Australian Comic Jim Jefferies Has The Right Idea On The Stance Of Guns
Jim Jefferies has the right idea on the stance on guns. Jefferies points out perfectly the absurdity of America’s reaction to mass shootings as opposed to his native Australia.
“In Australia, we had the biggest massacre on earth. The Australian government went, ‘That’s it! No more guns!’ And we all went, ‘Yeah, alright then. That seems fair enough.’ Now in America, you have the Sandy Hook Massacre where little, tiny children died, and your government went, ‘Maybe – we’ll get rid of the BIG guns?’”
You Can Now Remove Tattoos From Your Body, Preserve, And Frame It After You Die
Whether you have spent countless hours and large sums of money on your tattoos or you have a few especially meaningful pieces, the labor and stories behind your tattoos can carry on for future generations to experience. 60-year-old Charles Hamm, a former accountant from Cleveland started the National Association for the Preservation of Skin Art (NAPSA). Their goal is to give people the option to preserve their body ink (skin included), frame it, and then pass it on to their loved ones after they die.
A real-life version of Remy from Ratatouille eats spaghetti
A real-life version of Remy from Pixar’s animated film Ratatouille happily munches away on cooked spaghetti.
“What Is Punk?” Is The Book Every Music-Loving Parent Should Have For Their Kids
Punk rock is a style of music, but it also is a way of thinking about and interacting with society. As a style of music, the influence of its energetic arrangements, distorted guitars, and anti-conformist lyrics is evident in the work of many of the most important bands from the last 25 years. As an attitude, it continues to shape (rightly or wrongly) media, design, politics, and fashion. With honesty, integrity, simplicity, and humor, What Every Child Needs to Know About Punk Rock explains this cultural phenomenon to young children, helping them to understand the modern world and, more importantly, the adults in their lives. Written by two dads — a child expert and a researcher — What Every Child Needs to Know About Punk Rock is the book for any adult who wants to help young children understand the roots of this ongoing movement.
I wish I found this book when Hannah was a kid. Actually, at 13, she might be the perfect age for this, since she’s learning now the music of the 50s and 60s and learning to think about it to today’s pop stars. Actually, I know a lot of adults who would love this book, too. Once they know all about punk and how the musicians and fans made it their thing, they’ll make it their own today.
This Meerkat Falls Asleep In A Basket Of Stuffed Animals, And It’s Adorable
Sleeping animals are the cutest things you’ll see, firmly in their place in peace. Even better is when you see a meerkat falling asleep with stuffed animals.
Andrew Weatherall: ‘We’re at the apex of the punk-rock dream. Anyone can make music. What a double-edged sword’
Whatever his career has been, it has left Andrew Weatherall quite the raconteur. He has a way with words – he describes a DJ set by Scottish duo Slam as “absolutely full-knacker proper panel-beaters-from-Prague-’ere-we-go techno” – an endless store of anecdotes, and an intriguing set of cultural reference points: “I’m an autodidact, because I got chucked out of school.” Over the course of an hour and a half we go from Joseph Conrad’s novel The Secret Agent to the “magnificence” of Wizzard’s 1974 album Introducing Eddy and the Falcons, via Francis Bacon and William Burroughs’ line about how if you’re in a hurry to show somebody your art, you should throw it in the trash because it’s bound to be rubbish. “Be patient. Very pertinent to today,” he says. “Digital culture sells you this theory that if you don’t get involved immediately, you’re going to be left behind. When you see an advert for broadband, it’s always got a caveman in it, because if you haven’t got the latest broadband, you’re a caveman. But if you’re making music or any art, just wait, wait six months, see if you still like it. If you release something immediately, you’re not going to be happy with it and it’s just going to be part of the digital noise.” He chuckles. “Here we are at the apex of the punk-rock dream, the democratisation of art, anyone can do it, and what a double-edged sword that’s turned out to be, has it not?”
Via The Guardian
Wheels on The Bus Performed By A Metal Drummer
The Wheels on the Bus is a United Kingdom folk song dating back to the 1920s or 1930s written by Lydia Ulsaker, and based on the traditional British song “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”. It’s the 5th song on my wife’s side business, Name Your Tune personalized CD for kids, so I’ve heard a traditional version of this song a lot. I’ve never, ever, heard a version like metal drummer Joey Muha taking a stab at it, confronting the track in a barrage of sound.
