December 2011
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Happy Birthday, Uncle Frankie!
Today the late-great Frank Vincent Zappa woulda been 71 had cancer not taken him out of this world. His genius in these trying times is sorely missed. In his honor is this kickass tune, “Zomby Woof” off the 1973 album Overnite Sensation. I particularly enjoy the face-melting guitar solo… Enjoy! 05_-_Zomby_Woof.mp3 Listen on Posterous Posted via email from...
October 2011
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Amazing Live Freestyle Flamenco -Style Guitar by a...
The Season 04 finale of Breaking Bad was so fucking amazing. That show is the best thing to scorch up the silver screen since…well, ever… I could talk about it for pages and pages and pages…but I’ll spare the internet of my pitiful fanboyness (for now…). The icing on the cake is the amazing musical direction, provided by Dave Porter. This last episode had heaps...
August 2011
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Ugliest, Stankiest Fungus I've Ever Seen...
I’m obsessed with this puppy! Anybody that knows me may recall I am somewhat into Mycology (the study of fungi). I almost literally stumbled across this beast tonight as I was taking my dog for his nightly “constitutional”. At first I thought it was some dead groundhog or something, being roughtly the same size/color/shape/smell. But buy was I in for a treat! I have no idea...
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"The Gumbo Variations" by F.Z.
Another kickass track from Hot Rats (I can’t believe these songs are 42 years old!). Unlike the tight, orchestrated “Peaches En Regalia”, this one is a slow-building, face-melting 17-minute live jamathon. Everybody gets a nice solo, but Uncle Frankie’s guitar “air sculpture” really makes it. 05_-_The_Gumbo_Variations.mp3 Listen on Posterous Prepare to...
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"Peaches En Regalia" by F.Z.
Just getting myself psyched for the Zappa-Plays-Zappa show tonight by listening to some classic Zappa albums. Here’s the intense instrumental intro track to the seminal 1969’s Hot Rats. What a record! 01_-_Peaches_En_Regalia.mp3 Listen on Posterous Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
'Street' Art?
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July 2011
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Test 2
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Who knew Dudley Moore was such an accomplished...
I always thought dude was a charming little funny man, but damn - he had some serious chops! Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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My best buddy in the world is 10 today...
…I remember when he was just a little pup. Now he’s a grey old man. Time sucks. Happy Birthday, Hendrix! Thanks for being in my life. Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
June 2011
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Cuttlefish Video
I’m obsessed with cephalopods - molluscs which include octopus, squid, nautilus, and my favorite animal - cuttlefish. This video is a full-length Nova documentary on the amazing animals. I highly suggest yáll check it out, cause I promise your minds will be blown. http://video.pbs.org/video/1150618835 Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
May 2011
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X-Section of a SLR Lens
Cool images of a cut-away Leica lens (from http://www.petapixel.com/2011/05/13/cross-section-views-of-leica-lenses/) Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
March 2011
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"The Saga Of Biorn" - Awesome + Funny Animation...
People might not know this, but I am obsessed with all things Viking/Nordic. The following video is an epicly funny and well-done animation about a poor, old Viking warrior named Biorn who just can’t seem to make it into Valhalla. I love the twist ending! Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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Some sick Italian drummer jamming to the Super...
This guy is pretty sick. Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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"Pale Blue Dot" (a humbling photo/quote from Carl...
The fairly famous image above was taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 as it reached the edges of our solar system (over 3.7 Billion miles away; 13 years after launching off earth). What’s so spectacular about the otherwise-grainy shot is that the Earth is visible as a single tiny blue pixel towards the center-right of the image (in the yellowish-brown stripe). Here’s another...
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"Tangerine" - by Led Zeppelin
Download now or listen on posterous (Led_Zeppelin)_Tangerine.mp3 (2963 KB) “Measuring a summer’s day I only finds it slips away to grey The hours they bring me pain. *Tangerine Tangerine Living reflection from a dream; I was her love she was my queen And now a thousand years between. Thinking how it used to be Does she still remember times...
February 2011
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My Android Dude
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Valentine's Day Liquor Store Sign: "Blah Blah Blah...
via someecards.com Classic. Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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Photographic Shoutout: Julian Calverly
(all photos by Julian Calverly) I just stumbled across the mesmerizingly gorgeous photos of Mr. Julian Calvery, who’s lush pictures are much better described as “light paintings” than snapshots. Something about his tones and colors are both somehow subdued and vibrant at the same time. Words simply don’t do the images justice… I’d be thrilled to be...
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Class Rock Star Debauchery
Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page swigging’ down a bottle of Jack backstage back in the ‘70’s… Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
January 2011
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Things that really, really suck include...
…when your beloved, expensive-ass SmartPhone slowly crumbles into pieces in front of your own eyes, due to a combo of bad luck + your own blatant idiocy. Here’s how this utter tragedy transpired: I was driving home from work and took a turn into my development a little sharply. My phone, which was sitting happily in it’s usual resting place on the center console, popped...
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FYI: I switched from using Tumblr to Posterous... →
I decided to try out Posterous a while ago. So in case you’re actually subscribed/following my old Tumble-blog (who the hell would wanna do that anyways?), you might wanna make note of the new address.
Regardless, I’ll still be using Posterous’s awesome “AutoPost” feature to mirror all my posts back here to Tumblr, so - yeah - whatever…
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Clever Fruit/Technology Skit (Punny Brits)
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Smokestacks
See the full gallery on posterousI drive by Solley Park, which has this industrial view, every dayto/from work. The smokestacks I believe are part of a powerplant (click here for an aerial view). These unedited, crummy cellphone pics don’t quite do the sight proper justice, but they’ll have to do for now. Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
November 2010
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Nature Is Crazier Than Science Fiction:...
This post is somewhat akin to an earlier one I blogged, about a mind-controlling, zombie-creating parasitic barnacle called Sacculina carcini. This time, in stead of a crustacean, which is at least considered an “animal”, I’m posting about a friggen’ non-sentient fungus that’s just as nefarious as the barnacle… There exists a crazy little fungus called...
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Wishing Everybody a Happy + Healthy Thanksgiving.
While you’re stuffing yourself with the obligatory gooey red stuff, take some time to reflect on the Native Americans who’s kindness to our early pilgrim ancestors was repaid in slaughter & smallpox! Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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1970's Cartoon Time: "The Point".
Groovy little cartoon concept + music conceived by Harry Nilsson. Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
October 2010
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Slagsmålsklubben (Little Red Riding Hood,...
Very cool, modernized version of the classic fairy tale: Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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Sharktopus Is Coming!!!
Q: What do you get when the government incompetently attempts to create the newest Super-Weapon by combining a giant killer shark with a giant killer octopus? A: “SHARKTOPUS”! This SyFy channel original is clearly the awesomest idea ever. Not to mention the execution and special effects make Avatar seem like a steaming pile of shiite… Check out the Sharktopus page on...
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"Productivity" as a Function of Technology
Interesting, but I’m a little skeptical on the robustness of their ill-defined quantification of “productivity”… (from: http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1009/productivity/flat.html) Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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"Do It Yourself Doodles"
I haven’t posted anything for quite a while, and wanted to change that by throwing this quick post up. I don’t know a whole lot about this guy or his project, but I stumbled across this Flickr set from the talented artist, David Jablow. He is creating a series of sketches (“doodles”), all using the same vague initial outline of a woman, shown below: He then proceeds...
September 2010
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Dogfish Head's Bitches Brew - Beer of the Week -...
by Joshua M. Bernstein, Posted Aug 23rd 2010 @ 3:00PM Print |EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on Lifestream Photo: Sony Music Back in 1970, jazzman Miles Davis released the boundary-busting album Bitches Brew, which brought jazz-rock fusion to the mainstream. Now, forty years later, a special anniversary edition of Davis’ masterpiece is being...
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"Netizens"
via images.encyclopediadramatica.com Mildly amazing caricatures of the average users of various types of social sites on the web… Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
August 2010
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(above illustration is another gorgeous Ernst Haeckel plate) I’ve always been fascinated by mycology, which is the study of fungi. One of my first non-fiction books was the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, which I would take with me on my trips around town to help me identify any fungi I came across. It actually helped a lot. Well I only recently...
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Magical Places I Must Visit before I Expire:...
Pammukale is a gorgeous natural tourist attraction in Turkey. It’s a bunch of ever-changing cascading pools formed by hot springs, which trickle down and re-deposit the limestone-based travertines. Essentially, this beautiful and alien-looking landscape is a constantly-evolving preciptation formed from a soup of soft calcium carbonate (AKA chalk, or antacids). Check out the gallery...
Magical Places I Must Visit before I Expire:...
Fingal’s Cave in the Inner Hebrides islands off the Scottish mainland is just one of many stunning features proving that the U.K. is an utterly magical land straight out of Middle Earth. I actually just recently learned about the existence of this stunning natural wonder. However, being a huge Led Zeppelin fan since my teenage days, I have indeed been longingly aware of it’s...
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"The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution"
This is one of my favorite Zappa instrumentals. It’s a long jam with some extraordinary face-melting, oddly-tuned guitar work. “The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution” was recorded in 1976 with the following (3) personnel: FZ — guitar, synthesizer Patrick O’Hearn — string bass, electric bass Terry Bozzio — drums ENJOY! Download now or...
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"Dude"
One of the most meaningful word in the English language (search for George Carlin and the F-bomb for the absolute-most versatile word). (from the classic Parker/Stone movie, BASEketball) Posted via email from G’s Posterous | Comment »
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"Dead Flowers"
Here is my absolute favorite Rolling Stones song (and one of my general all-time favorites as well), “Dead Flowers” off of the seminal 1971 album Sticky Fingers. It’s a lovely dark & melancholy White-Boy-British-Country tune that I can really related to in some weird ways. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Download now or listen on posterous ...
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Beer Review: Dogfish's "Theobroma" (Choco-Beer!)
Dogfish Head Brewery has done it again! They’ve produced another wonderful, unorthodox beer, based on ancient archaeological evidence. This delicious ale, in addition to the usual heaps of generous high-quality malt + hops, is brewed with: “honey, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, ancho chilies, & ground annato”, which results in a surprisingly tasty, smooth taste with subtle...
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More Spider Creepiness
I’m actually not bothered in the least by spiders (snakes, on the other hand, make me run and cry like a little Sally-girl). But I couldn’t resist posting this clip as a follow-up to my last post, which is also spider-related. This video shows a mass 1,000’s of Daddy-Longleg Spiders on a tree. They look like a big patch of moss at first, but when disturbed, they fall off and...
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"I TOLD you not to play with spiders!"
I normally don’t post random YouTube videos, but I stumbled across this gem and it’s just brilliant on so many levels. Never before have I seen a home-movie/amateur-nature-documentary be so unintentionally scary, gross, hilarious, & adorable all at the same time. If you get creeped out by massively giant HELL-SPIDERS, then I advise you don’t watch this. If not, enjoy! ...