Month: September 2009
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To Wong Foo, RIP Patrick Swayze
I know some will laugh but Dirty Dancing and To Wong Foo were part of my youth and coming out, respectively (even if all 3 actors were straight, seeing that and the likes of Jeffery and Priscilla really helped to not feel like a total freak, even if drag aint my thang 😉 So farewell…
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You’re not a real bear…I am a real puppet! Muppet Screen Tests
sadly not embeddable but check out this improvised existential discussion with Fozzie and Kermit (at the end) and Miss Piggy and Kermit al fresco impovising in what looks like the Surrey/Hampshire border, with some cows. Classic Jim Henson and Frank Oz improvisations 😀
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Aciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieed!!!
The Finnish Acid Symphony Orchestra. Great from 3 mins in, 25 mins total of live acidy goodness at Springnine Festival , Graz 2009. Although having used a TR707 I have to say a 808 or 909 is probably far better…nice kick but loads of annoying latin percussion! And the guy with the beard is quite…
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1337 License revoked! Licensing vs physical product
As David Jack so succintly points out in I bought a CD, not a licensing agreement the music industry wants it both ways (but not in a porn way – fnar) – to license music but then not uphold those licenses on physical media. Works even better with MPAA and co. and scratched DVDs –…
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nasty WordPress bug on the rampage
Looks like a nasty WordPress bug/worm is on the rampage. Please update your WordPress blogs! I’ve updated this one, and my other blogs.