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Entertainment/culture Humor Music

“Mime is a lot of fun” or 1980s breakdance facial expressions

Now I remember why breakdancing got on my nerves in the 1980s: (Via Attuworld.) Thus endeth the silliness for this rainy Sunday.

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Entertainment/culture Music

Now here’s some real psychotherapy: The Cramps perform at Napa State Mental Hospital in 1978

Ya gotta love The Cramps. Their style of rockabilly is so bizarre that it’s been dubbed by some as “psychobilly.” And, if you happen to be unlucky enough to have to be hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital, I can’t imagine a much better bit of therapy than to see The Cramps perform at your hospital. […]

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Entertainment/culture Music News of the Weird

Talkin’ ’bout my g-g-generation. (Now where did I leave my teeth again?)

What do you get when you mix a bunch of octogenarians and nonagenarians with The Who? You get this: It’s a band called The Zimmers. Members range in age from 69 to 99. I particularly like the mass instrument smashing at the end of the video. I have to admit, however, to the near irresistable […]

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Entertainment/culture Music Pareidolia Skepticism/critical thinking

The King of Pareidolia (and rock ‘n’ roll)

This time, it’s from Colorado, and it’s the King: Rock collector LaDell Alexander, 60, has found a stone she swears has the face of the rock king Elvis Presley on it and has taken it home and plans to sell it on eBay in August, near the 30th anniversary of his death. Alexander said “people […]

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Music Science

It’s never too late to finish what you started in science

Case in point: Soon to be Dr. Brian May of Queen. After 33 years, he’s now going be an astrophysicist. Rock on, Brian!