At least the song "The Way It Is" (if not the whole album) was programmed into and played by a Synclavier, not the real band. The only live things on the song are the vocals and maybe the piano solo.

Both the Pirates and Reds are playing good ball so far. I hope it stays that way for both teams.

If you like weird guitars, Masayoshi Takanaka is your dude.

They've been around since the late 70s/early 80s, so it's safe to say the people making music for Nintendo now were influenced by them.

Casiopeia?

I was totally shocked when that whole show was released. Frank said that he thought the tape had run out before the end of the show, or else he would've released it earlier.

Rollins vs. Iggy Pop YouTube video by Sebastian Patiño-Lang

I dunno if you've seen Henry Rollins' standup bit about Iggy, but it's great.

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It's the magic number.

That's really cool!

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Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution) YouTube video by mcdustsucker

Fun fact: the movie composer Cliff Martinez was Don's last drummer (as well as RHCP's first).

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby (1972) YouTube video by Beat-Club

That lineup is referred to as the Tragic Band (as opposed to the Magic Band). Here's a better lineup.

Mitch Hedberg - The donut joke YouTube video by Wear Haha

It reminds me of what Mitch Hedberg said about buying a donut.

"Parkour blimey" just about took me out.

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Salon retracts 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. piece on alleged autism-vaccine link Salon today retracted a controversial 2005 story by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about an alleged link between autism and thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative formerly used in vaccines. As Salon ex…

He decided he didn't want to hide any more. The signs of how evil he was were visible even back then, though.

Posting these yesterday would've fixed the site. Posting them today was still a good idea, though.

the nonbinary rapper who frequently gets misgendered as a man: Mx. Sir-a-Lot

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They call me the hiphopapotamous
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin' off the top of this esophagous
Rockin' the metropolis

All the stuff she's shooting
Keeps her in a fog

I think I heard something about SaaS in a YouTube poop once.

Hey Abi!

Austin Powers?