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What are some songs about being disappointed, discouraged, but fighting back and continuing in the face of great difficulty, especially internal struggle.
Can be anything from Shostakovitch to Tito Puente - but bonus points for anything heavy rock-ish like punk/metal/hardcore or anything with distortion and power vocals, or just any type of song that's energizing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by parallax7d
at 10:20 AM on August 5, 2008
(74 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)
Why don't other women like me? Women who meet me singly, or as part of a mixed-gender group usually like me. I function just fine in mixed-gender or mostly male situations. When I'm part of an all-woman group, I get bullied and scapegoated. In particular, the "queen bee" of the group almost always singles me out as a target.
What am I doing wrong?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:45 PM on July 30, 2008
(38 comments)
In January of 2004, Disney
shut down their Florida animation studio, part of their decision to
move away from 2D, or cell-shaded, animation
for good. Two years later, as part of the new deal with Pixar, John Lasseter and Ed Catmull were brought in as heads of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and promptly declared that 2-D Animation would thrive again on their watch. For their first new project, the team wanted to show support for the still-struggling New Orleans, and simultaneously introduce
Disney's first Black Princess in
"The Frog Princess" (Or
The Princess and the Frog, as it is now known), a fairy tale set in 1920's Jazz-era Louisiana, with Randy Newman providing a
period-specific score.
Much response to the project has been
quite positive, but as with all things,
the devil is in the details.
posted to MetaFilter by Navelgazer
at 5:46 PM on July 22, 2008
(111 comments)
I love me some girly music. Recommend me your favorite unabashedly girly musicians. More detailed description inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by zoomorphic
at 9:56 AM on July 18, 2008
(112 comments)
"I hadn’t gotten beaten by my mom that day, and we hadn’t had any significant arguments over anything. I thought that if I died, I wanted to die without being mad at my mom. So I thought, I might as well take the opportunity to do so before I got back to the house—at which point who knows whether there would be another fight or a beating."
Escaping the Amish.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 4:46 AM on July 16, 2008
(98 comments)
How can I filter a feed based on the absence of terms rather than the presence? I've used feed sifter before, but this won't handle terms you want excluded?
Specifically, I'd like to set up an rss to Amazon's Gold Box that excludes the terms jewelry, necklace and watch as that would massively cut down the clutter from this feed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ewiley28
at 2:14 PM on July 16, 2008
(5 comments)
Pressure canning recipes and technique?
posted to Ask Metafilter by peeedro
at 8:16 PM on July 12, 2008
(8 comments)
Do hillbillies still exist in the US? I am refering to the type of people who lived like families parodied in the Beverly Hillbillies television show (which I loved growing up). Any well-known studies/books of the hillbilly lifestyle and origins? How true to hillbilly life were the clothes, accents, lifestyle of that show?
posted to Ask Metafilter by vizsla
at 6:39 PM on July 9, 2008
(51 comments)
It's blackcurrant season and this weekend I'll try to pick five to ten pounds (maybe more). What should I do with them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Auden
at 10:52 PM on July 8, 2008
(9 comments)
Is there a movie review site out there somewhere that regularly applies the Bechdel Test as part of its reviews?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Stacey
at 8:33 PM on July 2, 2008
(5 comments)
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835. During the last week of August 1835, the
New York Sun published a six-part article about the discovery - purportedly by renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel - of fantastical life on the moon, including herds of bison, blue unicorns, "a primitive tribe of hut-dwelling, fire-wielding biped beavers, and a race of winged humans living in pastoral harmony around a mysterious, golden-roofed temple." The public's reaction was a mix of credulity and skepticism. Read the full text of the serialized articles:
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6.
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 11:12 PM on June 24, 2008
(37 comments)
Casseroles hooray! Give me your favorite recipes! (Important details within.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by 2or3whiskeysodas
at 2:42 PM on June 7, 2008
(19 comments)
Over the last few months one of the Metafilter regulars has produced a number of comments demonstrating an above average grasp of the democratic parties political process as well as an above average ability to articulate that understanding in to language that highlights the substance of the comments.
posted to MetaTalk by iamabot
at 3:12 PM on June 7, 2008
(100 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 can make apple muffins, banana muffins, and carrot muffins.
So what else can I
muffinise (oh, did I just invent a verb there)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mutant
at 4:14 PM on June 2, 2008
(34 comments)
I am looking for some tried-and-true broccoli-cheese soup recipes that don't include canned soup or evaporated milk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mattbucher
at 11:23 AM on June 1, 2008
(10 comments)
Reading/poetry to say goodbye to a dog?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Liosliath
at 9:41 AM on May 29, 2008
(17 comments)
Book recommendations: ecotopian fiction? (Something to read after
The Fifth Sacred Thing)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by salvia
at 11:46 PM on May 26, 2008
(16 comments)
What sorts of code words, specific language or techniques are used in your industry, profession, or area of expertise that can be used to manipulate the system? Or, what sorts of tricks have you found that work in similar ways?
posted to Ask Metafilter by JimmyJames
at 3:44 PM on May 26, 2008
(26 comments)
To the Indian MeFites - and the non-indian chefs as well - what are your favorite family Indian recipes and what are some tricks in the preparation to give the food that authentic Indian taste. You know, rich, delicious, mouth-watering, and savoury to the point that eating becomes a spiritual experiece in itself.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ageispolis
at 10:19 PM on May 25, 2008
(17 comments)
According to
Michael Pollan's Eat Food article in the New York Times, we're supposed to eat more plants, esp leaves. So where are the leaf recipes? Does this come down to nothing more than spinach and lettuce salads or is there a interesting cuisine out there somewhere? Are there any cookbooks with leafy foods as their focus?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bbranden1
at 9:44 AM on May 22, 2008
(33 comments)
Does being married justify bad behavior?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ghastlyfop
at 7:31 AM on May 20, 2008
(63 comments)
I'm looking for ideas for simple, make-ahead pantry-stocking recipes for things I can use as appetizers or nibbles -- spiced nuts, marinated olives, etc. I'd ideally like things I don't need to refrigerate (although I do know how to can things), but I'm also thinking of some made-ahead-and-frozen cheese cracker dough as well; I'd also like things that keep a while. I'd love to be able to just pull some crackers and bread out, grab a couple jars, and there it all is.
posted to Ask Metafilter by EmpressCallipygos
at 9:26 AM on May 19, 2008
(11 comments)
Next Sunday is my friends son's 1st birthday, what can I get the little tyke that would be a great gift for about $50, it hopefully would be something that is not a stuffed animal, that will last until the time he has the ability to remember it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by kanemano
at 9:18 PM on May 12, 2008
(27 comments)
Gary Snyder,
sublime and
seminal poet of
ecological awareness and
activism [YouTube link], Zen
appreciation of "ordinary mind" and American speech,
shamanistic intimacy with the natural world, and
surviving member of the Beat Generation (West Coast posse) at age 78, has
won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly poetry prize. "
Gary Snyder is in essence a contemporary devotional poet, though he is not devoted to any one god or way of being so much as to Being itself,"
said Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman. "His poetry is a testament to the sacredness of the natural world and our relation to it, and a prophecy of what we stand to lose if we forget that relation.” Previous recipients of the Lilly prize include
Adrienne Rich,
John Ashbery, and
W.S. Merwin. [Previously mentioned
here.]
posted to MetaFilter by digaman
at 9:15 AM on May 7, 2008
(44 comments)
Dyeing with Kool-Aid basic how-to.
The best thing is the
color chart. A good idea for
a party, maybe? As usual, the folks at Flickr have got the goods: Kool-Aid dyed yarns in the Hand-dyed pool [
1], [
2], and the Yarn Porn pool, [
1], [
2]. And if you're one of those people who just hates to do things the easy way? Multi-colored custom yarn with Kool-Aid tutorial
part 1 and
part 2.
posted to MetaFilter by taz
at 10:27 AM on May 2, 2008
(29 comments)
Is the Wendigo purely a Northeast American (and Canadian) myth? If so is there a Northwest equivalent?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Artw
at 10:36 PM on April 29, 2008
(15 comments)
What are the top 3 things I can do this year to avoid consuming non-renewable resources?
posted to Ask Metafilter by brandnew
at 2:28 PM on April 17, 2008
(35 comments)
What are the essential tools needed in my kitchen for making my own cheese? Where did you get your cheesepress? Did you make your own?
posted to Ask Metafilter by NoMich
at 12:26 PM on April 15, 2008
(13 comments)
What is the iconic (or just "your favorite") dead-tree product catalog (listing of merchandise for mail-order sale) for your hobby, industry, or trade?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cadastral
at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2008
(73 comments)
Folk/acoustic Friday: braving
infatuation, heartbreak, pregnancy, Thatcherism, corporate drudgery and bad 90s hair, these artists come bearing gifts.
posted to MetaFilter by aihal
at 3:15 PM on April 11, 2008
(2 comments)
Help me build a bicycle powered water pump.
posted to Ask Metafilter by electroboy
at 12:37 PM on April 9, 2008
(22 comments)
I'm going to college soon. (Age 24; been working a desk job in health care since I was 18.) I've got an inkling I want to study biology. Recommend me some books to help me get the lay of the land and get fired up about this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Attackpanda
at 5:21 PM on April 4, 2008
(24 comments)
Granola me! How can I make really really tasty granola? What granola recipes do you love love love? Where the hell can I find brown rice syrup in Chicago?
posted to Ask Metafilter by santojulieta
at 8:06 AM on April 4, 2008
(21 comments)
