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oh, dear U-pop - how we miss you from our element. soon, you'll be gone due to Christmas music taking your xm car slot... I hope you return after the holidays!

Saw Tropic Thunder tonight - it was better than it might've been, but I was fooled by previews, and didn't get as good a show as expected. Jack Black and Ben Stiller didn't do much for me, but I was impressed by ol' Downey and Nolte. We had a nice Thursday night date, anyhow! BHK got her allotment of popcorn and I enjoyed a soft pretzel and some crunch bar bites.



An analysis of the three major types of gravestone motifs used in eastern Massachusetts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

The earliest of the three is a winged death's head, with blank eyes and a grinning visage. Earlier versions are quite ornate, but as time passes, they become less elaborate. Sometime during the eighteenth century -- the time varies according to location -- the grim death's head designs are replaced, more or less quickly, by winged cherubs. This design also goes through a gradual simplification of form with time. By the late 1700's or early 1800's, again depending on where you are observing, the cherubs are replaced by stones decorated with a willow tree overhanging a pedestaled urn.

Pay special attention to the graph of the popularity of each motif and the slideshow of example gravestones. (thx, peterme)




1 year ago - bhk sickies, foodness, world without us, good grains

2 years ago - flickr maps, out with TW and saw Pirates, no putt-putt, Rope swing for Danny, It must be love, words that make me laugh, cherry-chocolate milkshake

3 years ago - Katrina new orleans satmaps, on call again, cookies for genetic goodies, big rock candy mountain, elephant prosthesis

4 years ago - More Frances, Dan Snores, Newt Pics, observations.

5 years ago - neurologist, giant lizard in Beirut, grizzlies, Y-chromosome vanishing, work drama, Cathi's dad gets' trach, Egyptology, Ft. Laud ghosts, Scientology

6 years ago - freaky temple, edbook's llamas, Bush behaves a bit, bad dream, Friendly street light.

7 years ago - contretemps , liverish, Rhinestone Cowboy, social lubrication, spiritual/paranormal/xenobiological poll (fascinating results), stopping b/w theft, Anne Heche a loony

8 years ago - No Norton, Supers Gaming, interests, met twinstar & estokes Geotarget

Date: 2008-09-05 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
STUPID Kenny Chesney and Metallic radio taking our UPOP SPOT ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

But hey! 74 has a BB King program!

Date: 2008-09-09 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graypumpkin.livejournal.com
Heh, and here I've been rocking out to Metallica while running errands today.
For your fix of Euro-Pop cheese whiz try 100 Air Musique, the music's all in french, but full of that delicious euro cheese sound, along with some alt and rap. Though I do change the channel when they start rapping in french.
Become a fan of Emi Bond's song "Kamikaze" do to that station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4flD3xKvKs

Date: 2008-09-10 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
ah, good ol' air musique - it is a pretty entertaining channel, non?

As for Kamikaze - it's a good day to watch tv.

j'accuse!

Date: 2008-09-10 06:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
Oh la la but 'ow can you resist ze French rap!! It ees tres BON!

Date: 2008-09-10 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graypumpkin.livejournal.com
Sacre blue! Au contraire, mon amie, ze French it eez how do you zay, Merde.
Now das German, that's a language made to rap.

Date: 2008-09-10 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graypumpkin.livejournal.com
Why do you hate me? ;)

Of course you know this means war!

Date: 2008-09-10 08:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
ach du fritz lieber!!

Re: How do you say earworm in French?

Date: 2008-09-10 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm

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Earworm may also refer to the Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm) or the musician DJ Earworm.

Earworm, a calque of the German Ohrwurm, is a term for a portion of a song or other musical material that becomes "stuck" in a person's "head" or repeats against one's will within one's mind. Use of the English translation was popularized by James Kellaris and Daniel Levitin. Kellaris' studies demonstrated that different people have varying susceptibilities to earworms, but that almost everybody has been afflicted with one at some time or another.[1] A more scientific term for the phenomenon, involuntary musical imagery, was suggested by the neurologist Oliver Sacks in 2007.[2]

There have been claims "that earworms may be songs or tunes that become stuck in the phonological loop, the part of the brain that rehearses verbal information in Baddeley's model of working memory. This usually happens when a person sings the song or hums the tune once and then repeats it in his or her mind." However, this information is not supported by any scientifically published information and was presented only as a guess of an unknown author.[3]

Synonyms for earworms include "Last Song Syndrome"[citation needed], "repetuneitis"[citation needed], or in extreme degree "melodymania". A "repetune" is a song or other musical piece stuck in one's mind. Wanted Words, a feature on CBC Radio One's This Morning hosted by Jane Farrow, also once asked listeners to invent a word for this phenomenon. Submitted entries included "aneurhythm" and "humbug".[4]

Medications that are used to treat Obsessive-compulsive disorder or anxiety can alleviate the symptoms of earworms.[5]

Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-10 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
OK ok that video made me pee my pants.
I'll admit there are certain factions of the world that just should not rap.

I give you....."Me so holy..."

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-10 08:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I liked the james earl jones version better.

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-11 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
Nah he does sing he just talks over the words! But I DO hear he does a mean version of the "Raven"!

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-11 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Chris Walken is still raven king!

Nevah-MOreuh.

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-10 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graypumpkin.livejournal.com
OK that had chuckling.

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-10 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graypumpkin.livejournal.com
I'll admit there are certain factions of the world that just should not rap.
You mean like when science geeks rap?
Edited Date: 2008-09-10 09:33 pm (UTC)

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-10 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I like the hawking refrains!

Re: Jesus is my homeboy.

Date: 2008-09-11 03:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
I'm bad because all I'm thinking is.... "this must be the only band to never get laid on tour". Even Raffi gets more tail! HAHAHAHHAHAA!

Date: 2008-09-10 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Is it more sad that I have that as an MP3 already... or that I used to go to that IRC channel to get programming info?

Date: 2008-09-10 08:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
Oh honey---I BOUGHT the mp3 from itunes!! So I suck more! :D

Date: 2008-09-10 08:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
no worries... now we own it legally. :D

Date: 2008-09-10 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I won't say it twice - that man on the road is made of scheisse!

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