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So one time, Dave Secretary
provided much happy distraction. Consequently, I thought a link to his
blog might be welcome.
posted to MetaFilter by tawny
at 9:42 AM on September 30, 2008
(17 comments)
In 2006
Nell James was a teenage prog rocker, writing, playing and singing all instruments, and self-producing an album in her bedroom studio that paid homage to 1970s English art rock, a genre that arguably passed its zenith when her parent were in kindergarten. The result,
Tempus, received positive reviews in the re-emging prog rock press. Also impressive was her cover/re-arrangement of Gentle Giant's
On Reflection.
posted to MetaFilter by Herodios
at 2:42 PM on August 8, 2008
(15 comments)
Help me find real-world magic items.
posted to Ask Metafilter by MrVisible
at 12:34 PM on June 17, 2008
(47 comments)
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2008
(51 comments)
What are some activities that are like 'going to the gym' for your profession?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mullingitover
at 11:26 PM on March 27, 2008
(90 comments)
Help me be awesome and find this sci fi short story for my room mate. I have only my account of his account of the plot to go by.
posted to Ask Metafilter by pedmands
at 10:02 AM on February 23, 2008
(15 comments)
The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb
at 6:21 AM on January 12, 2008
(125 comments)
The website of ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias
is a treasure trove of mp3
sound recordings and short realplayer
film clips of traditional music from all over the world, including Japan, India, Mexico, Turkey, Albania, Okinawa, Spain, Burma, Alaska, Sudan, Venezuela, Spain and many more. Garfias'
field recordings are illustrated with his photographs.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 11:26 PM on November 17, 2007
(14 comments)
WFMU's The Hound
has been delighting record geeks for the past few decades with sets of some of the wildest, wooliest rockabilly, R&B, blues, gospel, garage rock, and punk that can be dug out of crates. His site offers
full podcasts, and individual mp3's under the
show links, and organized by
artist, and
title.
Bo Diddley singing to Kruschev! Blues songs about the Kinsey report! The Cashmere's talking about the hop! Brownie McGee singing about baseball's integration! Roughly 4 million variations on 'The Twist!' And that;s just the tip of this glorious iceberg.
posted to MetaFilter by jonmc
at 8:19 AM on November 18, 2007
(12 comments)
Asemic
is a magazine of asemic writing, which is writing without semantic content. The editor is Australian Tim Gaze, who's made the asemic books
Aussie Runes and The Oxygen of Truth, volumes
1 and
2. "Only words lie; asemic texts cannot lie."
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 7:07 PM on October 13, 2007
(74 comments)
In 1897, pioneering Swedish balloonist Salomon August Andrée and two companions took off for the north pole in a hot air balloon. In 1930 their bodies were found, along with records of their expedition.
This archive of newspaper articles tells their story.
(So does Wikipedia, of course.) Many of the photos they took are
here, along with a lot of text in Polish that I can't read any more than most of you can, so don't come complaining to me.
posted to MetaFilter by dersins
at 8:42 AM on October 8, 2007
(12 comments)
I'm trying to put together a list of senses other than the big human five...
posted to Ask Metafilter by showbiz_liz
at 1:34 PM on September 26, 2007
(32 comments)
I'm an expat who may be returning to the US after many years. What to expect?
posted to Ask Metafilter by FuManchu
at 5:37 AM on March 15, 2007
(47 comments)
FridayFlashFun:
Cat with Bow Golf. Ridiculous, gravity-defying fun for your Friday afternoon.
posted to MetaFilter by knave
at 1:21 PM on May 18, 2007
(50 comments)
In 1299,
Osman I declared independence from the Seljuk Empire, thus beginning the rise of the
Ottoman Empire. Over the centuries, The Last Caliphate stretched from
Saudi Arabia to Austria, influencing
architecture ,
music, and possibly the most beautiful
textiles of the Middle Ages. It was not to last, however. Following a century of uprisings and war, the
"Sick Man of Europe" finally succumbed to
Turkish Nationalism and was constitutionally abolished by the emerging Turkish state on March 3, 1924. In the intervening 83 years, so much has changed. If the Empire was reinstated today,
where would you find the last remaining heir to the Sultan's throne?
posted to MetaFilter by quite unimportant
at 11:45 AM on May 8, 2007
(12 comments)
A Mediaeval Burglary (alternate formats, wikipedia) is a 24-page lecture transcript from 1915 about a little known burglary of King Edward I's treasure room in 1303. It is a real-life medieval mystery with interesting characters, scandal, cover-up, and an accurate feel of the times from a ground-up perspective, as told in a smoky Victorian library about 100 years ago. Entertaining, includes a hand-drawn map and two relevant manuscript pages.
posted to MetaFilter by stbalbach
at 10:16 AM on March 24, 2007
(35 comments)
"Another useful analogy might be with a clearing in the jungle.
The web is certainly a jungle, and without a few clearings it is hard to see how the innocent can stay sane in there, and it might soon be hard to see anything at all." The words of poet and essayist
Clive James, whose eponymous site is an online galley/anthology of breathtaking writing, art, and video interviews. My favorites include Ophelia Redpath's
paintings titled after Shakespeare quotes, Laura Noble's
photos of rusty things, and, of course, a collection James's
outstanding poetry.
posted to MetaFilter by eustacescrubb
at 5:14 AM on March 3, 2007
(8 comments)
Imagine you live in Portugal and you're moving into a lovely farm house on a large swath of land. The place has been empty for 15 years! While exploring your new property you find a large barn in the trees. The door is padlocked shut and its all rusted solid. so you
grind the padlock open... [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by MegoSteve
at 3:53 PM on February 18, 2007
(70 comments)
Dude gives a homeless friend a camera. Months later, dude
receives prints in the mail.
posted to MetaFilter by tylermoody
at 4:20 PM on February 11, 2007
(63 comments)
A Photochrom is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative.
They were especially popular in the 1890s and were frequently used on postcards.
Photochrom.com presents "over 1,300 different images of United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba." But that's nothing—the Library of Congress
presents 5,000 of them, from all over the world. The first page is nature shots from Ireland; I suggest clicking on the page links at the top, finding a region that interests you, and using the PREV PAGE - NEXT PAGE links to find more. Some favorites:
a street in Fiume (now Rijeka), the
harbor of Algiers, the
outskirts of Jerusalem. (LoC link via
wood s lot.)
posted to MetaFilter by languagehat
at 8:49 AM on January 14, 2007
(28 comments)
What's the most difficult piano piece?
Opinions
vary. Is it
La Campanella, written by Liszt to show off what only he could do? (
performance,
score) Is it Balakirev's
Islamey, which even Balakirev struggled to play? (
performance,
score) Or Ravel's
Gaspard de la Nuit, written to top
Islamey? (
performance,
score) Does Godowsky double his points by reconfiguring the already-difficult Chopin for the left hand? (
performance) And if someone plays all four hours of Sorabji's
Opus Clavicembalisticum, written across four staves to fit the extra notes, will anyone listen? (
perfomance excerpts,
score excerpts)
posted to MetaFilter by argybarg
at 8:54 AM on January 6, 2007
(110 comments)
Got some free time over the New Year's long weekend? Well, here's every episode (or damn near it) of
Aqua Teen Hunger Force,
Boondocks,
Clone High,
Metalocalypse,
Moral Orel,
Robot Chicken,
South Park (
alt),
Venture Brothers,
Futurama. Or over
here, there's
all those and more.
But
wait my friends, there's more, yes,
even more: for the same low price, I'll include the Ultimate Motherlode of Music Video
(11,500 of them, or your money back!), alphabetized for your viewing pleasure. Just free up some bandwidth, and step inside ...
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken
at 3:30 AM on December 29, 2006
(158 comments)
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, but do you know
Stekkjarstaur,
Giljagaur,
Stufur,
Thvorusleikir,
Pottaskefill,
Askasleikir,
Hurdarskellir,
Skyrgamur,
Bjugnakraekir,
Gluggagaegir,
Gattathefur, Ketkrokur and Kertasnikir? They're the
Jolasveinar, the impish "
Yuletide Lads" of
Iceland, and those are only some of their many names. During the thirteen days before Christmas, legend says that
they do their best to monkeywrench the celebrations with
hijinks like stealing sausages, milk, and candles, and peeping into windows and up skirts. The children of gruesome child-eating trolls
Gryla and Leppaludi, who were known for
snatching naughty children, the elves got their start in the 17th century. In the years since, their image has apparently mellowed, and now they leave children presents in their shoes and limit themselves to mild pranks.
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 9:17 AM on December 22, 2006
(21 comments)
Suppose you killed somebody...
How would you dispose of the body without getting caught? Would you dump it somewhere? Bury it in the backyard or basement? Dissolve it in lime? What? What would your master plan be that would allow you to get away with it?
And no, I haven't killed anybody and I'm not planning to - I was just curious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ashbury
at 5:48 PM on June 13, 2004
(74 comments)
Swords and Sandals
.. Create a gladiator, arm him up with a variety of armour and weapons, and send him into battle against a horde of crazy gladiators.
[note: flash]
posted to MetaFilter by crunchland
at 11:37 AM on October 19, 2006
(25 comments)
Bowmaster
- Friday flash fun. Shoot arrows (including ice, fire, and bomb types) at monsters. Protect your people's houses. Earn experience points to upgrade your weaponry.
posted to MetaFilter by cerebus19
at 6:49 PM on September 29, 2006
(23 comments)
Today I find myself in a precarious situation. I am a college student who happens to live in a four bedroom apartment with two other guys; however, I have discoverd that one of my roommates is flying his internet girlfriend in from Alaska on Saturday morning so that they can live together (The story gets better/worse - they developed their relationship through playing Warcraft).
posted to Ask Metafilter by j-urb
at 12:39 PM on September 29, 2006
(107 comments)
