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Where to Start with Buffy Sainte Marie (And Why You Should) by Andrea Warner "Buffy Sainte-Marie is a living legend and a musical genius. But she’s also “Buffy who?” to a lot of people who have never heard of her before." [more inside]
posted by AnyUsernameWillDo at 9:36 PM PST - 18 comments

There is something moving about Negovan’s quest to honour McDowell’s performance. There’s not much the recut can do about the script and iffy camerawork, which are all part of the charm. But Negovan has unearthed a much clearer sense of a character arc, from Caligula as wary young man genuflecting to the mad emperor Tiberius (Peter O’Toole, on wonderful form), to a joyful freshly minted tyrant, through to the increasing cruelty and disintegration of his reason as he is driven mad by power. from ‘An irresistible mix of art and genitals’: Caligula finally comes to Cannes [Grauniad] [CW: not really safe for work] [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 1:14 PM PST - 103 comments

In honor of the 100th birthday of Dorothy L. Sayers' Whose Body, the NY Times offers an overview. (Link is to archive.org, NY Times direct link is here.
posted by PussKillian at 11:33 AM PST - 18 comments

Using multiple lines of evidence, the data suggest intermittent but repeated presence of multiple individual birds with field marks and behaviors consistent with those of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Data indicate repeated reuse of foraging sites and core habitat. Our findings, and the inferences drawn from them, suggest that not all is lost for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and that it is clearly premature for the species to be declared extinct. [more inside]
posted by jquinby at 10:30 AM PST - 25 comments

The chaos of Steve Martin's stand-up comedy in the 70s is legendary, and it's on wonderful display in Steve Martin - Live At The Troubadour 1976 [55m]. Physical, absurdist humor with some banjo tossed in. Filmed for HBO. Content Note: this is from nearly 50 years ago, and contains some objectifying but not completely awful language about women. There is a segment from 36m20s to 37m35s involving him "performing" a Native American song, but it is short and easy to skip.
posted by hippybear at 8:01 AM PST - 40 comments

Just like Joel It's your Monday free thread. Have an excellent week! And more Joel
posted by Gorgik at 6:22 AM PST - 91 comments

One Year As One Of The Top Competitive Duolingo Players On Earth ... And if you are thinking: "competitive Duolingo?" Yes, competitive Duolingo. They added leagues at some point.
posted by Etrigan at 6:10 AM PST - 58 comments