Casey Kasem must've been like "this is a mistake, right? this is another god damn mistake again, isn't it?"
― pplains, Saturday, 29 May 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
Been listening to the Big Boys a bunch in the past week and just went to read up on some band history on the old wiki page and found this nugget as amazing.
"Horn player Tim Kopra became an astronaut and commander of the International Space Station. "
Mind blown...
― earlnash, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
That can't be real? If it is that's wild.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
There's an archived Drowned in Sound article about him being a big fan of Echo & the Bunnymen, not totally surprising I guess!
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 01:52 (three years ago) link
The chorus was by performed by some U2 fans that were hanging about outside studio 3 on Windmill Lane in Dublin. There was an attempt to record the team but it was a disaster. Somebody had the great idea of using beer to loosen up the team's vocal cords.Anthony "Anto" Drennan is credited with playing lead guitar on the single. He actually recorded it in a single take which is very unusual.
― in a bar, under the (seandalai), Saturday, 5 June 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Ron Dante’s Wikipedia page is amazing. Can’t pick just one thing to post.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
The extremely bright light required for filming under the Technicolor process melted the wax figures, though many characters (Queen Victoria, Disraeli, Joan of Arc) were portrayed by actors. About half of the figures are portrayed by actors. This was the plan from the start, and may have been as much out of a desire to add life-like verisimilitude to the exhibits as to protect wax mannequins from the heat.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
today in Wikipedia subheadingshttps://t.co/rGopvK2HFm pic.twitter.com/i7jvrL8bLI— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) June 25, 2021
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 June 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
A+ screencap
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 25 June 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
He has a tenor type voice and possesses almost 4 octave vocal range, with a melodic and aggressive vocal, always using the voice mix, a common technique in the musical style, but with a lot of drive, giving the impression of a torn voice in heavy songs, and a soft voice in slow songs.
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Friday, 25 June 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
Tran and Lance ride by on motorbikes and shoot Jesse dead for reneging on their bet, hitting the Volkswagen in the process.
― peace, man, Friday, 25 June 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
The meaning of "Unskinny Bop" has always been shrouded in obscurity.
― Alba, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
it means high-BMI dancing
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
On soul/blues singer Marvin Sease: There was a poster depicting Sease in the film, Pretty in Pink.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
While the group was a ground breaking Christian metal band, today Vengeance Rising is known for vocalist Martinez's turning from Christianity to Satanism to atheism,[4] since he has continuously done interviews about it.
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 July 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
fuck, this whole article is nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_Rising
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 July 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
A second Werewolf by Night first appeared in the third volume of Werewolf by Night and was created by Taboo of the Black-Eyed Peas, Benjamin Jackendoff, and Scot Eaton.[15]
― peace, man, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTxbbFzaGo
― brimstead, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
The old county aristocracy would lead the way, making hay from the early adoption of this new technology.[26] But capitalism is creative destruction. The adoption of the new technology sowed the eventual demise of the old feudal landowning aristocracy. A new class of merchant-adventurers, inventors, innovators, and industrialists would slowly begin to displace the old landed fatcats
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
^yeah I also found that to be a weird addition to the Yahoo Serious wiki article
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
Aldrin reentered Eagle first, but, before ascending the ladder, he was the first human to urinate on the Moon.[91]
― visiting, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
doesn’t count if you do it in your nappy, Buzz. write yr name in the dust or stfu
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
Years active: 1981-nowadays
getting a little casual there arent we, wiki info box?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 12 August 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
The band's name is pronounced /fɪʃə ˈzɛd/ ("fisher zed"), a pun on "fish's head" with the "h" dropped, as is usual in many British regional accents. The pun also relies on leaving the "r" unpronounced as in common British non-rhotic accents.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 August 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
Outside of music, Mingus published a mail-order how-to guide in 1954 called The Charles Mingus CAT-alog for Toilet Training Your Cat. The guide explained in detail how to get a cat to use a human toilet.[16][17] Sixty years later, in 2014, the late American character actor Reg E. Cathey performed a voice recording of the complete guide for Studio 360.[18]
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 07:32 (two years ago) link
O_0
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 07:39 (two years ago) link
shit, cat
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 07:49 (two years ago) link
The algorithm was first published in the 1979 paper "Intersection numbers of sections of elliptic surfaces" by Cox and Zucker,[2] and it was later named the "Cox–Zucker machine" by Charles Schwartz in 1984.[1] The name is a homophone for an obscenity, and this was a deliberate move by Cox and Zucker, who conceived of the idea of coauthoring a paper as graduate students at Princeton for the express purpose of enabling this joke, a joke they followed through on while professors at Rutgers five years later
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 20 August 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
According to his own account, Sax Rohmer decided to start the Dr Fu Manchu series after his Ouija board spelled out C-H-I-N-A-M-A-N when he asked what would make his fortune.
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
A limited edition of this album was released as a brain-shaped CD, with a bonus 2-track CD titled Somnus Pecunia Cibus.[8] The reason for the bonus disc was to include "Go to Hell", which wouldn't fit on the brain shaped CD, due to the cutting required for the brain shape.
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 September 2021 05:41 (two years ago) link
Galaxy Records was closed down for good around 1990's due to conflict problems.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
The most widely known edition of snakes and ladders in the United States is Chutes and Ladders, released by Milton Bradley in 1943. The playground setting replaced the snakes, which were disliked by children at the time
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
good thing the children of the USA outgrew that weird quirk!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
"We sell a lot of products in the “Bag O'” line.. like Bag O’ Glass, Bag O’ Nails, Bag O’ Bugs, Bag O’ Vipers, Bag O’ Sulfuric Acid. They’re decent toys, you know what I mean?"
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
That is a surprisingly interesting article. I didn't know the game was so ancient.
The morality lesson of the game was that a person can attain salvation (Moksha) through doing good, whereas by doing evil one will be reborn as lower forms of life. The number of ladders was less than the number of snakes as a reminder that a path of good is much more difficult to tread than a path of sins.
― jmm, Monday, 27 September 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Compared to other types of insults, "your mother" insults are especially likely to incite violence.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_insult
― New York Review of Wooks (swim), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
from Two Out of Three Ain't Bad article
The Japanese release changes the title of the song to use a percentage, translating it as "66% is good enough".[5]
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 September 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
CastingJennifer O'Neill was originally cast in the film but was told she needed to cut her hair because it would be easier to film the zero-G scenes. She gave in, drinking wine during the haircut and leaving noticeably impaired. She lost the part after a serious car crash on the way home.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 October 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
wowwww. great one.is re: The Black Hole (1979) if anyone else was wondering.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 4 October 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
The band toured the United States and Canada in 2000, during which it had a fourth member, a giant robot guitarist named Zyclor.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
xps, that haircut of Jennifer O'Neill's must have been the source of her short style in the Chuck Norris movie A Force of One. I thought that was a great look for her!
― Josefa, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Zyclor (aciclovir) is used for the treatment of initial and recurrent mucocutaneous Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2) infections and the treatment of severe first episodes of genital herpes infections in immunocompetent individuals. It is also for the treatment of HSV encephalitis and neonatal HSV infections.
interesting name for a giant robot guitarist
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
does this work as a place for just strange things you've come across generally? i couldn't find a mummified cats thread ..
http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/12/18/tens-of-thousands-of-egyptian-mummies-in-english-soil/
basically tons of mummified cats were shipped over from egypt and used as fertilizer around Liverpool
(this was mentioned in passing in one of the two American Gods related short stories)
― koogs, Monday, 11 October 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link
also used for paint and maybe cosmetics iirc
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
I've watched enough episodes of Horrible Histories to know mummies were used for all sorts.
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
human remains from Napoleonic battlefields were exported to England as fertilizer in the early 19th century. There was no such thing as "too soon" back then.
― calzino, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 09:20 (two years ago) link
Posted this in the "shockingly old" thread, but I guess it fits better here:
The Country Life cover features two scantily-clad models, Constanze Karoli (sister of Can's Michael Karoli) and Eveline Grunwald (who was also Michael Karoli's girlfriend).
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 10:06 (two years ago) link
Away from football, during his spell with Norwich,[41] he invented a percussion instrument called The Dube,[42] a form of cajón. In 2011, he accompanied Ocean Colour Scene during a gig at the University of East Anglia.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:19 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, I remember reading about this, Dion Dublin?
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 11:22 (two years ago) link
Yup, 'Homes Under the Hammer' took me there.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link