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Fame was an Alan Parker movie musical from 1980 which had a hit soundtrack album, even more so in the UK and Europe than in the US. The title song won the Oscar for Original Song. Side A: Fame, Out Here On My Own, Hot Lunch Jam, Dogs In The Yard

Side B: Red Light, Is It Okay If I Call You Mine?, Never Alone, Ralph And Monty (Dressing Room Piano), I Sing The Body Electric [more inside]
posted by hippybear at 9:04 PM PST - 40 comments

Prince Charles was met by a delegation of Yolŋu clan leaders (convened by Dennis Wanambi and Waka Mununggurr) and lead by the Member for Nhulunbuy in the NT Parliament, Yingiya Mark Guyula. His Royal Highness was presented with a ‘Letter Stick’.
posted by spaceburglar at 6:13 PM PST - 20 comments

For years, the personal development and multi-level marketing company NXIVM was rumored to be a cult (previously) led by a man named Keith Raniere. Last year, after NYT broke a story on female NXIVM members being branded (previously), federal officials began investigating. Today, Raniere appeared in a NY court to face charges including sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit forced labor.
posted by rcraniac at 5:20 PM PST - 27 comments

William Wegman's Weimaraner works are well-known. Two of them were installed in a Washington, DC Metro station. They were outtakes from Chip and Batty Explore Space, a work commissioned by the now-defunct NASA art program, more examples of which can be found on NASA's Flickr.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:05 PM PST - 3 comments

A wild rat raids a Bristol bird-feeder via a high-wire act upon a washing-line. (Video.)
posted by Morfil Ffyrnig at 12:59 PM PST - 19 comments

Dogs. Livefeed. Happy.
posted by Fizz at 12:41 PM PST - 15 comments

James Acaster is a British Comedian with some strange takes on the world. His standup is a little odd. He's become a staple of British TV appearing on Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats. And he is currently streaming a series of specials on Netflix called Repertoire. But, for half of 2014, he spent his time embattled in a Cabbage fight with an 8 year old that still follows him to today.
posted by Nanukthedog at 12:19 PM PST - 20 comments

Teen Vogue gets down to brass tacks : So, what is capitalism?
posted by The Whelk at 11:39 AM PST - 78 comments

Delaware's Odd, Beautiful, Contentious, Private Utopia.
Arden is an arts-and-crafts intentional community based on the ideas of Henry George and the land value tax (a tax on unearned income)
posted by the man of twists and turns at 11:26 AM PST - 6 comments

The pride of a member of the lost Sogdian Empire, this gorgeous samite shirt is decorated with "ducks wearing scarves and holding pearl necklaces in their beaks, encased in octagon motifs featuring hearts." Despite being from the 7th-9th century, it's still in excellent shape today. The auction takes place April 25th, and the shirt is expected to fetch 300,000-500,000 pounds. Nytimes article, Guardian article.
posted by Slinga at 10:29 AM PST - 38 comments

The hatching of a red-tailed hawk in a nest in the Presidio was caught on camera. You can watch the livestream here.
posted by rtha at 9:47 AM PST - 11 comments

"The breast cancer risk from alcohol isn’t nearly as high as the lung cancer risk from smoking. But alcohol-related breast cancer kills more than twice as many American women as drunk drivers do."
posted by Lycaste at 9:43 AM PST - 55 comments

"Leviticus says a lot of things, most of which we blessedly don’t have to listen to anymore, if we ever did. But it’s a reminder that attention has always been paid to skin. According to Leviticus 13:3-4, if you had a zit, you were quarantined for a week, and if it was worse, you had to burn your clothes or were kicked out of the neighborhood. If you squint, you can maybe see how fear of infection and disease led to such practices. It’s not fair, but it’s there. Zits have been a sign of not just hormones or genetics, but moral turpitude." Jaya Saxena for Racked, The Classist Implications of ‘Bad Skin’
posted by everybody had matching towels at 9:31 AM PST - 32 comments

The Strange Log: "Documenting the strange poetry of changelogs and patch notes. All tweets are unedited and selected verbatim."
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 8:48 AM PST - 40 comments