No, Connections, 'herb' fucking isn't. Perhaps you meant 'scone'.

The Clean – 10 of the best The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now

This is a solid overview of a great NZ band's back catalogue (with the proviso that they sort of fell off my radar around 1990):
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

"Morning Dew", by Bonnie Dobson (and only her - Tim Rose doesn't deserve a co-author credit for changing one word) has been covered multitudinous times (I'm especially fond of (1) the Jeff Beck Group and (2) the Grateful Dead versions), has what may be the only two survivors of a nuclear holocaust

What I do not say to you is

John Cipollina, Jeff Beck. There isn't a third.

Lozenge of shame

Ruin a song title by adding 'The':

The Man Who Shot The Liberty Valance

The duck
She destroyed the door
Yes
YES
The duck is in

No, this is colour-enhanced, possibly a composite of a few narrowband images using different filters, to enhance detail. Responsible reproduction of such a picture would cite the team responsible for the image. My guess would be this would be from the Juno probe, but it could equally be bogus, ie AI

From left: Nigel Tufnell, David St Hubbins, Derek Smalls

I like how this image make it look like you can get a taxidermied, wall-mountable Hannity bust, roughly the size and shape of the moose's head from Fawlty Towers

and no I do not want one, even if it would make a serviceable coat rack

Let's get it (p)on(tiff)

There is a chapter in one of the James Herriot 'All Creatures Great And Small' where he uses sugar to treat a cow's prolapsed uterus.

It gave massive 'don't try this at home' vibes when I read it at distinctly too young an age, but it has stayed with me

The eyes give this big 'meme sequence of Vince McMahon images' energy

"Five is right out."

"Bella Ramsey" is nominative determinism

A painting of Lucifer tempting Jesus in the desert. Lucifer is INCREDIBLY naked, dirty, and lurid, rubbing up ons Jesus' robes from behind; his hand is open in offering and is placed in front of Jesus' crotch

I just re-found this painting, which was in a kid's bible I had growing up. I used to obssess over it, and I'm pretty sure seeing Lucifer here was the first time I thought a man was attractive? Over the years I'd think "it couldn't possibly be as horny as I remember it", but I mean come ON

looks a bit grim, but perfectly armless

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine
(Gloria 1:1, from the Gospel according to Patti Smith)

Did you just suggest... grilling the toaster oven?

there is an opportunity for someone to rush out a ruggedized tactical black hardback called 'The War of War', with all the text in Gothic, but have it laced through with messages like 'Actually, respecting the Geneva Convention is the most metal and manly thing to do in this situation'

I like the idea of him being followed around by a troupe of minstrels so equipped

What I say to you is (sad trombone)

(Homer Simpson voice): The only father-son duo to be punished by the NHL for biting other players SO FAR

Q. What is the difference between a (non-medical) doctor and a professor?

A. In Australia, 'professor' is used when the university wants you to continue working, unpaid, after you retire

Jurassic Park (the first movie, not the franchise). I recollect Crichton's novel (which I saw in preparation for the movie) as serviceable, but it didn't exactly sing.

or he could've challenged you to a duel and had a worse one

It's a dirty job, but no-one has to do it

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Worrying, especially given the high likelihood, these days, of a collapse of thought

(All kidding aside, this is legit horrifying)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

not widely known: 'LLM' actually stands for 'large literary melanoma'