Friday, February 4, 2011

Paul McCartney - "Jenny Wren"



The stuff he's been writing the past five years or so just may be his best ever.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Japanese Country-Blues Busker in Australia



It's not every day you see a Japanese man singing country-blues in Australia. He's actaully pretty darn good too.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Astronomers Discover The Oldest Galaxy Yet


Some astronomers using the Hubble Telescope recently found a galaxy with the greatest redshift that's ever been recorded. Using the redshift pattern as a guide, they were able to determine that the age of this galaxy was born only 500 million years after the big bang. It's roughly 13.2 billion light-years away.

Imagine, driving a car that went 671 million miles per hour and driving it for 13.2 billion years. I ask you, might that not as well be forever? Some things are just unthinkable.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Wacky World of Elvis

I found this photo online last night just messing around. I don't know why but it just struck me as hilarious. Turns out that Elvis Presley was the world's biggest fan of the TV show—Bonanza. So one day he drove over to the set and actually asked Loren Green if he can have his picture taken with the guys. I mean, just the thought of Elvis walking up to Dan Blocker and saying, "Hey Hoss, let's you and me be pals!"

Saturday, January 15, 2011

The End of the World

Last night I had two of the strangest and most eerie dreams about the world coming to an end. I've had such dreams before but not for a long time. All I remember about last nights dreams was that in both of them reality was coming undone and there weren't many people around anymore. The Earth beneath my feet was becoming slushy like Jell-O, and everything was falling apart. It would only last a couple of days longer. It was as though things were losing their substance.

I wonder if this has anything in common with my... visions isn't the right word, but it will have to do for now. Almost every night as I'm getting into bed, I immediately have this quick flash of dead, dried out flesh and other tissues before my mental eyes. It only lasts a split second. The tissues are always a little different, but always nasty, ugly looking things like a mummy's flesh. I wonder what the heck it means, if anything.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Bryan Forbes Has A YT Channel

Just to give a heads up to people who like great old movies, aging director/actor Bryan Forbes has a YouTube channel with three of his movies on it in their entirety: King Rat, Seance On A Wet Afternoon, and The Whisperers. All excellent films!

http://www.youtube.com/user/FForbesBryan#g/u

Monday, January 10, 2011

Prodigal: "Boxes"



This was a great song by a great 80s band called Prodigal.

They sleep in boxes
They live in shopping carts
They've got dirty faces
And runny eyes, and lonely hearts

They hide in overcoats
Behind the subway stairs
Chameleon door stoops
We never even saw them there

And everybody needs somebody
Someone to love, someone to share
A merry dream, a secret thought
For most of us it's all we've got, it's all we've got
Everybody needs someone

They've got the motorcars
They've got the penthouse suits
Live near Rodeo Drive
And sleep in beds as wide as streets

They've got the blue blood
They've got the right stuff
They've got it all
But still in all, it's not quite enough

Cause everybody needs somebody
Someone to love, someone to share
A sacred dream, a secret thought
For most of us it's all we've got
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs someone