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Sympathy For The Devil, Live 1968

Fucking Awesome.

Yep. This about sums things up.

Aaaaand you can buy this very bag and thereby subvert our impending fuckedness here: Link.

links for 2009-05-04

• Colliding Particles - A series of films following research in particle physics at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider).
  'Colliding Particles’ is a series of films following just one of the teams of physicists involved in the research at the LHC. The project documents their work at the frontiers of particle physics, exploring the human stories behind the research and investigating the workings of the scientific process itself.
  (tags: LHC cern science technology)
• NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer
  Jokes using math equations = brilliance
  (tags: humor math funny blog cool)
• Dinosaur Comic message style for Adium
  SO SO RAD.
  (tags: adium comics humor mac funny chat software dinosaurs)
• You've Got (Hate) Mail | vanityfair.com
  Blogging can be an ugly business.
  (tags: bloggers blogging web internet emilygould keithgessen vanityfair)
• Regarding The Jonas Brothers
  Breaks down the extreme disconnect between their message, their medium, and how hot foam spray guns figure into the conservative culture wars.
  (tags: music entertainment kids children jonasbrothers)
• Listropolis | All Your List Are Belong to Us
  List aggregating blog -- pretty sweet.
  (tags: lists reference web2.0 internet technology list blog)
• Americans struggle through a day in the recession
  It's morning in America — but it's not a good morning.
  (tags: recession america economy news society)
• YouTube - Zombie VS Kids
  The Japanese apparently have a really good Children's mental health care system.
  (tags: funny zombies japan japanese kids children)

Evolution

Sweetney Anthems Of Yore "The Ordinary Boys" & "Late Night, Maudlin Street"

I know to some Morrissey is the epitome of self-indulgent emo, but the lonely, melancholy, and excessively self-deprecating 18 year old me of 1988 -- the year this album (Morrissey's first solo effort, "Viva Hate") came out -- would argue that he was one of the only reasons she survived High School at all.

Morrissey, "The Ordinary Boys"

Morrissey, "Late Night, Maudlin Street"

links for 2009-05-02

• 10 Greatest Sideburns in the World
  This is vital knowledge, people.
  (tags: sideburns, hair, facial funny)
• Dickensurl.com
  Inspired by a comment from reddit, this service has been created to convert long URLs into wonderful works by Charles Dickens. The fear of cryptic URLs, long or short, is now no longer a problem. Enter an ugly URL above and hit convert button. [So, so awesome.]
  (tags: url dickens internet tinyurl tool web literature)
• The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory | /Film
  Dude, this just seriously blew my mind.
  (tags: movies cinema film fightclub humor ferris ferrisbueller)
• Wine Adds Five Years to Life, More Than Beer, Dutch Study Finds - Bloomberg.com
  YEAH! [pumps fist]
  (tags: health food)

What Me Worry?

 

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