Sideblog Archive
May 30, 2016
What do you get when you mash up popular movie/book/etc titles? Instant classics like 12 Angry Monkeys, or Rashomonsters, Inc., or Das Booty Call, or Gorillas in the Mister Bean, and so many more. Come riff with us!
Also: (cough) alphabet thread (cough).
The Chlorination Cogitation: Check out clawsoon's great, in-depth post "Chlorine probably saved your life today"
May 28, 2016
ISO Ohrwürmer: LSK asks, "I'm looking for a list of songs that were large hits across multiple European countries but which never made significant inroads in the US."
May 27, 2016
As we wave goodbye to pb, we also say hello to MetaFilter's new tech person, long-time community member frimble!
May 23, 2016
SciFi on the HiFi: Presented for your consideration, Iridic's Mind Webs post tunes in an historic archive of semi-dramatized readings of classic science fiction tales by some of the genre's best authors, preserved from weekly broadcasts aired by WHA Radio in Madison, Wisconsin
May 21, 2016
Happy Nappy Day(s): Is Metafilter on a roll? Or a different kind of roll? Or are we in the pocket of Big Mattress? When it comes to nap time, apparently we must all hang together or ... shall we all hang separately? (Tip o' the nightcap to filthy light thief for the title!)
May 19, 2016
Hedonism time! Share your waterbed stories, and learn the secrets of making your own granulated caramel for baking.
May 16, 2016
KeepMefiWeird - Just two more weeks left in this month's theme posting event! Enjoy all the great weird posts so far, and break out your best obscure weird stuff for a post this month.
I fell down the rabbit hole of reading this CIA publication: peeedro digs up interesting background on classified intelligence briefings to U.S. presidential candidates
May 14, 2016
Better than bubble wrap: Mefites are sweet on carter's Hand cranked candy post, wherein we learn "how to make Victorian Nectar Drop candy and why are Lemon Drops called drops?"
May 11, 2016
Members are testing how Fanfare can handle sports events, and the Eurovision song contest. Come check out the new clubs:
NBA basketball club!
(Fanfare Talk announcement here)
Football club, for Euro 2016!
(FanFare Talk announcement here)
Cycling club! (Fanfare talk announcement here)
Eurovision club!
(Fanfare Talk announcement here) (Also recent: How to watch Eurovision from the USA)
Other folks are welcome to try out coordinating discussions for other sports, as well. Drop by the Metatalk thread if you want to hash out an idea.
And for a summer's worth of film series and book discussion and more, check out all the other FanFare Clubs.
May 10, 2016
An odd FPP is fun and a hit; can you add a new bit of apt wit – but on top of all, eke it out to fit? Mad Ape Den Day on MF
May 9, 2016
Reminder: we're hiring a db/web admin!
May 8, 2016
the difference between housekeeping and professional organizing is that housekeeping/cleaning is about the stuff, and professional organizing is about the person who owns the stuff: Great answer from The Wrong Kind of Cheese on "How do you find a really good professional organizer?"
May 4, 2016
Did you hear the newly-found clean recording of Louis Armstrong, 1929? Also check the comments for more clean recordings of stars from that era.
Get down with Indian disco and funk star Usha Uthup
A deep dive on the crazy-ass Japanese pop maestro Keiichi Suzuki of Moonriders; too much to sum up.
Up and coming Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena: her "vocal repertoire encompasses scatting, Afro-Cuban chanting, scratchy-throated whispers, and a deep, gusty laugh."
Backstage with Farida Khanum, the Pakistani elder stateswoman of classical ghazal poetry singing - "I don’t think she knew how popular she was with young people until I sat her down one day and placed a computer on her lap..."
Mark the passing of Papa Wemba, Congolese music legend - BlahLaLa remembers: "I picked up his music wherever I could find it, and it brought me such joy. When I came home I eagerly pushed those cassettes into friends' hands -- "You've got to listen to this!""
History of one-man bands
What are some pop songs that were big hits across Europe, but not in the US?
Where's the best classical and opera, streaming online? And while we're at it, how about some great eclectic radio, streaming online?
Recommendations!
-Intro to conscious hip-hop
-New-ish soul-ish
-Dreamy folk psych rock
-Comfort music that says "it'll be alright"
-Upbeat mixes for working outdoors
-Dance music that always makes you happy
May 3, 2016
and the MeFi Delayed Justice Retroactive Science Fair Prize goes to... Doroteo Arango II, in the fun Menace 2 artificial intelligence thread
May 1, 2016
History pals!
Enjoy some newly-animated historical city photos... plus barnacles on the history of Australian public bathrooms - "in case you're the sort of person that wants to see 115-year old survey sketches of toilets and urinal blocks".
Or hear the recreated ambient sounds of 1700s Paris.
How about Marie Duval, 19th century woman cartoonist called "one of the forgotten wonders of nineteenth-century art .. the bizarre dreamlike distortions of her comic world look like some steampunk 21st-century version of Victorian London."
Or the re-discovered ancient Chinese texts that rewrite the early history of Taoism and Confucianism.
Speaking of, what are some examples of historical events that are commonly misunderstood?
Did you catch teponaztli transcribing some diary pages from 1799-1804 New York City? "The most I've seen her write about anything was how much she hates games, which I love for its being an angry rant from 200+ years ago."
Or enjoy the brief video on the baseball fan Wild Bill Hagy, which is a time capsule of 1979 Baltimore.
Harking back to 1979, share some sense-memories in what was it like when everybody smoked?
Or looking further back - what was sugar like in 1631?
Finally, what are the best history nerds on Youtube?
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