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A Thanksgiving tribute to images of food on film

device55 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:44:06 -0800

Images of food—and the preparation of food—invariably have that effect on people. They unite viewers who might otherwise have nothing in common; they plug directly into the primal craving for transitory pleasure, the desire not just to admire and then consume inventively prepared food, but also to serve (and be served by) people who love us.

Prometheus In The Kitchen

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:48:07 -0800

"Good, big ideas about evolution are rare." Simon Ings of the Independent reviews "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" by Richard Wrangham. (via)

Living With Proteus Syndrome

miss lynnster — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:58:51 -0800

Just imagine if your legs continued growing long after the rest of your body stopped. Born with a rare condition, Mandy Sellars' petite 84-pound frame is supported by abnormally large legs that weigh 210 pounds. Her doctors, who are still baffled by her disorder, have tentatively diagnosed her with a form of Proteus syndrome (made famous by The Elephant Man) for lack of a more definitive explanation.

How about this stimulus package?

P.o.B. — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:37:51 -0800

Del The Funky Homosapien has two song packs available for free download. His newest album, Funk Man (the stimulus package), is available for the price of your email. All available at Bandcamp.

Man saves ducklings from ledge

Anything — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:58:00 -0800

Man saves ducklings from ledge (video begins after short ad)

Ay ay ay, ay ay ay...

LSK — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:33:59 -0800

Everybody's hugging up the big monkey man. Seriously, everybody.

Pac Man Havoc

manosthf — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:57:25 -0800

The Go Team might have done it first. But nobody wreaks havoc in a Pac-Man suit like the French!

Last Man Standing by Tyler Cowen

wittgenstein — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:33:20 -0800

"Americans talk about institutions that are 'too big to fail.' In parts of Europe, it's more apt to speak of those 'too big to be saved.'" Last Man Standing by Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution fame.

He's a nice, quiet, peace-loving man, come home to Ireland to forget his troubles.

Cool Papa Bell — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:15:22 -0800

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Now watch the greatest fight in movie history (SLYT).

Davy Crockett ain't got shit on me!

Citizen Premier — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:06:26 -0800

Man saves bear from drowning.

The commutative property of Mans, Babies

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:14 -0800

ManBabies. via via

Crash Flash Quick Metal Bubble Heat Wood Air Crash

Navelgazer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:14:25 -0800

Crash Man beats Flash Man beats Quick Man beats Metal Man beats Bubble Man beats Heat Man beats Wood Man beats Air Man beats CRASHMAN!!! (ad infinitum)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

stavrogin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:03:26 -0800

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He plays the banjo, but he isn't just some hick. He enjoys Chicks, jamming with friends, wide open spaces and fights.

All the street's a stage.

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:43:19 -0800

Chicago's Maxwell Street Market wasn't just a market: it was a stage that played host to many an exuberantly ragged, hard grinding blues performance. It was lively, eccentric, ecstatic. You could get there on The Happy Bus. And of course, one of the greatest musicals in the history of American cinema paid homage to the street, as the setting for a fabulous performance by John Lee Hooker of his iconic "Boom Boom". (Note: See mouseovers for link descriptions.) There have been several documentaries made on the subject of Maxwell Street. Here's a little info on one called Maxwell Street Blues. There's a bit of interesting information here and there at this site, And This Is Maxwell Street, though it's mostly designed to advertise the CD of the same name. This CD, by the way, features the music from the 1964 Maxwell Street film documentary, called And This Is Free. The Robert Nighthawk clip in this FPP (linked to under hard grinding) is from this film, which, unfortunately, doesn't seem to have been rereleased on DVD. This page has some info on the film and capsule bios on the musicians seen in the film and/or heard on the CD. Here's an extended trailer for the documentary "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street". Maxwell Street: Still Hanging On. Maxwell Street Wikipedia page. And just for good measure, here's another version of John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom. And what the hell, for extra good measure, here's his powerfully understated, riveting Hobo Blues, from 1965, which is probably my all-time favorite JLH performance on film. And thanks to my buddy Ken Kawashima, who sent me the Carrie Robinson YouTube link that got me started on tracking all this Maxwell Street stuff down.

Burnt Face Man

C17H19NO3 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:44:54 -0800

The Gay Adventures of Burnt Face Man.

Over the sea to Skye...

triv — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:49:09 -0800

Andy Strangeway decided to spend a night on each of the 162 Scottish islands. This is his story.

Last Man Out!

augustweed — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:13:48 -0800

William Rodriguez gave a captivating presentation in Seattle on 11/07/07. William is believed to be the "Last Man Out" of the north tower of the World Trade Center alive, but not before reentering three times with the master key after the first plane impacted the north tower to help rescue a countless number of people. Here is an interview with William after the presentation. His Ricky Ricardo impersonation at the end is pretty good.

Im in ur city, burnin ur church

drstein — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:23:33 -0800

Paul David Addis has been arrested once again. You may remember him as the man that set The Man on fire 4 days early. This time he went after Grace Cathedral. This is the second SF church to be hit by attempted/successful arson in the past week.

Abner Jay

billysumday — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:11:13 -0800

Folks, don't worry about energy crisis. Because Standard Oil, Shell, Gulf, Mobil, Texaco, Amoco, Esso, Sunoco, Exxon, Nixon, Standard Oil, General Motors, Chrysler, George Wallace, and Ford is not the backbone of America. The backbone of America is a mule and cotton. [mp3] Bluesman, outsider artist, vaudevillian: Abner Jay was a real One Man Band and, as he put it, "the last great Southern black minstrel show". Some more mp3s: [Cocaine Blues, excerpt]; [I'm So Depressed, excerpt]; [The Reason Young People Use Drugs, full]

Can't Hurt To Ask!

haricotvert — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:55:05 -0800

Need advice? Ask a Theoretical Physicist. Ask A Gay Man. Ask A Dork. Ask A Ninja (previously). Ask Great Granny. Ask Poop Report. Ask a Hill Staffer (if you can have a job writing Ask A Hill Staffer). Ask A Nun. Ask the Dalai Lama. Ask the Magic 8 Ball. Or I suppose you could always just Ask Mefi.

Isle of Man TT Race

Industrial PhD — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:28:47 -0800

The Isle of Man TT race is arguably the most dangerous race one can do on a superbike, as it has claimed the lives of over 220 racers over the last 100 years. still, that doesn't seem to prevent people from competing, year, after, year.

Orson Welles: The One Man Band

Burhanistan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:30:17 -0800

Orson Welles: The One Man Band - a movie that takes a look at the last years of Mr. Welles. German/English with English subtitles. Full .avi download available.

Monkey Testicles

caddis — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:59:23 -0800

The elixer of youth. Serge Voronoff's early experiments involved transplanting thyroid tissue into humans with a thyroid deficiency. He also began transplanting the testicles of executed criminals into rich old guys (as a treatment for senility and schizophrenia), but had to stop when the demand for the procedure far exceeding the supply of criminal testicles. At this point, Voronoff began using monkey testicles instead, and his first "monkey gland" to human transplant took place in June of 1920. (via another filter)

I'm a high tech lowlife.

Happy Dave — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:09:59 -0800

I'm a modern man, I'm a modern man, A man for the millennium, Digital and smoke free. - George Carlin hits one out of the park with the first four and a half minutes of this hour and a half Google Video. Then it's back to his stock in trade.

Alas, A Darwin Award Eludes Him.

Second Account For Making Jokey Comments — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:28:51 -0800

Man attacks Shark with his bare hands; blames vodka.