In the Heights lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda giving props to Alexander Hamilton.
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N.A.S.A., feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: “Spacious Thoughts”
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N.A.S.A., short for “North America South America,” is a music collaboration project assembled by Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel, brother of film director Spike Jonze) and DJ Zegon (Ze Gonzales, professional skateboarder).
Their album,The Spirit of Apollo, was “a conscious effort by NASA to show how people can be brought together by music and [...]
N.A.S.A., short for “North America South America,” is a music collaboration project assembled by Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel, brother of film director Spike Jonze) and DJ Zegon (Ze Gonzales, professional skateboarder).
Their album,The Spirit of Apollo, was “a conscious effort by NASA to show how people can be brought together by music and [...]
Strange Parallel
Director Steve Hanft says this about the film:
“In 1998 I was hired to make a film for the reclusive rocker Elliott Smith. Very excited, I flew to Portland, Oregon, where he was staying and met with him to figure it out before we filmed. At the meeting he explained, in a very quiet voice, with [...]
“In 1998 I was hired to make a film for the reclusive rocker Elliott Smith. Very excited, I flew to Portland, Oregon, where he was staying and met with him to figure it out before we filmed. At the meeting he explained, in a very quiet voice, with [...]
Facts about Final Jeopardy 8/25/9
This week is the Tournament of Champions. In my living room (with no pressure) I held my own, but didn’t get the final. Shit was tough. Maybe you’ll do better than me.
Category: French Classical Music
Answer: This 1928 work repeats a theme, almost entirely in C major, in an unvarying rhythm and has a crescendo lasting 17 [...]
Category: French Classical Music
Answer: This 1928 work repeats a theme, almost entirely in C major, in an unvarying rhythm and has a crescendo lasting 17 [...]
Not Diesel, Steam or Gasoline
Here Comes Science is an upcoming children’s DVD/CD set from They Might Be Giants, and is the third in their line of educational albums, following 2005’s Here Come The ABCs and 2008’s Here Come The 123s. It will be the band’s fourteenth studio album and fourth children’s album.
I think this will be a pretty enjoyable [...]
I think this will be a pretty enjoyable [...]
Haunted Mansion 40th birthday
While we’re on the Disney, here’s a really interesting video of “Rare and unseen footage of Disneyland’s construction narrated by Imagineers. Includes some amazing new footage of Walt Disney walking the site before construction even started and some never-before-seen timelapse footage of the park from groundbreaking until opening day. This film was on the way [...]
“Facts about Final Jeopardy” 8/18/09
It’s been awhile since I have had a Jeopardy post. I have been watching but with the diminished level of posting, I didn’t want to dominate the blog with jeopardy only content. Anyway, it’s the College Tournament this week. Unfortunately it’s a repeat from earlier in the year. Without further delay:
CATEGORY: WORDS OF INSPIRATION
ANSWER: A [...]
CATEGORY: WORDS OF INSPIRATION
ANSWER: A [...]
The Most Amazing Photo of the Universe, Now In 3D
Showing 10,000 galaxies, the overwhelming Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the most amazing, most humbling image in history, demonstrating how tiny and precious we are. This video explains how it was taken, and shows it in three dimensions.
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More on HUDF at wikipedia
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Harry Patch (In Memory Of)
War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings”–Harry Patch
Richard Metzger writes,
“Beautiful, somber new Radiohead single available for download on their website. Titled Harry Patch (In Memory Of), the song is a tribute to the oldest surviving Tommy who fought in World War I. Harry Patch was 111 years old when he died on [...]
Richard Metzger writes,
“Beautiful, somber new Radiohead single available for download on their website. Titled Harry Patch (In Memory Of), the song is a tribute to the oldest surviving Tommy who fought in World War I. Harry Patch was 111 years old when he died on [...]
Mountatin Dew + Fuel = Mountain Fuel
Paul Patone is an inventor who created a perfectly working engine that runs on 80% Mountain Dew 25 years ago. That was before he was framed by corrupt Utah officials and businesscrooks, after he refused to sell his patents.
His engine is called the GEET—short for Global Environmental Energy Technology—Fuel Processor. His system modifies any [...]
His engine is called the GEET—short for Global Environmental Energy Technology—Fuel Processor. His system modifies any [...]
Another Brick in the Wall-E
You’re probably family with the widespread claims that The Wizard of Oz synchs up with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Now some fans are saying the same is true of robot love story Wall-E and The Wall.
Improv comedian Matt “Tinz” Herzau claims that he deliberately attempted to recreate the magic of Dark Side [...]
Improv comedian Matt “Tinz” Herzau claims that he deliberately attempted to recreate the magic of Dark Side [...]
LiveLeak.com – Bush First Pitch vs Obama First Pitch
I wished it was the other way around. Obama throwing the heater instead of the girl toss it turned out to be.
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Couch Airbag Explosion Surprise
Gese, way to give this guy a spinal injury!
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SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)’
After waking up and officially being bored for the day had begun, I started to aimlessly look around the internet. One of the blog pages I usually visit had a link to this really cool music video. Check this one out, it was shot via all over the world by their fans and done using [...]
Who’s Gonna Save Your Soul
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I really liked the song when I got the album. I’m glad they made it a video. The heart is like a macabre California Raisin.
I really liked the song when I got the album. I’m glad they made it a video. The heart is like a macabre California Raisin.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis, Comedy Deathray, and Bradley Cooper
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