Thread for Random But Worthwhile Links

[Still]

 

[windhoek]

Now that's how you transition from one segment to the next!

 

[vuk]

 

[Bjork67]

What in gods name was that vuk ?

 

[vuk]

What in gods name was that vuk ?

hey, i'm as baffled as you and waiting for a euro-person to explain.

 

[Joe Hutch]

What in gods name was that vuk ?

The bloke is clearly the bastard offspring of Elton John and Rod Stewart.

 

[matthewr]

The music from Super Mario Brothers orchestrated for full orchestra. Oddly compelling.

 

[lordsummit]

hey, i'm as baffled as you and waiting for a euro-person to explain.

One does ponder what exactly you were looking for when you found it?

 

[vuk]

One does ponder what exactly you were looking for when you found it?

i was trying to find the new rod stewart song.

 

[matthewr]

i was trying to find the new rod stewart song.

This is as convincing as the teenage boy caught with a copy of Playboy saying he was interested in the article on WWI biplanes

 

[JensenHealey]

My uni library received a request to subscribe to Playboy magazine - an example was given where an issue had a serious article about concrete

 

[matthewr]

Hayman is putting Thankful Villages to rest this week with a third album in the series and concerts in London and Newcastle. What makes this project so interesting, and relevant today, is how it doesn’t really deal with war and death at all, at least directly. The Thankful Villages that Hayman has spent the last few years visiting, recording songs about, and shooting films in, are the places in the UK in which all the servicemen returned from the conflict alive. Remarkably, there are only 54 (at last count) out of 60,000 settlements which lost young men.

http://thequietus.com/articles/25631-darren-hayman-interview-thankful-villages

 

[Joe P]

Definitely random — Gumby and Pokey rockin' out to Rush.

It's probably fair to say that the Internet is now complete, no stone left unturned, no idea left unexplored, no video left unmade ...

Joe

 

[windhoek]

Some dude hanging out...

 

[Richard Nichola]

Are Pop Music Lyrics getting more repetitive? An analysis.

https://pudding.cool/2017/05/song-repetition/

TL;DR - Yes.

 

[demotivated]

 

[matthewr]

This is a splendid story and also one that screams Attention Dr. Petrik very loudly.

https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2018/12/07/hawaiian-monk-seals-eels-noses

Make better choices!

 

[DonQuixote99]

"My mother said not to stick eels in my nose...."

 

[matthewr]

"My mother said not to stick eels in my nose...."

I trust you have heeded that lesson -- if not, make better choices

 

[DonQuixote99]

The reference to 1964 novelty song will be obscure to most....

I agree, the guy talking as if snorting eels was a thing with 'bad sorts' among the seals is weird.