Dim Sum

An interesting tale about an online predator.

What a better way to deal with depression than to develop a new language?

What happened to the author of Peyton Place? Unfortunately, she didn't fare so well.

Marrying for money is never good.

Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

An albino (?) town in Argentina.

What's the deal with blond Melanesians?

Were Neanderthals redheads?

Are paedophiles short?

I Sing the Body Electric

In a deleted scene from Pulp Fiction, Mrs. Mia Wallace asks Vincent Vega if he's an Elvis man or a Beatles man. You're one or the other, and on the thirtieth anniversary of the King's death, I must declare myself the former.

That said, the King may be dead, but modern music isn't. To wit:

* "Respect" has nothing on Aretha's best. Jim and Dan are at their understated best here as well. Best, I says.

* "I saw her naked... twice!"

* Here's Ted Leo not bloodying his forehead on a microphone.

* Man Man puts on a show. Give me a Man Man/Gogol Bordello/Boredoms live triple bill, and I can die a happy man.

More to come... including some older performances and a recent Frank Black gig that trumps anything he's done in recent memory.

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