'Slick, suave and a little sexy': Herb Alpert - the unlikely kitsch 1960s act that dominated the US charts In the middle of the 1960s rock revolution, a jazz trumpeter smashed chart records and briefly became bigger than the Beatles. Now aged 91, Herb Alpert talks to the BBC.

'Slick, suave and a little sexy': Herb Alpert - the unlikely kitsch 1960s act that dominated the US charts

They normally look so chill. That one looks like it's just eaten a froggy equivalent of a lemon.

Consider that you may still not be well enough for that. Don't be / feel pressured into going back before you're well enough, cos you sound like you're quite bad!

The Travelling Whale-burys #WhaleSupergroups

The Balleens Of The Stone Age

Humpback super group names

Baleen
The Traveling Whaleburys
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Whales
The Highwaywhales
Whalevet Revolver
HMS Bounty
Whale Company
IV aka The One with the Whales

Emerson, Lake and Barnacle

Hah! Well my notifications suddenly lit up with many new whale bands we're sure to hear about in Sunday's Pick of the Pops...

Bullfrog looking left, partly out of the water - lower body visible, refracting, under water

Bullfrog of the day!
Tuesday, 21 April 2026

The black and white photo almost looks like everything is covered in dusty webs.

gray squirrel in tree

A classic beauty. Squirrel of the Day for April 21, 2026 #sqrlpix

Just heard from my Japanese friend that they're okay, and they didn't feel it in Tokyo. From someone who's only ever seen Japan on a map, it always looks smaller than it is.

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

Hand-knitted jumper, on display at the National Library of Scotland

What every well-dressed librarian is wearing @natlibscot.bsky.social

"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments

This is a ridiculously good advert.

Portlandia - Cool Parents Play Music for Kids w/Matt Berry YouTube video by Parachute Adams

Youtube just recommended me this. I want this album, too.

(The Matt Berry one, obvs).

@nikujaga.bsky.social Just checking you're not in the earthquake zone.

Again, reflux is a big perimenopause thing.

I like his TV themes the most. There's something about the way he enunciate Blankety Blank.

He is really good, if you haven't investigated any of his albums.

June 26th is ages away!

Everything's Peachy, by Matt Berry Trio 12 track album

It does work, if you click on it again in the bit of the window that has a display, assuming they haven't fixed it.

If this gets stuck in your head, I take no responsibility, but will have formed a cult of 3...

You could try Matt Berrying it away...

AI chatbots could be making you stupider As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

AI chatbots could be making you stupider

Apollo v Artemis: How the Earth changed in 58 years After the Apollo 8 crew captured the iconic Earthrise photo in 1968, Artemis astronauts have recreated the image, revealing changes to our fragile blue planet.

Apollo v Artemis: How the Earth changed in 58 years

My teeth started chatting just from the pressure needed for the mold, before any grindng had begun. The jaw can do that apparently. Or lock up tight.

God, I thought my Angine de Poitrine earworms were bad, but this one Matt Berry Trio track has not stopped since I first played it. I absolutely love it, but may never be able to listen to it again by the time it's actually released!

It's brought all the Animal Crossing hours with it...

Although it caused me jaw issues for a good few weeks after the prep, once the crown was fitted, it made a lot of things (more) better.

Dentist said my jaw couldn't take that sort of procedure again, which is a shame, because now I'd be happy if more of my molars were crowned.

Bullfrog partly out of water

Sunday evening bullfrog ...

Sometimes I really hate People.

A local squirrel strikes a 'gargoylesque pose' while (seemingly) politely & patiently enquiring about the availability of a tasty walnut 'brunch' snack here this past Saturday morning. (Note: There WAS a tasty walnut 'brunch' snack available, and enjoyed, just a few moments later.) • Raleigh, NC • April 18th, 2026 • 11:13:28 AM •

"...This week, on 'Gargoyle
Squirrels of North Carolina'..."
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