Rufus Wainwright - Grey Gardens [Live] (by WiggyVideos9)
I think I posted this on Facebook a while ago. This is Rufus Wainwright performing “Grey Gardens” on the old Jonathan Ross show on the BBC. This is the moment I fell in love with his music. Until this performance, I’d dismissed him as campy, lush, and kind of fun, but not for me. Then he did this, and I started buying his music.
This is pretty much perfect. Neil Gaiman wrote the following in response to the question below. (He made it rebloggable, but that actually still cut out his answer. I pasted it below, with my apologies if he intended to have it left off.) Sometimes I miss being a Librarian…so for those I know still in the field, take heart my brethren…and—uhh—sistern?
I’m a graduate student earning my master’s in library science, and everyone asks me, “Why are you doing that? Libraries are going extinct because of e-readers!” Obviously, I don’t agree, but I’m curious - what’s your opinion on libraries today and in the future, and do you own an e-reader?
if-inconvenientI have a Kindle somewhere, but I have no idea where it is any more. On the other hand, I know where the Kindle apps are on my phone, tablet, iPad and Macbook Air, which makes knowing where the actual Kindle is irrelevant.
Let’s see… we’re entering an age of too much information, in which knowledge and information retrieval and navigation are going to be some of the most important skills anyone can possibly possess. You are being trained in library science, which is knowledge and information categorisation, management and retrieval. And someone wants to know if your job is going to be extinct because we may not have as many places with lots of paper books any longer?
I think libraries are more vital now than they have ever been. And whatever form books take in the centuries and millennia to come, we will always need librarians.
Everytime someone talks to me about Reagan, this is what I see in my head. This happened. And it can’t unhappen.
Was my hair doing this all day and no one told me???
Through the magic of Red Eye, Dave seems to be hypnotizing me into drinking that beer. That’s my story anyway.
a bit of Fry and Laurie. Language (by britishtvlover)
One of my favorite Fry & Laurie sketches. Seems to sum up both guys pretty well as comedians as well as being a pretty good summary of the subject of linguists. (Though Hugh does appear to be much smarter in real life than the guy he’s playing in the scene, per usual on the Fry & Laurie show.)
Photo stolen from my friend Brandon’s Facebook photos.
Our church meets in a building that serves as more or less a community arts building and hosts a bunch of stuff. Apparently yesterday, they hosted some sort of event that necessitated a 4 foot tall ice sculpture of a stiletto heeled shoe. That said “MOTHER” on the base. (You can’t see that in the photo though.)
Ed Sullivan Impression: “Really big shooooe.”
Ramones - Poison Heart (by RamonesVEVO)
Video 4 of 4 for the night.
Possibly, even PROBABLY my favorite RAMONES song. The video is nonsense that clearly was slapped together by a director that thought he was making a point…but the song is great and the lyrics are amazing, especially coming from the RAMONES. When Joey died, I played this one like non-stop.
I Believe In Miracles - The Ramones (by LiebermannRamone3)
Video 3 of 4 for the night.
A sort of latter-day offering from the Godfathers of Punk. One of those that just sticks in your head instantly. Pearl Jam covers this one semi-frequently.
The Ramones - I Don’t Wanna Grow Up [HD] (by LiebermannRamone3)
Video 2 of 4 for the night.
The RAMONES covering a Tom Waits song. I love this song, and I love Tom Waits…but I loved the RAMONES version first.
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated (HQ) (by TheUploaderMan)
Video 1 of 4 for the night. The RAMONES are awesome. This is probably the first song I fell in love with in their catalogue, when I was a kid. Particularly remember listening to it all day walking around Cahokia Mounds on a walkman, via a tape my brother made for me.
Mmm. Watermel…wait…what?
Alabama Shakes - Hold On (Official Video) (by AlabamaShakes)
Seems that this band is the only thing I can talk about these days. I put on their record for the first time this week and within two minutes found myself saying out loud, “Well this is perfect!” Last band I fell in love with this immediately was the Drive-By Truckers. And Alabama Shakes is probably a little bit more accessible. So come on, click it. What’s the worst that’ll happen? You won’t like a song for a minute or two? I don’t think that’ll happen to you, anyway. So go on. Click it.
(By the way - This video is shared from their official YouTube channel and they have an official website at www.alabamashakes.com. A band at this level shouldn’t be pirated, so I’m keeping it legal. I also bought their record in physical form. You should too.)
It’s a little dark and grainy on these newfangled “high-def” screens we’re all using now. For some reason, some stuff looked better in lo-fi… But this is one of my favorite pictures of me and my brother. That’s me with the long hair. I used to look like that, in case you didn’t know me then. This is from when Dave and I were running the band Uncle Dick. Seems forever ago. But it was probably like 2003. :)
Just some guitars on a stand. Thought it looked cool.
