Elvis, Popeye...Damn
Damn Interesting is a website Aaron Nelson turned me on to the other day, with semi-daily short articles about historical oddities, weird science, etc. I spend about half my time on the InterWeb looking for this kind of stuff, so this site will go a long way in helping me to waste my time more efficiently.The ridiculously prolific Elvis Costello has a new album out, this time a lyrical/musical/literal trip to New Orleans with veteran songwriter Allen Toussaint. I just got my copy and it's pretty neat. "Here comes the flood if you catch my drift."
I'm a big nerd and I love the 1930s Fleischer Popeye cartoons, so this news got me excited. Now how about a complete reprinting of Elzie Segar's Thimble Theater (the fantastic comic strip Popeye came from)? Eh?
posted by nICK. at 6/09/2006 05:39:00 PM
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That site is DAMN INTERESTING. My housemates and I read about numbers stations for hours, downloaded clips, etc.; creepy shit. I also learned something about Uncle O'Grimacey I thought you may like while I was researching about Mac Tonight:
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0881/
Yeah, I downloaded the whole Conet Project numbers station recordings after I read that. That was probably a little more counting in German than I needed, but still, neat stuff.
The McDonaldland chess set the guy mentions in the XE article would be so rad. I guess Fry Kids and McNuggets would be the pawns.
I found the Mac Tonight commercial, had to watch it over and over again..
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/839/
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