Um. This is why teh intarwebs were invented (yes: this counts as national security). After having watched that, you’re allowed to watch the original. But I will bet money you won’t be able to.

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Okay, I bought this album solely because I heart Hugh Laurie. I was first introduced to his awesomeness (or, rather, His Awesomeness) when he was Prince George in my favorite British comedy of all time, The Blackadder (I still find that Mr. Bean is an absolute waste of Rowan Atkinson’s talents). But as great of [...]

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Yeah, I know this is a commercial…but it’s also an amazing poem and a beautiful illustration to go along with the poem. Laughing Heart, Charles Bukowski there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness I love that sentiment.

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This may not be music per se, but I think it is still worth it. The vid goes on for longer than the actual piece, and you’re welcome to stick around after or not, as you are so moved. This is Sarah Kay‘s TED talk. I don’t know who she is, but if this is [...]

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I was linked to this vid by this amazing post: Is It Cold in Here? about sexism within the skeptical/atheist community. Sexism I have not, myself, encountered, but which sounds just like what I experienced while working in tech and now, as I try to work in law (not to mention when I try to [...]

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I literally just discovered Ms. Maura (but was too tired to write this last night). I love her jazzy sound—it’s almost steampunky to me. I like this as a ballad between a time traveler and someone encountered during those travels. It’s likely a much more traditional relationship, but “Peace for a Place” feels like a [...]

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My sister used to live in New York and my mother had decided that we would visit her to see Broadway shows. She would be there for longer than I, and I longer than dad, so she’d see a total of 3—we each got to choose one. Dad chose Les Misérables. In preparation and, I [...]

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I’m rediscovering my love affair with Natalie Merchant. And either she sings a lot about the Devil or I interpret a lot of her songs about being about Him (okay…two that’s still a greater-than-normal number the kind of music she sings). These two songs are so soulful—almost longing—that it almost doesn’t match the subject. Or [...]

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I love Poe because she’s dark and soft, like black silk; she’s always softer than I expect and darker than that softness prepares me for. I always expect her to be a hard metal kind of sound—like an Evanescence—but find a ballad or soft rock instead. And once hearing that, I expect her lyrics to [...]

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This seems eminently appropriate for Mind on Fire: Set Fire to the Rain, by Adele. It’s such a wonderful, terrifying image. I set fire to the rain! And I threw us into the flames. When we fell, something died. Throughout, she seems trapped in a relationship that she doesn’t seem to know how to escape—she [...]

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