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MeFi post:
A History of Techno
What's up with those Aphex Twin videos that are just clips of shit blowing up (see link "c" and linked from youtube page)? Are those "official" in any way or just a weird youtube trend? Some of those songs are way older than the clip material, like Alberto Balsalm.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 10:51 AM on June 29, 2008
WHAT NO TERRY RILEY??? C'mON!
Yeah, I think it's clear that this is a flawed list with a very narrow "mid-late 90's" perspective.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 6:56 PM on June 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Totally outrageous!!!
Back off man! I'm a scientist!
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 8:27 AM on June 26, 2008
Anybody remember those weird "oily" stickers that you could push on and see color swirls? I remember people calling them "oilies" or "pressies." I scanned through the page kind of quickly and didn't see any mention of it, but I wasn't sure what to look for. It's one of those things I remember from childhood and am still not sure if it was real.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 8:32 AM on June 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Nostalg-afire Explosion
I used to think Mitzi Mozzerela was pretty hot when I was 8 until a friend dared me to run up to the stage and look up her dress....
DON'T LOOK UP HER DRESS!
This day I'm still not sure what all that stuff is for.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 11:53 PM on June 7, 2008
...TO this day...
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 11:53 PM on June 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Wrath of the Grapevine: The Roots of John Fahey
I was walked into a bike shop this afternoon listening to John Fahey on my headphones - when I took my headphones off, I continued to hear John Fahey, playing in the shop! This post continues the coincidences nicely. Good post, thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 4:15 PM on June 1, 2008
MeFi post:
The Apostrophe Engine
The first line I clicked on, "you are a hockey stick broken over the spine of a 19th century hunchback you figured had no business playing street hockey in the first place" yielded mostly uninteresting results, until I got to the last line:
"you are afraid someone will fall on you"
And guess what: I am.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 9:53 PM on May 28, 2008
MeFi post:
For all the Maybes and the Don't-Knows
This movie looks totally awesome and hilarious and way better than that marionette movie. I am very excited to see it and am happy to have been introduced to it and know that it's now out on DVD. thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 5:16 AM on May 21, 2008
MeFi post:
R Comics Gud?
Anyone know what panel they're referring to?
I'm pretty sure they mean this. It's the last panel of X-Men 132. X-Men 133 is basically Wolverine spending an entire issue mutilating the entire Hellfire Club.
Ah yes... I once re-drew this panel and had it printed on a custom print pot-holder for my mom for mothers day. Because that's the kind of 10 year old I was/still am.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 10:09 PM on May 2, 2008
MeFi post:
For Arthur
As brownpau said, many of these have been Nasa Image of the Day pictures. There, they're in a slightly less manipulated form - I have a softer (colorwise) version of this one as my desktop.
Original image on NASA IOTD
The earth (in the original, unmanipulated one) in the background is just insane to me - it looks like snow, snow that is right next to you, at your feet.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 1:34 PM on March 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Well, I guess it's for a good cause...
I second what 2or3whiskeysodas just said. If I had more money, I'd pledge again! (and during the Yo La Tengo fun, too)
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 7:25 AM on March 2, 2008
Also, it's worth mentioning here (if unfamiliar with WFMU, though the info is sure to be found in the FPP links) that the reason they do these stunts every year is because WFMU is nearly 100% listener supported (there have been a few grants, I think) - no underwriting, no sponsorship, no corporate anything. They make all the money that keeps them operational (and totally awesome) through these pledge drives (for only these 2 weeks each year) and the record fair. And the DJ's are all... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 7:35 AM on March 2, 2008
The only thing that could make the Best Show better is a timestamped index of bits. That, and the end of Philly Boy Roy
Wait, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 2:15 PM on March 2, 2008
MeFi post:
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly
As a semi-aside, it's interesting this is on Fred Weaver's site. I saw him perform years ago at Brownie's in NYC (around 2000), and used a song of his in a short film. Haven't kept up with his music, but I dug what he'd done at the time. In fact, I'd completely forgotten about him, so this is not only an interesting post, but a nice reminder to check him out again! Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 6:30 PM on February 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Water, water, anywhere?
We're whalers on the moon! We carry a harpoon! But there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and we sing our whalin' tune!
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 10:23 AM on February 27, 2008
MeFi post:
The Marvel Assistant Editors' Month
but still not as silly as the marvel team-up that i *think* was also part of assistant editor's month, where aunt may and franklin richards saved the day with twinkie-like snack cakes
Weren't those one page ads, like, for twinkies? Or was ther an actual story that revolved around this as well.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 6:15 PM on February 23, 2008
or was THERE....? /tired
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 6:15 PM on February 23, 2008
smooth.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 6:22 PM on February 23, 2008
!!!!
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at 6:22 PM on February 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Put your headphones on
With the Diana Deutsch one I started off by hearing only "no wang no wang" like tehloki, but very quickly it became the creepier (for me) exclamation: "No, Graham!"
...which is my name...
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 9:34 AM on February 21, 2008
Sorry, the Diana Deutsch Phantom Words one, I mean.
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at 9:42 AM on February 21, 2008
MeFi post:
I just want more episodes of Metalocalypse
BSG wasn't when I first checked the list, they must have added it.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 9:46 AM on February 11, 2008
...wasn't 'there'
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 9:51 AM on February 11, 2008
has anyone ever gotten away with a crime or walked free on any of these shows? answer: never
As with what natabat said, it sometimes seems like the whole point of Law and Order is to show you that in our legal system, a lot of bad folks DO get away with it.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 11:15 AM on February 12, 2008
... I guess that's why they have that wonderfully bizarre / dissonant early Cronenberg/Howard Shore type score permeating throughout (on the flagship, regular ol' "Law and Order," not so much in the spinoffs), creating an apocalyptic sense of dread.
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at 11:18 AM on February 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Freeze frame
Wow. This is a great find! I'm amazed that room sat completely untouched for so long - I kind of want to hear more about those who kept it.
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 7:59 PM on February 8, 2008
I don't think I could have survived a week not knowing what was behind a locked room in my house growing up. I used to *fantasize* about finding the blueprints of my house and seeing that there was unallocated space hiding a secret room. How could you go a whole lifetime!? Three lifetimes!!?
posted to MetaFilter by SmileyChewtrain
at 8:19 PM on February 8, 2008
