Vocabulary: Recurring Herder Edition
jument: an ox, mule, or other beast of burden (from the Latin “jumentum”)
recrudescence: revival or reappearance after a period of dormancy
carle: a peasant or laborer (var. carl, from old Norse for karl, “man”)
quartan: something, usually a fever, recurring every fourth day
grazier: a rancher or farmer who grazes livestock on his land
ambage: an indirect method of expression or circumlocution
duenna: a chaperone or governess for a young lady
neatherd: a cow herder (like cowherd or shepherd)
exequy: a funereal ceremony or procession
rissole: a small, deep-fried, meat pastry
calid: warm (same root as calorie)
accoucheur: a male midwife
White Rabbits – “Percussion Gun”
It’s Frightening
While for much of this album, the band attempts unsuccessfully to hit a sort of Spoon vibe, but the guy’s voice is just too overwrought. On this first track, though, they mostly nail it. The up-front drums are tight, and the guitar is very Hail To The Thief. (insound)
Really cool animation, when the 3D isn’t ruining things. Song not so much.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Vladimir Zuev, The Four Horsemen (via)
It appeared to me, on looking over the tradesmen’s books, as if we might have kept the basement story paved with butter, such was the extensive scale of our consumption of that article. I don’t know whether the Excise returns of the period may have exhibited any increase in the demand for pepper; but if our performances did not affect the market, I should say several families must have left off using it. And the most wonderful fact of all was, that we never had anything in the house.
David Copperfield
Jean-Pierre Blanchard crossing the English Channel in 1785
Sean McCann – “Star Charge”
The Capital
I think this is what you hear when you go towards the light.
The best men are not consistent in good – why should the worst men be consistent in evil?
The Woman In White