Broken Social Scene – “Baroque Social”
To Be You And Me

BSS like you never hear them. Actually sounds like Do Make Say Think’s “Chinatown” crossed with Loscil. Great track no matter what.

It has come to my attention that there are zonkeys.

Linked to on Metafilter – loving it

It’s nice to see something I wrote showing up on the web (even though I nabbed it from Gizmodo). I stand by my assessment!

Ebert on being a book lover

I wouldn’t have guessed Ebert for a sentimental book collector like myself. Nice little read.

Vocabulary: Final Shandean Edition

hypallage: a reversal of an expected phrasing (i.e. doing well -> well doing)
renversé: a French term, meaning something performed with a bent waist
toise: an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.4ft (almost exactly 2m)
quinsy: an outdated term for some forms of tonsil-related disease
obliquity: divergent – mathematically, astronomically, or mentally
iracundulous: a redundant addition to iracund (prone to anger)
tunicle: a garment worn by certain religious functionaries
meseraick: an anatomical term relating to the humors
eleemosynary: pertaining to or supported by charity
prolegomena: an introductory essay or preface
whilom: formerly or at one time

The Black Horse of Famine
Part of an apocalyptic horse series by André Durand. Surprisingly, they are pretty much his only good work, the rest being ridiculously cliché or garish and overdone. Oh well.

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Crime in Choir – “Crystal Cakes”
Gift Givers

I’ve been meaning to check these guys out for a while. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this is pretty great: it’s kind of like they took the instrumental parts of Pink Floyd’s Animals and just extended it and augmented it. Very cool, very dynamic.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/25500650001?isVid=1&publisherID=1138077173

Micro pigs. MICRO PIGS

(Source: http://c.brightcove.com/)

This is great. Some researchers taped cameras to the backs of albatrosses and let ‘em go.

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Mouse on Mars – “Catching Butterflies With Hand”
Idiology

Mouse on Mars is a quirky electronic outfit that’s been around for a while; Idiology came out ages ago. It’s not full of music I like, but it’s got a few gems on it like this one. Give it a minute, it starts out pretty weird.