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Got any lyrics you'd like to see turned into songs? Got any songs that need lyrics? Post em on here and have fun collaborating with your fellow mefites. There's some cool stuff goin on over in the
music section, if you haven't checked it out you should, it's awesome, if you don't
mediocre might
punch you in the dick
posted to MetaTalk by BrnP84
at 2:20 PM on August 6, 2008
(56 comments)
Uncle Bobby's Wedding:
A librarian's rebuttal to a book removal/relocation request involving a children's title dealing with gay marriage. Via
MyLiBlog.
posted to MetaFilter by rollbiz
at 4:49 PM on July 30, 2008
(86 comments)
I'm looking for guitar tablature sites similar to
Dansm's that are created by one person out of a labor of love, as opposed to OLGA-type "tab archives" like Ultimate-guitar.com.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bondcliff
at 11:49 AM on July 28, 2008
(6 comments)
"Dear Mr Clarke...
I had been a great admirer of your books for quite a time and had always wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial really good science-fiction movie." Excerpts from the letters of Stanley Kubrick.
posted to MetaFilter by kirkaracha
at 8:57 AM on July 15, 2008
(19 comments)
Back in the 80s DiC produced a cartoon, aired in syndication and on ABC Saturday Mornings, called "
The Real Ghostbusters." Based on the popular action-comedy movie, it more-or-less continued the adventures of Ray, Egon, Winston and
Garfield Peter through seven seasons of supernatural shenanigans. It could have been a mere cash-in, but there was something more to it. It aspired to realism, at least as much as possible. It was story-edited by
J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5. (He also worked on
He-Man and
Murder She Wrote!)
This may explain the second season episode, written by
Michael Reaves and rife with Lovecraft references, in which the Ghostbusters face down the Cthulhu cult.
Part 1 -
Part 2 -
Part 3
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris
at 3:29 AM on June 25, 2008
(64 comments)
Breakdown.
First-hand accounts of the impact and stigma of mental illness. Moving subject matter presented in a way that updates traditional newspaper reporting.
posted to MetaFilter by GuyZero
at 1:05 PM on June 23, 2008
(18 comments)
Slangin' Liquor in the Hood
From the site:
A look into the everyday dealings of a 34 year old liquor store owner and his crew in the "hood." Gangs, trailer parks, alcoholics, methheads, crack heads (yeah they still exist)....I read somewhere that this profession makes the top 5 regularly among the most dangerous jobs. But me, I ain't scurred.
posted to MetaFilter by The ____ of Justice
at 8:48 PM on June 18, 2008
(21 comments)
Here's your chance to bake bread like a master.
Cookingbread.com. The detailed step-by-step instructions include photos to help guide you through each bread recipe, from start to finish. You will find many different kinds of recipes for bread machines, or family classics such as
cheese bread and
banana bread. I just made some
cracked wheat this past weekend. Also includes
printable recipe cards. So get baking.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros
at 5:41 AM on June 4, 2008
(15 comments)
I'm looking for a small replica (say 8-12") of the Copenhagen Little Mermaid for my garden pond. (In other words, suitable for outdoors.) Anyone know where I can get one? Tried to find online tourist shops in Copenhagen, but no luck. Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nax
at 1:32 PM on May 28, 2008
(5 comments)
If you find yourself in
Finland on the evening of April 30th or on May 1st, you must be aware of the following information. Today is
Vappu. Also known as Walpurgis Night, Vappu is a traditional holiday in Finland, and there are a number of unique social customs and dress you must be aware of in order to avoid embarrassment and ridicule.
posted to MetaFilter by Lord_Pall
at 1:04 PM on April 30, 2008
(12 comments)
At least it will sound like I'm furiously busy as I fritter away the rest of the afternoon racing.
TypeRacing!
posted to MetaFilter by BoatMeme
at 12:51 PM on April 24, 2008
(90 comments)
303, 909, FX, MIXER
=
ACID VARSITY. In other words, two virtual 303s, a 909, effects and a mixer running for free right in your browser.
posted to MetaFilter by 6am
at 9:16 AM on April 4, 2008
(41 comments)
I need song suggestions to help me make a (de)motivational compilation CD for work - along the lines of 'We've got to get out of this place' and 'I hate the world today'.
posted to Ask Metafilter by xoe26
at 7:24 AM on March 20, 2008
(71 comments)
Why aren't turtles dinosaurs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Listener
at 1:33 PM on March 11, 2008
(22 comments)
I'm looking for some funny and smart fiction books, along the lines of "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal."
posted to Ask Metafilter by banjo_and_the_pork
at 9:34 AM on March 6, 2008
(60 comments)
What are the best websites/blogs that will help me kick my head to head fantasy baseball league's ass?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ufez Jones
at 12:58 PM on February 12, 2008
(3 comments)
What cool stuff is there to visit/see along
Interstate 91 in Massachusetts and Vermont?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mmahaffie
at 1:51 PM on June 16, 2005
(27 comments)
I am madly in love with NPR's
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Please recommend similar shows, preferably available via podcast.
posted to Ask Metafilter by CaptApollo
at 5:47 PM on January 15, 2008
(27 comments)
I'm looking for porn a girl might like. But apparently I'm picky.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:51 AM on January 14, 2008
(32 comments)
Police procedural/gumshoe, sandbox games?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Happy Dave
at 9:07 AM on January 14, 2008
(8 comments)
I have a huge mental block when it comes to writing songs that is the direct result of being ridiculed or sometimes even punished by my father when I was little. It's so bad that even when I try, a little voice in my head screams, "no, no, no!" and I just shut down.
Freewriting is great, but I need to be able to ignore that voice even when I'm writing thoughtfully and paying attention to conventions like rhyme, rhythm and melody.
I have plenty of ideas, but I need help learning how to get them out onto paper.
Any ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by freshwater_pr0n
at 6:39 PM on December 27, 2007
(21 comments)
Have there ever been any Indiana Jones-style booby traps discovered in real-world archaeological/exploration expeditions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sherlockt
at 9:47 AM on December 20, 2007
(8 comments)
Fancying myself a connoisseur of egg nog, I want to know your favorite pre-manufactured egg nogs (both alcoholic and non), and your favorite (or even "secret") family recipes to help me find the the best nog ever.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mboszko
at 11:07 AM on November 28, 2007
(28 comments)
I want to say I played this game around age 12 or 13, so that would be right around 1990 or so.
It was a computer game where you played a character in charge of a group of people who are sent back through time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by meggie78
at 12:53 PM on November 27, 2007
(4 comments)
How does one get their music used in TV commercials?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mds35
at 8:15 AM on September 13, 2005
(10 comments)
All hail 70s-era Shatner! He began his career with some rather prestigious projects, appearing in
The Brothers Karamazov and
Judgment at Nuremberg, as well as some rather high profile appearance in
Twilight Zone and
Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But even then, there were hints of exploitation, such as 1961's
The Explosive Generation, in which Shatner played a teacher whose job is endangered when she speaks
candidly to kids about sex. And there was 1962's
The Intruder, a Roger Corman film from 1963 in which Shatner
played a carpetbagging racist inciting violence in a southern town. (
Clip.) And, of course, there was
Incubus from 1965,
a horror film in Esperanto. (
Clip.) But, after
Star Trek, at the start of the 70s, something went haywire.
posted to MetaFilter by Astro Zombie
at 1:09 PM on November 16, 2007
(64 comments)
Help me itemise the necessities for opening a small bar.
posted to Ask Metafilter by strawberryviagra
at 3:26 AM on November 7, 2007
(8 comments)
Dear AskMe women: help me buy a vibrator!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 10:40 PM on November 6, 2007
(18 comments)
My girlfriend and I are looking for a sexy, scary movie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 8:35 PM on November 4, 2007
(39 comments)
I'm an IT professional who is having a very hard time finding a job. What am I doing wrong?
posted to Ask Metafilter by PetiePal
at 11:46 AM on October 19, 2007
(14 comments)
My, uh, sex-obsessed aunt has glaucoma and was recently prescribed medicinal marijuana. Now, she'd like to watch some movies that will blow her mind and body.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cloeburner
at 1:57 PM on July 31, 2007
(21 comments)
King of Fruits,
Tempter of Adam, Prize of Paris: It's
apple-picking time. The apple's
origins reach into prehistory. Thanks to tremendous
genetic variance in each new generation, humans have cultivated a
dizzying number of
named varieties, as many as
17,000, of which
7500 are available as growth stock. In the past,
different apples were prized for particular strengths:
cider pressing,
storage,
cooking,
drying, or eating out of hand. Despite this bounty,
just 15 shelf-stable, shiny,
easy-to-pick varieties account for 90% of apple sales today. But
heirloom apple growers are
working to preserve the old flavors of the
Roxbury Russet, the
Westfield Seek-No-Further, the
Fallawater, the
Limbertwig, the
King Luscious...
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 1:59 PM on October 2, 2007
(58 comments)
How do you acquire a good literary agent?
posted to Ask Metafilter by plexi
at 8:24 AM on September 13, 2007
(5 comments)
So it turns out my kid brother might be a furry. Is this normal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 12:49 PM on August 16, 2007
(44 comments)
The inscrutable
Crocodile Dentist Toy: does the crocodile really snap at random? Or is there a way to outsmart the reptile?
posted to Ask Metafilter by The Toad
at 6:08 AM on August 3, 2007
(10 comments)
The Censored Eleven
[
IMDB] is a
group of Warner Brothers cartoons that have been withheld from syndication because of their racial stereotypes:
Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land (1931;
info),
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936;
info),
Clean Pastures (1937;
info),
Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937),
Jungle Jitters (1938),
The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938),
All This and Rabbit Stew (1941;
info),
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943;
info),
Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943;
info),
Angel Puss (1944), and
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944).
[more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by kirkaracha
at 7:01 AM on July 10, 2007
(65 comments)
