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Record producer Terry Melcher dies. Melcher, one of the creators of the 1960's Los Angeles sound produced the Byrds hits "Turn Turn Turn" and "Mr Tamberine Man" and he also played on the Beach Boys seminal album "Pet Sounds." At one time, Melcher also owned this house and, for a while, he believed that the murders that occurred there might have been in retribution for not signing this guy to a record contract.
posted by thedailygrowl at 11:05 PM PST - 25 comments

Space Age Pop a go-go. Space Age Pop and Exotica album covers, complete with track listings and fun little comments. For fans of Dick Hyman, Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny, Esquivel, Ultra Lounge, and Shag. Even better, 317x.com offers enlargements. I Dig Chicks!. Tabu! Unsure of what all this might be? Take a listen (real audio only), with lots to choose from.
posted by ashbury at 11:05 PM PST - 8 comments

So you've zoomed in on your house and admired your city skyline. Now get back down to earth, and take a virtual drive of every inch of Washington state's public highway system. [+]
posted by PrinceValium at 9:34 PM PST - 11 comments

4,563 cartoons by Welsh cartoonist Leslie Illingworth

"The Illingworth cartoon collection at the National Library, which contains 4,563 images, explores a wide variety of topics through the eyes of one of Britain's best known cartoonists of the twentieth century."
posted by bob sarabia at 8:56 PM PST - 3 comments

Ever copy your ass on the office copier? According to experts, several printer companies quietly encode the serial number and the manufacturing code of their color laser printers and color copiers on every document those machines produce.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:59 PM PST - 44 comments

Rouge. For people who like a little theory with their cinema. Four volumes so far.
posted by dobbs at 2:59 PM PST - 15 comments

Fed up with fashion? You could revolt. Or not.
posted by timeistight at 2:36 PM PST - 80 comments

Scream Talking fifty short pieces written by Warren Ellis for his livejournal.
posted by drezdn at 2:24 PM PST - 8 comments

Espressostories short stories, 25 words or less, short enough to fit into the time it takes to reach the bottom of that bitter little cup. Gory, dramatic and death, nuggets of wisdom and of course love stories.
posted by dabitch at 2:23 PM PST - 30 comments

Photos of the world's cities.
posted by freebird at 2:15 PM PST - 19 comments

iPod Casings Au-go-go Have you seen the iPod socks? Even cuter: the iPod cozies. They just announced this iGrab casing which looks cool in an Arne Jacobson kinda way. If you live the life aquatic there’s a casing that allows an iPod mini to completely submerge underwater. I’m an old school pink bubblegum iSkin kinda guy. Finally, if casings aren't your deal there’s the solar powered iPod battery back up. If I could just get on the L.A. freeway with one. Please post other fun iPod goodies.
posted by alfredogarcia at 1:58 PM PST - 32 comments

Edison spoke: "Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best..."

Auditory Antiquity as Anachronism.

Does One fancy the Sonic Cylinders and Spindled Spirals of Edison? are the Victorians' crackling gramophones what Ought to be? could it be the Transitory Teens for a treat in Tonality? perhaps One is enamored by the Resonance as Reasoned by the Roaring Decadence of Decade, the fret of Jitterbug Fears, and some Hopped-up Lindys instead?

Why not Then and Then to be found at Once?

( Fully formed Fondness recommends the abilities of a Reality Playfulness, the oddish Ogg, and an M.P.-third to boot. )
posted by tenseone at 1:33 PM PST - 7 comments

A Vision of a (possible) future of the blogo-news-web-sphere. Or something.
posted by mmahaffie at 12:52 PM PST - 32 comments

Who Wears Short Shorts? Micro Stories and MFA Disgust Being a writer in today's lovely world of fiction and creative nonfiction is like reliving 70's TV hell, where that Nair commercial jingle has been conveniently rewritten into "Who writes short shorts?" Poetic vision rarely shows up. After all, how can you express vision in 100 words? As for plot and character development, give those antiquated goods to Goodwill. All that matters with short shorts is a competent writing style and a desire for lots of publication credits.
posted by ColdChef at 12:26 PM PST - 33 comments

Hero Machine 2. Like Hero Machine Classic, but not.
posted by armoured-ant at 12:04 PM PST - 12 comments

Searching for Hope? Purpose? Relief? Well then, look no further my friends - Bob Saget will save your soul! In my goal to share my love for Bob Saget with the rest of the world, I have taken it upon myself to amass the largest collection of pictures to ever chronicle the life of our great Saviour. So please, browse through our website and prepare yourself for a journey into the vast depths of Bob's heart. Remember, Bob loves you, and he wishes for you to join us on the spiritual path to enlightenment.

Don't know about you - but I'm convinced.
posted by mattr at 10:22 AM PST - 25 comments

Computer as author. (NYT) "Dave Striver loved the university - its ivy-covered clocktowers, its ancient and sturdy brick, and its sun-splashed verdant greens and eager youth. The university, contrary to popular opinion, is far from free of the stark unforgiving trials of the business world: academia has its own tests, and some are as merciless as any in the marketplace. A prime example is the dissertation defense: to earn the Ph.D., to become a doctor, one must pass an oral examination on one's dissertation. This was a test Professor Edward Hart enjoyed giving." by Brutus.1
posted by semmi at 9:12 AM PST - 16 comments

New York Changing. Rephotographs from then and now.
posted by stbalbach at 9:09 AM PST - 43 comments

Peep Show. Ah, now that's lurid-sounding. What it is, however, is a comedy from BBC that's way, way funnier than The Office. Reviewers chatter about the Herman's Head-like gimmick -- you hear the characters' thoughts -- but the better gimmick? Excellent writing.
posted by mimi at 7:04 AM PST - 26 comments

Rate My Professor! A searchable database of student ratings of their college professors. In what must be a wonderful reflection of the current status of the American and Canadian higher education systems, the ratings include entries for how easy the professor is and, of course, how hot they are. So click around, visit your alma mater, and let that jerk who almost flunked you in freshman comp feel your wrath!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:46 AM PST - 74 comments

"...I should like someone to remember that there once lived a person named David Berger"
posted by PenDevil at 4:23 AM PST - 99 comments

HeightMax I'd like to believe this is a joke, but I don't think it is. Internet scammers are no longer content with enlarging just parts of your body. Now you can grow the whole thing!
posted by Mwongozi at 4:05 AM PST - 35 comments