Scariest Slumbering Song Ever

The Scariest Song Ever by Slumbering shows that Slumby really does know what's scary.



Slumby herself always seems like she stepped out of a Tim Burton movie to me -- she's Sally all brought to life and living in Los Angeles. This song carries with it the whimsy and humor to make my comparison stick, I think. It has a bit of musichall or maybe biergarten and a subtle but serious jolt at the end. Macabre!

Missing Piece 8 by The Light Dreams

One thing that I really love about some of the Electronica guys at macidol.com is that they really pay attention to their artwork. They understand that visuals can add a lot to a listening experience, and they design their art for their pages accordingly. The Light Dreams has a voluminous jamroom, and there are many really cool pictures accompanying his compositions.

Missing Piece 8 is his most recent addition, and is great, spacy ambient music. I'm going back to find the other 7.

In honor of the most surreal fatwa ever...

I was hanging out on the boards at airamerica.com and there was a video of Cenk Uygur talking about how in Iran, homosexuality is a capital offense the first time you're caught (lesbians have more leeway). The odd thing is that evidently the Ayatollah Khomeini (the guy from the '70s) in his wisdom, issued a fatwa that condones gender reassignment.

Interestingly, there are about 150,000 transgender people in Iran, making them the second-largest intersexed community in the world behind Thailand. Essentially, what seems to be happening is that a lot of gay folks, who have no choice if they want to survive, become transgendered, or possibly try to hook up with someone transgendered.

So anyway, in the comments for the entry, someone who posts as Uffdaguy said he was afraid of what he would find if he googled "Persian Transsexual". Well, being a helpful guy, I did a google image search and came up with this.



This is a pastry called a "persian" and it was the top hit when I googled.

That Special Time of Year

Avast, mateys. Here we be again, arrr. Crack open that barrel o' rum, and commence emptyin' it down yer gullet, 'coz it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Yer parrrrticipation is greatly apreciated, and will likely save ya a few puncture wounds, I'm guessin'.

Shiver me timbers!

Kerry says and does nothing, nor does anyone else

I've seen a bit of press on this in the mainstream media, but most everyhting I've seen makes this guy look like a troublemaker and a malcontent. But you know what? He had every right to ask his questions, and the police acted illegally and in the most ugly fascistic way possible.

And John Kerry, that unforgiveable wimp, as well as that whole crowd of 100 or so supposedly politically aware people, sat by and did nothing.

How shameful.