The Mendoza Line is a New York based band with a variety of music styles ranging from folk to the catch all ‘alternative’. I have no idea how popular they are in the real world but their recent album Full of Light and Full of Fire has a number of good catchy songs. My favorite [...]

November 22nd: Today in 1935 a Pan American flying boat, the China Clipper set off to attempt the first cross pacific airmail delivery from Alameda California to Manila in the Philippines. The flight took nearly sixty hours of flying time but was successful with stops in Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam before completing [...]

November 21rst: Today in 1980 Texaco oil drilling rig looking for oil under Lake Peigneur in Louisiana managed to punch a hole through the bottom of the lake into a salt mine under the lake with a 14″ drill bit causing a spectacular disaster. The small hole acted as drain to the lake, sucking the [...]

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Ok, this one is a bit lean, nothing on Youtube, no free full sample songs around and the album I am listening to is over ten years old, but I am really enjoying Annbjorg Lien’s Felefeber album. She is a Norwegian Fiddle player, the sound is very similar to celtic fiddle on this album, at [...]

I am milling with the teeming masses and travelling for Thanksgiving this week. I should have regular internet connections and will try to keep up, but if I miss a day, like say, today, talk among yourselves…

Jonathan Coulton is a singer-songwriter with an interesting range of songs and fairly big nerd following. He is also a believer in the Creative Commons Licenses as am I*, so you can try quite a lot of his music then give him some cash if you like the songs. Note, this only works if people [...]

November 17th: Today in 1978 the Star Wars Holiday Special airs its first and only time. Did I see it? You bet! I loved Star Wars and Jefferson Airplane* so I was up for it! Did is suck rocks? Oh Yeah, big time…. Anyway, happy Life Day to all and to all a good light [...]

November 16th: Today in 1857 an assault on the Secundrabagh during the Second Relief of Lucknow resulted in the most Victoria Crosses ever issued in one day, Twenty-four. The battle took place during a particularly violent rebellion by Indian Sepoy troops against the British that the British responded to just as savagely. The fighting was [...]

If you didn’t grow up reading Marvel comics skip this link, if you did Galactus IS COMING!!!!!