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at 4:24 PM on October 11, 2008
(71 comments)
In 1982,
Steve Wozniak sank a lot of his own money into creating the
US Festivals -- the first large concerts to celebrate the
merging of music, technology (and money). For the second (and final) US Festival in 1983, Van Halen was given
1.5 million dollars, up front, to headline the
1983 US Festival. What did they give back to their fans?
Well, about eighty-four seconds into their first song, David Lee Roth screamed, "
I forgot the f@¢₭n' words!" Along with
a swipe at the Clash, the set that followed remains
evar a
drunken classic of
testosterone-
fueled pop metal campiness. About 3:20 into
this clip, DLR launches into his epic fail version of "God Bless the Child" -- 'nuff said.
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 2:01 PM on October 10, 2008
(35 comments)
Assignment details: Discuss the following: We know that life exists on Earth, and has taken billions of years to evolve into the things we see today. But has this happened anywhere other than Earth? Well, to help sort out this headscratcher of a question,
NASA has commissioned MC Oort Kuiper, aka Jonathan Chase, a grad student at the University of Glamorgan, to write a rap about it.
"Astrobiology" appears in the
European edition of
Astrobiology Magazine.
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 1:36 PM on September 25, 2008
(10 comments)
Dear Askme, "
Hi, my boyfriend set up a secret website and recruited all of my friends to participate in it without my knowledge. Should I seriously DTMFA for that?" Shit, I hope not! Oh! and
Happy Birthday, Jessamyn!
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display
at 9:02 PM on September 4, 2008
(117 comments)
Impromptu meetup in Esperanza, Vieques, Puerto Rico?
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at 9:40 PM on August 15, 2008
(14 comments)
A song written and recorded on my Tascam Porta-05 sometime around 1992-3. I've slowed it down about 25% to give it a more lazy feel. Mostly about music and how I feel about it.
posted to MeFi Music by not_on_display
at 8:16 PM on August 11, 2008
(9 comments)
Prescription swimming eyewear hacks please!
posted to Ask Metafilter by not_on_display
at 3:33 AM on August 6, 2008
(13 comments)
[via MetaFilter Music] "This is a live recording of Royal Quiet Deluxe, my band from 1998. The track features manipulated drum machines and vocals, bass, and two chickens playing keyboards. The band was short-lived and a (very) minor local legend in Virginia in the late 1990s. This is our story."
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 6:55 PM on August 2, 2008
(19 comments)
Fulfilling two of the Challenges for July: Wildcard (music you hate = techno) and Music (ripped off
James Bond Theme riff). Also, going for the trifecta, it's
a cappella (June's Style Challenge). And it's still July 31st in some parts of the world, so I think this should be allowed in the door.
posted to MeFi Music by not_on_display
at 10:40 PM on July 31, 2008
(14 comments)
MeFi Music Challenge, Lyrics Flavor. Toe-tappin' old-timey country happy blues.
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at 10:54 PM on June 29, 2008
(4 comments)
Good skateboarding parks in or around Cambridge MA, or less than a 20-minute drive therefrom? Whadda they have? Any good public places where skateboarding isn't frowned upon, with stairs, rails, curbs? For a 13-year-old who is at the basic level and wants a challenge.
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at 11:59 AM on June 18, 2008
(3 comments)
Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. Boss say Grunk go find pig, bring it back. Him say, if Grunk not bring back pig, not bring back Grunk either. Grunk like working at pig farm, so now Grunk need find pig.
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at 3:37 PM on June 17, 2008
(37 comments)
[NSFW]"The following program is in living color and has been rated X by the Vietnam academy of maggots. The purpose of this program is to bring vital news, information and hard acid rock to the first termers and non-re-enlistees in the Republic of Vietnam. Radio First Termer operates under no Air Force regulations or manuals. In the event of a vice squad raid this program will automatically self-destruct." Radio First Termer was a pirate radio show broadcast by "Dave Rabbit," an anonymous USAF sergeant, for 63 hours between January 1st and 21st, 1971, out of the back room of a brothel in Saigon, gracing the dial at 69 MHz and 690 AM.
Fearing reprisal from his superiors,
Dave Rabbit then shut
Radio First Termer down and, after returning to the States, went back to living a normal life. 34 years later, while helping his son on a homework assignment,
Dave came across old recordings of his show. He's since revived
his old persona via
podcast, and has also brought Radio First Termer back to the warzone--
to Baghdad, Iraq.
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at 6:13 PM on June 11, 2008
(11 comments)
It's so hot... so, so hot. So I'm looking for the best places in New England (specifically Boston-and-environs and Central Vermont) to go night-swimming and/or skinny-dipping.
posted to Ask Metafilter by not_on_display
at 3:55 PM on June 10, 2008
(12 comments)
NetClassixFilter: The next time you're standing clueless in the greeting cards section of your local drugstore franchise, you'll be wishing you'd visited the
Gallery of Unfortunate Greeting Cards instead. For all your holiday needs:
Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Weddings, 4th of July, Hallowe'
en, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and of course,
Washington's Birthday. [via Cap'n Wacky]
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at 8:33 PM on June 9, 2008
(18 comments)
Post-apocalyptic metal written by two 17-year-olds in 1987. Band name: HAMMERSCHLAG
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at 6:00 AM on May 23, 2008
(7 comments)
In the mid-eighties, there was some "event" on television. It was a (crappy) movie, but embedded within it was a contest and/or puzzle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by not_on_display
at 11:31 PM on May 17, 2008
(5 comments)
MOST POPULAR PONY!! I want more functionality for sorting and filtering through the
Popular Favorites. I'd like to have a box that allows me to choose: "Most Popular [posts, comments] on [Green, Blue, Black, Grey,...] in the past [n] days." (e.g. so that I could see all the popular AskMe posts side by side, over a longer timeframe, and without them being mixed in with the FPP's; or so that I could view the most listened to tracks on MeMu; or, or, or.)
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display
at 3:36 PM on May 17, 2008
(22 comments)
Garry McDonald, aka
Norman Gunston, aka the "
little aussie bleeder," may be well known out Australia way. For most Americans, however,
Norman G remains far, far down under the radar. But he's the forefather of the UK's
Ali G; he's Canadian
Nardwuar thee Human Serviette's nerdier dad; he's America's
Lazlo Toth (US) with a combover and a microphone; he's
Jiminy Glick's
Jack Sprat.
Perhaps you saw Norman long ago in a segment on USA Network's
Night Flight variety
show.
[bonus: many many youtubes of Night Flight segments, courtesy of this awesome website.] But I bet you didn't know he released a
KIckaSS single (among
others), jammed with
Frank Zappa, and was at the right place and time
to upstage a piece of Australian History. Not bad for someone whom
Keith Moon dumped his drink on and called a "great pooftah."
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 3:21 PM on May 4, 2008
(21 comments)
Eeeek! Bit in the ass by a tick! How did I get bit? Will I be OK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by not_on_display
at 2:06 PM on March 31, 2008
(16 comments)
