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Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:21:02 -0700

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Who would have thought there was a Cajun Mardi Gras (Courir de...

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:01:27 -0700

Who would have thought there was a Cajun Mardi Gras (Courir de Mardi Gras)?

Feel Like Funkin it Up by the Rebirth Brass Band.

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:58:45 -0700

Feel Like Funkin it Up by the Rebirth Brass Band.

"Big Chief” is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans..."

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:56:11 -0700

““Big Chief” is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964,[1] featuring a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in a Creole patois (whistled and sung by King, uncredited). The tune became very popular in New Orleans, frequently performed by local musicians such as Dr. John, and is now a staple of the repertory of most brass bands and musicians in the area.”

- Big Chief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well. Here’s a reason why Dr. John is a legend. Voodoo +...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:37:59 -0700

Well. Here’s a reason why Dr. John is a legend. Voodoo + sixties + psychedelics = Gris Gris.

A new tidbit appeared on a credit card statement recently - an...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:20:55 -0800

A new tidbit appeared on a credit card statement recently - an informative (but horrifying) little graphic that compares what a minimum payment gets you versus another hypothetical amount. There was another quote floating around that US debt levels are decreasing post-recession. If this appears on every statement, I’m sure those levels will continue to decrease.

Hurley wins the lottery with different numbers! So these are:...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:20:41 -0800

Hurley wins the lottery with different numbers! So these are: lucky? not connected to the island? or the valenzetti equation? LOST (via hawaii)

supersonicelectronic: LOST Explained by People Who Have Never...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:04 -0800

supersonicelectronic:

LOST Explained by People Who Have Never Watched LOST

Wow… hahahaha!

"The more I think about the whole thing, the more the relationship between Richard, Jacob and Smokey..."

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:39:48 -0800

“The more I think about the whole thing, the more the relationship between Richard, Jacob and Smokey feels like a computer security program designed to protect Jacob, and the more the events of Season 5 look like a hack to get past that security program. In this episode Richard looks like someone who just noticed that his system’s firewall is down and he hasn’t patched his OS in three years.”

- Ricardos in chains? Black Rock slave??? DocArzt’s LOST Blog

“What do you want me to do Bacon? Pull a scoop out of my...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:20:00 -0800

“What do you want me to do Bacon? Pull a scoop out of my ass? Do you think I’m some kind of ice cream parlor?”

The Official LOST Video Podcast: January 27th | DarkUFO - LOST Homepage

Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ is over at NPR....

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:50:00 -0800

Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ is over at NPR. Good, but I still can’t get Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ out of my head when I listen to their music. Good or bad, they share similar African inspiration.

If you like True Blood’s opening title sequence, read...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:58:21 -0800

If you like True Blood’s opening title sequence, read about the design here.

Amazing. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7) (via...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:08:37 -0800

Amazing.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7) (via RedLetterMedia)

Well, the final part of this year’s Lost ARG has ended....

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:58:00 -0800

Well, the final part of this year’s Lost ARG has ended. This time, the reveal happened at 10:42, when Oceanic 815 was supposed to land in Los Angeles. A definite clue for next season. This poster was designed by the masterful Tyler Stout - famous for many posters for The Alamo in Austin.

“Jazz on a Summer’s Day” has fantastic title...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:34 -0800

“Jazz on a Summer’s Day” has fantastic title credits where colors dance on the waves in syncopation to music.

Making of Bored to Death. Absolutely my favorite show of the...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:23:29 -0800

Making of Bored to Death. Absolutely my favorite show of the season. (via HBO)

Brandon Bird: “Elysium”

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:46:00 -0700

Brandon Bird: “Elysium”

Daniel Danger - via tinymediaempire.com

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:35:38 -0700

Daniel Danger - via tinymediaempire.com

CERN on FlashForward

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:05:00 -0700

CERN on FlashForward:

Science and science fiction by CERN @ FlashForward.

BTW, I like the book much more than the television series. The book is smart with a plot driven by scientists. Reminds me of Michael Crichton. The television series is awful - it rips off Lost, cop shows, 28 days later.

"Every six months, the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases data about newspapers and how many..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:50:05 -0700

“Every six months, the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases data about newspapers and how many people subscribe to them. And then everyone writes a story about how some newspapers declined some amount over the year previous. Well, that’s no way to look at data! It’s confusing—and it obscures larger trends. So we’ve taken chunks of data for the major newspapers, going back to 1990, and graphed it, so you can see what’s actually happened to newspaper circulation. (We excluded USA Today, because we don’t care about it. If you’re in a hotel? You’re reading it now. That’s nice.)”

- A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades | The Awl