Enjoy some shameless poppery, bastards!
I like the Pipettes for obvious reasons and have plugged them before. Please groove on this weird video.
Temperature Timeline
XKCD is great fun. I enjoyed this for the historical perspective, and had no idea that Boston and New York were iced over as recently as 20,000 years ago.
Also: if this pandemic doesn’t get us, liquefied Antarctica surely will.
Have a nice day.
Non-Human Persons
”A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.”
Story here.
“Ape King” documentary presumably to follow.
Hi, I’m Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppttxQoc74Q
Charo Will Outlive Us All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ODqho26VT4
Stay safe, bastards.
Isn’t Memphis near Missipipi?
Oh You Like This Version Better?
As eagerly anticipated by all bastards, the 65% more cheerful Let It Be will probably be released this spring.
With raw material comprising 55 hours of video and 140 hours of audio, there are enough untapped resources to fuel any director’s vision. Seriously: if Peter Jackson gets too WETI-Fx’y or slo-mo happy hobbit, we need to see a Wes Anderson or Christopher Nolan or David Lynch Let It Be.
Brand Synergy
Come on down to David Byrne's Giant Suit Emporium – We're burning down the house with savings! @ColbertLateShow @StephenAtHome pic.twitter.com/LxxlThSt4D
— David Byrne (@DBtodomundo) March 21, 2018
I’ll Just Confess…
I’ve never watched The Last Waltz.
I agree to report to my musical probation officer as required.
Top Spinster Complaints
From your favorite Victorian era magazine – Tit-Bits – the ladies provide insight regarding their unmarried status:
”Because I do not care to enlarge my menagerie of pets, and I find the animal man less docile than a dog, less affectionate than a cat, and less amusing than a monkey.”
”Because men, like three-cornered tarts, are deceitful. They are very pleasing to the eye, but on closer acquaintanceship prove hollow, and stale, consisting chiefly of puff, with a minimum of sweetness and an unconquerable propensity to disagree with one.”
Ouch.
More here.
Luscious Cover
The Brakes – from Brighton – joined by Julia and Becki from The Pipettes, covering the Jesus and Mary Chain.
I can’t find any good video. You’ll just have to sit there and listen.