Brian Wilson @ Black Cab Sessions
OMG: the legend behind the Beach Boys hopped into the Black Cab Sessions, a non-profit music project, with his band and they hit it to create Chapter 59:
McCain + Palin
McCain + Palin = McPain
The Royal Society and Creationism
The story that God created the world in six days is enjoying a renaissance in the UK, just as the world is getting ready to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s publication of the theory evolution in 1859.
I will survive
“I will survive” as performed by Gloria Gaynor was an OK dance song in 1978/9 (if you liked disco), but it’s truly brilliant when the words are sung with meaning – especially by Cake (what a marvellous video, with the little animals made of glass) – or parodied by the likes of musical comedians Igudesman […]
Barack to the future
Back to Barack Obama’s humble beginnings sweeping the floor at a diner in Hill Valley… Grammar, anyone?
Joyrider
Want to go for a joyride? Tech news: Wheels turn, smileys stay put.
Planet Oktoberfest
Once a year this city goes totally nuts. I know enough people who can‘t stand the madness that is the Wiesn, as the Oktoberfest (www.oktoberfest.de) is known here. A Wiese is a meadow, and that’s what the Theresienwiese, as the fairgrounds are called, once were, years ago, when King Ludwig and Queen Therese decided to celebrate their wedding here in 1810. In the first years the Oktoberfest was modeled on the ancient Olympics and was actually a sporting event. Today the only sports involved are raising a liter of beer in a glass mug (that‘s just over three pounds) and keeping your balance while you dance on the table (which is not allowed, but everybody does). Oh, and there’s finger wrestling, or Fingerhakln, of course, and running hurdles to get to the restrooms. So the disciplines aren’t too challenging.
