"Shouting at Cutlery!"

I was looking through YouTube for a song of the day and came across the randomest thing. It is Tori Amos on a British morning show being interviewed by two large, loud puppets, Zig+Zag. For once Tori isn't the looniest one in the room. She does quite well for herself. I couldn't stop grinning through the whole thing. She explains out of body experiences quite well. Unfortunately, the poster disabled the embedding function, so you have to go to YouTube to actually watch them.
1994 interview promoting Under the Pink.
Part 1 of 1996 interview promoting Boys for Pele.
Part 2 of 1996 interview.

Song of the Day

Interpol's lastest video for their single, The Heinrich Maneuver, off of Our Love to Admire.

Tisk, tisk, language.

Here's a nifty little YouTube video. It's about The Simpsons.


Now, once you've watched it, go to the actual YouTube site (by clicking on the embedded YouTube icon on the video screen) and read the comments. People have some serious anger management issues. And by people, I mean 14-year-old boys.

Song of the Day

Bjork - Innocence. This video is the winner of the fan created music video contest.

Daily Round Up

* "Dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla was found guilty of supporting terror and plotting to kill people overseas.

* In sad news, suicides have hit a 26 year high in the US army.


* The conservation group BirdLife has launched a program to protect 189 birds from extinction.

* So Apple may not be such a bad name. A couple from Chine have tried to names their child @. They claim that phonetically in Mandarin is means "love him".

* Who would have thought the wholesome, singing Mormons had been around this long?

* Eating right isn't always the easiest thing to do (ahem, Ben and Jerry's for breakfast) but here are a few simple tips, and recipes to boot, that make it easy.

* Here's a round up of the last day of the World University Games for swimming. The US came out with a leading 26 medals and 10 gold.

* The Daily Intelligencer has fun with Brooke Astor's will.

* They have to make up for their teeth!

Today in History

1868 - Arica, Chile is hit by a tsunami that killed a possible total of 70,000 people.

1888 - T. E. Laewrence, known the world over as Lawrence of Arabia, is born.

1948 - The Great Bambino, Babe Ruth dies.

1958 - The MaterialGirl, Madonna is born.

1969 - Police raid Spahn Ranch and arrest Charles Manson.

1991 - Shamu the Killer Whale, one of SeaWorld's biggest attractions dies.

Water Cube and Bird's Nest

The Beijing Olympics are less than a year away and already they have given us some wonder and excitement. The National Aquatic Center, aka the Water Cube, is an enchanting cube made of what appear to be bubbles. It's very fluid and clearly represents what is inside. The swimmers are sure to be struck by the grandness of the occasion from just the structure itself. The Water Cube's neighbor is the Bird's Nest, formally known as the National Stadium. The name is derived from the way the ouside support beams are curved to form a nest of sorts which holds all the goings on inside. China has created some marvelous venues to stage such a sporting extravaganza and the Olympic spirit is sure to be soaring. All this though has not come without a few detractors.

Song of the Day

Some end of summer, short shorts, Wet Hot American Summer style fun courtesy of Hello Goodbye.

Daily Round Up

* Everything is traceable. A wikipedia scanner has revealed interesting edits to wikipedia entries including ones done by the CIA and Diebold, the company in charge of the voting machines involved in controversy, to their own profile trying to diminish their link to President Bush.

* Dean's got a girlfriend on the gulf coast, Erin. Hopefully they don't decide to go on a date in Florida.

* You can now get your Lennon fix, if not quite a full Beatles fix, on iTunes.

* Here's a little how to for your next exploration into a Farmer's Market.


* Some yummy, yummy stew: Brazilian Black Bean Stew.

* Um, she kinda brought this on herself. So what's going to happen to Amy's whole shtick when she's sober? Will people care when she's not a train wreck, wasn't that the bad girl appeal?

Today in History

1519 - The place of my birth, Panama City is founded.

1769 - French Emperor Nepolean Bonaparte, he of the height issues, is born.

1909 - Brazilian sociologist and writer Euclides da Cunha dies.

1965 - Writer and creator of Veronica Mars Rob Thomas is born.

1969 - Woodstock Music and Art Fair begins.

And Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom of Costa Rica!