January 2012
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Xenochrony
Xenochrony is a studio-based musical technique developed at an unknown date, but possibly as early as the early 1960s, by Frank Zappa, who used it on several albums. Xenochrony is executed by extracting a guitar solo or other musical part from its original context and placing it into a completely different song, in order to create an unexpected but pleasing effect. He said that this was the only...
'As You Like It' and 'Into The Woods' Will Be This... →
popculturebrain:
Seems about the right time for Into Thr Woods to come back around.
I am going to be mad at myself if I miss this one.
collegehumor:
Horror Cat
So cute, it’s scary
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"Occupy" Named 2011 Word of the Year →
The American Dialect Society also gave the Most Useful award to humblebrag (go, Harris Wittels!), Most Unnecessary to bi-winning (beating out amazeballs), and Most Euphemistic to job creator. Hear, hear!
I had not yet heard of the clever term Mellencamp, to refer to a woman who is too old to still be considered a cougar.
Not Everyone’s Laughing At “Shit White Girls Say... →
stfuconservatives:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
eshusplayground:
White Women’s Tears over the “Shit White Girls” video. Not like nobody was expecting it.
But I do wonder why there are suddenly all these criticisms of the video being sexist when it’s blatantly stated to be a parody of the “Stuff Girls” video(s). But I suppose when Black women do it, it becomes magically MORE sexist than when men...
GIRLS ARE PRETTY: Ask Her New Husband Day! →
girlsareprettyforever:
Short on cash? Got an ex-wife with a new husband? Meet with him and ask him for some money. Don’t just launch into it though. When you sit down, start off by asking if your ex-wife is well and if he’s taking care of her. He’ll say of course he is because he’s not you in that he cares about others. Tell him you have a business prospect that could really turn into...
The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit...
– Frank Zappa (via artoftheunbeliever)