessness of existence was human kindness. The title character in his 1965 novel, “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,” summed up his philosophy:
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”
Mr. Vonnegut eschewed traditional structure and punctuation. His books were a mixture of fiction and autobiography, prone to one-sentence paragraphs, exclamation points and italics. Graham Greene called him “one of the most able of living American writers.” Some critics said he had invented a new literary type, infusing the science-fiction form with humor and moral relevance and elevating it to serious literature.
More obits from the Beeb and the Guardian.
~Update~
Here's another great Vonnegut quote I saw on Boingboing. It's part of the last rites in the Books of Bokonon, from the Cat's Cradle:
"God made mud.
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!"
"See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars."
And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around.
Lucky me, lucky mud.
I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done.
Nice going, God."
- Mr. Ed
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Love Science
Have affairs of the heart ever left you feeling so low, you feel like you might die? Well, a recent study by British scientists suggests that you may not have been exagerating.
Image by David Julian from davidjulian.com
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London and the Brighton & Sussex Medical School have published findings that suggest that you really can die of a broken heart. The report published in PNAS (the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - or "pee-nas" as it's affectionately known) this week shows that the 'higher' brain centres responsible for memory and emotions can have an adverse effect on heart rhythms. These 'bad vibes' are particularly dangerous for people with atherosclerosis or other heart problems, and could precipitate a fatal heart attack.
link to PNAS abstract (subscription required for the whole article).
link to Guardian article.
- Mr. Ed
Image by David Julian from davidjulian.com
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London and the Brighton & Sussex Medical School have published findings that suggest that you really can die of a broken heart. The report published in PNAS (the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - or "pee-nas" as it's affectionately known) this week shows that the 'higher' brain centres responsible for memory and emotions can have an adverse effect on heart rhythms. These 'bad vibes' are particularly dangerous for people with atherosclerosis or other heart problems, and could precipitate a fatal heart attack.
link to PNAS abstract (subscription required for the whole article).
link to Guardian article.
- Mr. Ed
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Well Done Colin!
Yes, you're spot on there, mate. Brian May, a keen astronomer since childhood, is currently working on a Ph.D. in Astronomy at Imperial college. In fact, he also writes an astronomy column in the New York Times with none other than, the Sky wizard himself, Sir Patrick Moore. Check it out (Unfortunately the real article is behind the pay-for-it Times Select firewall):
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- Mr. Ed
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- Mr. Ed
Mr. Ed why do you tease us so?
I have been braying with excited anticipation of the answer to the riddle you set t'other day.
For those like myself who could not keep their hind legs crossed anymore I feel this, one of Bri's own blog-tastic posts, may give valuable insight.
For those like myself who could not keep their hind legs crossed anymore I feel this, one of Bri's own blog-tastic posts, may give valuable insight.
Scroll down to the Sat 17th March post
I think you'll agree it's seethingly nebulatastic!
Colin
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Ixtlan?
I found this. Just look at them!!! Just look!!! Ha! Let not this post be mistaken for the long awaited latest edition of the Musical Handbag, P-Clubbers. Oh no. I'll not have these tantro-twats besmirch the good name of the Handbag with their doodlings. Anyhow, to business. Their new album? Why, that would be "Galaxy Overload in the Circle of 8" of course. Listen here.* Or, ideally, don't.
Ixtlan? About as transcendental as scalp ointment.
Distraught,
Chives
* Being currently based in the working stables, I haven't actually been able to give this the listen that I barely recommend you do. Might I have jumped to the wrong conclusions? Could the Ixtlan sound be exactly what the P-Club has been crying out for? Do let me know. But I'll wager its untreated camelspasm from start to finish. I mean look at them!!! Look at them!!! LOOK!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
Anyway, let me know if you like it.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Happy happy happy Sunday
I'm just having a super time. We had a great night out, last night, at the MUSC Gay-Straight Alliance Spring Social. Then, this morning, we went to brunch at Vickerys with lovely chums, bloody Marys by the gallon and no end of yummers food.
It's 75 degrees outside and if there's a cloud in the sky, then I must have missed it. In summary then, things couldn't be peachier.
With that in mind, I decided toblog digitally bookmark my happy sunny mood by posting a happy sunny song from youtube on the Pony Club. The first thing I thought of was Sunday Morning by Margo Guryan. I came across this song a year or so ago, when my mate Ashley set it as the music on her myspace page. I loved it, so tracked it down on itunes almost immediately. It's a trippy sixties feel-good tune, somewhere in the Lou Reed - Nick Drake - Dusty Springfield region of warm cheese fuzziness. You know - it was Sunday, I was feeling super and shiny, so I thought it was fitting.
However, as soon as I typed her name into the youtube search, my negative inner narrative piped up. "There won't be a Margo Guryan video on youtube, and anyway if there is one, it won't be Sunday Morning, and even if it does come up with Sunday Morning, it'll just be the song used as a soundtrack for some crap home video."
Well, my pessimistic side was half right. It is used as the soundtrack for a home video, but it's a realy cool home video. The sort of home video that makes you wonder why you don't have chiuaua's and live in LA, too. Well, alright. I don't think I really want to live in LA - and having Stewie next door works just fine for me - but it really is a lovely little video, and the music fits perfectly. This is the stuff youtube was made for, and of course, also, that which is so lacking most of the time.
Enough yacking. Happy Sunday and here it is:
- Mr. Ed
It's 75 degrees outside and if there's a cloud in the sky, then I must have missed it. In summary then, things couldn't be peachier. With that in mind, I decided to
However, as soon as I typed her name into the youtube search, my negative inner narrative piped up. "There won't be a Margo Guryan video on youtube, and anyway if there is one, it won't be Sunday Morning, and even if it does come up with Sunday Morning, it'll just be the song used as a soundtrack for some crap home video."
Well, my pessimistic side was half right. It is used as the soundtrack for a home video, but it's a realy cool home video. The sort of home video that makes you wonder why you don't have chiuaua's and live in LA, too. Well, alright. I don't think I really want to live in LA - and having Stewie next door works just fine for me - but it really is a lovely little video, and the music fits perfectly. This is the stuff youtube was made for, and of course, also, that which is so lacking most of the time.
Enough yacking. Happy Sunday and here it is:
- Mr. Ed
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