The art of the mix tape

Cassette tape table via Laughing Squid

True fax, I still have every mix tape that every boy has ever made me.

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

credit: Terry O’Neill 1975

#Musicmonday: Melo-m "Final Countdown"

Presented in honor of my last week at NG.

Cheers to the New Year!

Phantom Cocktails from Ty Migota on Vimeo.

via Laughing Squid

2011 - If it wasn't on Facebook it didn't happen

In 2011 ...

1. Johnson County Sheriffs were enjoyed at Cville Coffee
2. Bachelorettes were WOOOOO'd
3. Slushageddon was survived
4. Fled from the Smoke Monster
5. Missions were accomplished at SDCC
6. Mazes were ... actually, I was done with the maze after 10 minutes and bush whacked my way to freedom.  With the Stage-Harveys at the Dole Pineapple Plantation.
7. Teeth were pulled.  Apparently I am a girl with a tiny mouth and ginormous teeth.
8. Sanctioned drinking during work hours
9. Animals were fended off with Creed songs
10. Nephews were born
11. Skee was balled.  We were the Knights who said SKEE!
12.  Terrenced with Ames in Fred
13. 40th birthday parties were survived
14. Dear friends visited
15. Hurricanes were hunkered
16. Cookies were exchanged

Drinkify: There's a cocktail for that

Tell the web app Drinkify what you're listening to, and it will pair your music with an appropriate adult beverage.  It does a pretty good job:

Old school, smooth, and under appreciated.

Tastes like a bari sax sounds.

I would have expected Drinkify to suggest an ice cold American beer, but I guess it checked my Klout score.

This one is a head scratcher.  Hennessy?  Sure.  Makes total sense.  Tabasco?  Okay.  Just like Otis, it starts off smooth and sophisticated and then the heat kicks in.  

But cough syrup?  

Drop a match into that and you've got a Flaming Moe.

I would have expected this drink to be paired with Jimi Hendrix.

I can't explain it, but fire made it good.














Drinkify via Laughing Squid

#Musicmonday: Geronimo Jackson "Dharma Lady"

via Tubular

Toon Tuesday - Home Movies "Mortgages And Marbles"

DON'T BUT MARBLES IN YOUR NOSE - PUT THEM IN THERE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REV. AL GREEN

credit: Kansas City Pitch

He'll never be untrue.



Preach it Rev.

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

Inspired by a very silly comment I received that seemed to imply that Brit Pop star Robbie Williams is, in fact, a robot.

Right up your kilt!

Happy St. Patrick's Day amateurs!

Musical Pi

For Pi Day, a musical interpretation to 31 decimal places by Michael John Blake.



I wonder what would happen if you keyed this into an FTL drive?



Previously: wax | wendy: Happy Pi(e) Day! 2010

via Laughing Squid

#musicmonday: Irma Thomas "It's Raining" + "Ruler of my Heart"

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

#Musicmonday: Concrete Blonde "Someday?"

Not that she's going to see this, because she simply refuses to read the blog, but - Hey Jen!  Remember that time we almost died at that show at the Boathouse?  Yeah, that was awesome.

I have too much time on my hands

When you watch all of Season 1 of Spartacus in one sitting and then combine it with Creed's impressive ability to fend off dangerous animals you get this ...

Thracian fends off Spartacus kittens with Creed song - credit: STARZ and Nathan V.

Why yes, I have created a wholly unnecessary tumblr account, and expect CBS to call with a production deal any day now.

If you'd like to see the kittehs in their original, un-Creeded form check out Nathan's Spartacus recaps at Tubular.

Monday morning moment of Star Blazers

Now let's get crackin' on a US release date for the live action movie.


via Topless Robot - The Most Beautiful Version of the "Star Blazers" Theme You'll Hear Today

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

Mumford & Sons

"Roll Away Your Stone" and "The Cave"

Here we come a'caroling: "Fairytale of New York"

Here we come a'caroling: "Little Blue Man Group Drummer Boy"

Was anyone else hoping for an appearance by David Bowie dressed as his 70's self?  It seems to be a thing on Late Night.