That doesn't look like any bike sign I've ever seen, but such is the ineffable nature of art, I suppose.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 23 May 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Michael Shannon is in Groundhog Day
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
Looks more like a bird wearing a monocle.
― pplains, Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
He's clearly had some work done since then.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Saturday, 23 May 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
In the '60s, Charles Wilp tried to get the Monks to record the soundtrack to an Afri-Cola ad but the execs rejected it.
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
Henery Hawk preceded Foghorn Leghorn.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
That Costello is an Irish name, not Italian.
― punning display, Monday, 25 May 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
That ventriloquism developed from an ancient Greek religious practice called gastromancy, where the practitioner would channel the voices of the dead who were apparently resident in their stomach. It only became stagecraft in the 18th century, and dummies only began to be used in the 19th century vaudeville era.
― some infected evening (Matt #2), Monday, 25 May 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
i think this factoid was on QI or something
"The word ventriloquism derives from the Latin words ventri (belly) and loquor (to speak)"
― koogs, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
there was a good-looking cultural studies book abt it all maybe ten years back -- by stephen something? -- which i bought to read and then was suddenly w/o a bday present for a friend and gave it to them unread and now can't remember author or title
― mark s, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
an ancient Greek religious practice called gastromancy
^best school of magic
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 25 May 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Scatomancy tho.
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Dumbstruck by Stephen Connor?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dumbstruck-Cultural-Ventriloquism-Steven-Connor-ebook/dp/B001KVZPVC
― koogs, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
The etymology of the word "tabby," which ultimately is from the Arabic, the name of some neighborhood in Baghdad. There's more to it, see here:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tabby
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
Ooh, that's a good one.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
Thanks
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
Costell'O
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 25 May 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
stephen connor, yes, cheers
― mark s, Monday, 25 May 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
That not refrigerating beer or wine and just drinking it with a couple of ice cubes thrown in is totally fine
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
I've done that many times with wine but for some reason never considered doing it with beer.
― Alba, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
it is absolutely not fine
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
Lol yes i cry foul
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
When I was in singapore a most places gave you a glass of ice with your bottle of Tiger and after my initial revulsion it turns out to be awesome when its hot as shit and you are eating noodles and curry puffs and chicken rice.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
well sure, Tiger
― Bleeqwot (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Just shuddering thinking of cubing a Trippel or a Quad
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
Had it served that way at a Vietnamese restaurant and surprised it worked, but it was a San Miguel lager, I think.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah low grade lagers only. But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
what if the secret to loving ridiculously overhopped ipas and other beardy beer treats was a couple cubes of ice all along
― mh, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
Linus Pauling was a dedicated dancer. Just heard that on a podcast about Genius Dinners that the Kennedys were throwing in the early 60s from a podcast called Feast. Liked to tango and things.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
cubing a quad is the new gleaming the cube
― I bless Claire Danes down in Africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
But part of me wants to ask for a 12% barrel aged stout on ice at a fancy beer bar someday
― joygoat
Scoop of vanilla ice cream or gtfo.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
Manon and Manon Lescaut are different operas.
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
Steve Priest from The Sweet wasn't gay.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
The saxophone was invented by a guy called Sax
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Kevin Ayers was managed by John Reid for a while.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
... as was Michael Flatley!
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
irl titter
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
ditto
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
Born Warren Wilhelm Jr., he changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm in 1983 and finally to Bill de Blasio in 2001 to honor his maternal family.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 03:52 (three years ago) link
Nothing untoward at all about renaming yourself for your mom's family but self-christening with a more "ayyy New Yoooak" name when you're running for city council is kind afunny
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Friday, 5 June 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
Will that, and the German emperor.
― pplains, Friday, 5 June 2020 10:41 (three years ago) link
I had no idea that actor (etc.) Wallace Shawn was the son of William Shawn, the famed New Yorker editor. (I also could have sworn he was dead, but maybe I was thinking of William Goldman.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
Limahl (of “The Neverending Story” fame) was the singer in Kajagoogoo.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
Kevin Spacey's real name is Kevin Fowler, which tbf is extraordinarily boring name for an actor and sounds like the reserve team manager at Accrington Stanley or something.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
Ha - at one point my learning process went exactly in reverse: Limahl, the singer for 80s one-hit wonders Kajagoogoo, had a song in the movie The Neverending Story, which I have never seen.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
Yeah, no he is definitely of Kajagoogoo and indeed Limahl fame.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
Did not know that about the Shawns
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 5 June 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
Limahl was the other Mark Hamill, which is what the stage name was an anagram of, surname at least.Did taht haircut take off much? Looks like he's wearing an animal head or something on his head.
Nick Beggs the band bassist went onto some renown I heard.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
Max Born is Olivia Newton-John's grandfather.
― jmm, Saturday, 6 June 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link