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I'm looking for something really freaky to put on the tv at the bar I work at; video imagery to really make some hipster indie rocker kids say wtf when they notice it playing in the background-"holy mountain" and svenmahers"alice" are my usual standbys, but I know you Mefites know just the thing to make a standard night watching post rock bands just a little stranger.what visuals would you use, remembering that the sound of the movie won't be heard--
posted to Ask Metafilter by donabean
at 11:46 PM on May 16, 2008
(56 comments)
What is the first question people ask when you tell them what you do? Are there common misconceptions or generalizations that people make? How do you tactfully and/or humorously correct them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by iamkimiam
at 9:02 AM on April 28, 2008
(151 comments)
This bouncy little number is from my band's new, self-released record. It opens with bassoon, bass clarinet and contra alto. There are more like it
here and
there.
posted to MeFi Music by foole
at 8:03 PM on April 17, 2008
(12 comments)
How can I convince my wife that living in a Yurt would be fun while I'm in medical school?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stuboo
at 2:17 PM on April 21, 2008
(39 comments)
Free Ambient Rain/Storm Recordings To Use As Working Whitenoise?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisalbon
at 4:47 PM on April 20, 2008
(14 comments)
HURF DURF METAFILTER ANALYZER
I've spent the last few days conducting a comprehensive review, and constructing an annotated index, of the use of variations of the phrase "hurf durf" on Metafilter. The index covers 357 separate comments (and 10 posts) on various parts of the site, in chronological order.
posted to Projects by cortex
at 1:49 PM on April 20, 2008
Excelsior 1968
A high school yearbook for the fictional Bristol County Secondary School in the fictional Staedtler, Ontario. Each student here is redrawn (and renamed) from my mother's actual 1968 high school yearbook.
I've put the entire thing on Flickr, but it's also available as a physical book from the online shop of my newly-redesigned
blog/website, which has all sorts of other
comics,
illustrations,
fonts, and other goodies.
posted to Projects by Robot Johnny
at 10:28 AM on April 14, 2008
Did your parents sing to or with you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by arcadia
at 2:47 PM on April 19, 2008
(89 comments)
"We Nathaniel Mulliken, Philip Russell, [and 32 other men], All of lawful age, and inhabitants of Lexington, in the County of Middlesex...do testify and declare, that on the nineteenth [of April] in the morning,
being informed that...
a body of regulars were marching from Boston towards Concord...and soon found
that a large body of troops were marching towards us...whilst our backs were turned on the troops,
we were fired on by them, and a number of our men were instantly killed and wounded..."
* Thus "
the shot heard around the world"
[video | 10:01] led American colonialists (eventually with
the help of the French)
on the path to founding a new nation [video | 54:04].
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 11:41 AM on April 19, 2008
(43 comments)
Belomorkanal.
The history of the canal between the White Sea and Leningrad, constructed using penal labour and opened 'in Stalin's name' in 1933.
From the
International Institute of Social History's collections. Of related interest :-
Photo Album Van Marken ('one of the first Dutch entrepreneurs who took care of the social welfare of his employees.');
the William Morris Archive;
Zo d'Axa ('Adventurer, traveller, anti-militarist, individualist, satirist, journalist, founder of two of the most legendary French magazines of the 1890s');
Auguste Fabre's 'Les Sky Scratchers', an optimistic vision from the 1890s;
Sylvain Maréchal, who 'proposed a new calendar replacing the names of the Saints with those of the "benefactors of humanity" '. More inside.
posted to MetaFilter by plep
at 10:33 AM on October 2, 2003
(7 comments)
Where can I go for the awesomest stargazing possible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket
at 3:31 PM on March 2, 2008
(40 comments)
Say you wanted to print a small chart of eternally and universally useful reference information on the back of your business card, so recipients would have a good incentive to carry it with them and refer to it often. What information would you choose?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mthomps00
at 12:34 PM on February 15, 2008
(39 comments)
So,
good day, and welcome to the
Bob and
Doug McKenzie FPP.
How's it goin' eh? Like, I've got some
back bacon fryin' up on the Coleman, a dozen
donuts, a
two-four, and our topic today is stuff on the internet relating to
these two Canadian hoseheads. So, like, sit back, put a
toque on,
grab a beer, and enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 10:17 AM on February 8, 2008
(67 comments)
Solid Gold was a television show that ran from 1980 to 1988, on Saturdays, in the early evening, hosted by (among others) Dionne Warwick, Rick Dees, and Marilyn McCoo. It showcased snippets of the Top Ten popular songs of the week, accompanied and sometimes interpreted by the
Solid Gold Dancers. This post is about them.
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 9:42 PM on January 11, 2008
(69 comments)
What significant items have been irretrievably lost?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MrBCID
at 3:14 PM on January 8, 2008
(85 comments)
More banjo / fiddle stuff.
posted to MeFi Music by Baby_Balrog
at 3:08 PM on January 4, 2008
(8 comments)
What brilliant recurring events have you set up on your calendar app?
posted to Ask Metafilter by electric_counterpoint
at 8:44 AM on October 25, 2007
(35 comments)
Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton
was coaxed by her sister at the age of 68 to take a
blind contour drawing class in Ottawa, Kansas, in order to possibly help alleviate her 35-year bout with clinical depression. By the time of her death in 1993,
her work (article includes quicktime link of Elizabeth discussing her work and photo gallery) had been shown in several museums, including the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, and celebrated as an honest depiction of aging, mental health, and
feminist issues (google book link) in the US.
posted to MetaFilter by sleepy pete
at 12:00 PM on October 4, 2007
(15 comments)
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