Disordered Thoughts and Curmudgeonly Ramblings
Back from Melbourne.
I’ll make a more detailed post when I’ve had some sleep, but in the meantime I’m happy to report that I was witness to this on Saturday…
In fact, I’m probably visible in the background of that clip, although I was on the far side of the road, and thus you’d need a Bladerunner level of enhancement to pick me out.
Oh, and I did make it down to the Coatman and got a kickarse new coat for only $125. Brutal!
Right, getting some sleep now…
Off to Melbourne tonight. This is already stuck in my head…
There’s comes a time when, when you’ve had the same song stuck in your head for days on end, any solution becomes viable (this is what is known as The Godzilla Threshold).
My solution is as follows. Turn up the headphones as loud as you safely can and…
Listen to this, twice.
Then listen to this.
Listen to this again, once.
Listen to this two times.
Listen to this.
Finally, listen to this.
It’ll work, but I refuse to be held responsible for any side effects…
(“For the Emperium”. Heh :D)
It’s 30 years since the release of first ever commercially available CD – a reissue of Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, which went on sale on October 1 1982.
The first CD I ever bought was the single of You Am I’s Soldiers.
The first full album was Dire Straits’ On Every Street.
I stand by both purchases.
It seems odd to me that AD&D’s Ravenloft setting never included a version of Wuthering Heights.
Think about it. You’ve got the perfect Dark Lord in the form of Heathcliff, torturing his household and tormented by his memories of Catherine. Catherine would actually be a ghost, tapping on the windows at night and increasing Heathcliff’s torment. The Domain would consist of the bleak, high moors, with a few scattered houses and a single village, and the borders would be sealed when necessary by raging sleet and hail storms.
It’s such a natural fit that its lack boggles the mind. Were there no English Majors at TSR?
While on the subject of Wuthering Heights, I don’t believe that it’s possible for any human being to sing as high as Kate Bush does in the first few bars of her song based on the book. Her pitch is either a post-recording effect, or she is some kind of alien masquerading as a human being.
(I know where I’m putting my money… :D)
Oh, can I also mention Kate Beaton’s brilliant take on the book?
Wuthering Heights: Part 1
Wuthering Heights: Part 2
Wuthering Heights: Part 3
God love ya Humon, but I could have very happily lived the rest of my life completely unaware of German sparkle parties…
This is possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen, but it has me laughing so hard I can hardly type đŸ™‚
Seriously, is there anything not to love about Megan Washington?
And while we’re on a kick of just embedding YouTube videos rather than coming up with any original content, how about this then?
I’m happy to say I have never heard a song by LMFAO in my life (one of the advantages of avoiding commercial radio).
This however is fantastic.
