This Is A Riot

Maybe this just plays to my German major-ness, but I think if you know just a little bit about famous Germans and Greeks, you'll enjoy this Monty Python sketch.

August 28th, 2008

The only time John McCain will make anyone cry is if he is elected.

1939

A schoolboy from Barnfield School, Edgware, Middlesex, England, shows off three of his pet mice to curious friends, 1939.

Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi Wed

It Takes A Nation Of Millions

A documentary about the 20th anniversary of Public Enemy's "It's Takes A Nations Of Millions To Hold Us Back" is up in 3 parts at Pitchfork.tv, and here is part 2 which has some really cool parts on production and the idea that went behind Public Enemy's sound.

Heading to Minnesota

Hey everyone, I'm here at the airport waiting for a flight to Minneapolis. I thought I should link up my Twitter account so you can see what I'm doing, if you're interested. Besides Twittering I'll be taking pictures of whatever seems interesting and post them here. So here's my Twitter and my Flickr for photos. I'll be back Friday evening.

Sigur Ros at MOMA

Sigur Ros at MOMA in NY. I didn’t listen to the entire set, but there’s some hits in there, especially the last song, "Gobbledigook": all the clapping and drumming is lots of fun. Listen to the album version here.

Sophisticted Side Ponytail

First, they’re called Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and secondly, they made this video. Both the name and this video are pretty intense.

Student Housing in Malmö, Sweden

Enough Said

Cry It Out, Like A Man

The BBC compiled a list of 80 things which men say make them cry. Here are some of my favo(u)rites:

-When my adopted son spontaneously called me Dad.

-...when Bambi's mum dies.

-Seeing my mum cry is an automatic cry. But for some reason, when I see OTHER men cry it really makes me want to blame the hay fever.

-Christmas productions at my son's primary school - something about the slightly out-of-key sound of children's voices when singing carols always makes me well up. And adds to that Christmas sparkle.

-The film of JFK's toddler son saluting his father's passing coffin does it for me every time.

BBC

There Doesn't Have To Be A Reason

On my second day of volunteering at the DIA, I decided to bring a camera to help pass the time. I think any single thing done for four hours gets boring, although I imagine some may disagree. Here's a couple of photos from the American Gallery. Check out my Flickr page for details about each painting. My favorite is probably the first by Thomas Wilmer Dewing.