Happy Birthday Pepper!
She's 17 today.
Her kidney disease gets the better of her some days. But so far, she rebounds.
Guilty
And it doesn't matter. Because, as David Byrne once said, Facts All Come With Points Of View
The Best Songs
RIP Steve Albini
Man Finds Fossil In Floor Tile
A man was looking at the new travertine tiles in his parents' house (in Spain) and noticed something odd.
It's a jawbone, with teeth. And it appears to be homind, possibly even human.
When he looked some more, he found a tile with what appears to be a cross-section of a vertebra with possibly a slice of pelvis next to it. The tiles are from Turkey.
Beaujolais's The Beat
Let's listen to The Fastbacks!
You're welcome.
Find Your Place In The World
Roland the Farter (known in contemporary records as Roland le Fartere, Roulandus le Fartere, Rollandus le Pettus or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 30 acres (12 hectares) of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II. Each year he was obliged to perform "Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum" (one jump and whistle and one fart) for the king's court at Christmas.
Goldilocks Tempo
Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.
Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical , vocal and choreographic compositions to a tempo ranging from 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM) at a meeting Friday, the Russian state new agency TASS reported.
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Under Kadyrov’s directive, the region now ensures that Chechen musical and dance creations align with the “Chechen mentality and musical rhythm,” aiming to bring “to the people and to the future of our children the cultural heritage of the Chechen people,” Dadayev added.
The ban will mean that many songs in musical styles such as pop and techno will be banned.
About A Girl
Let's listen to Nirvana.
30 years ago today. RIP Kurt.