Victim, screaming frantically into phone: "911? 911? This is gonna sound crazy, but -- he has a spoon, he's attacking me with a spoon... and it HURTS LIKE HELL! Help!" The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon. (Thanks, Bobby C!)...

In THE SPIRIT OF LOUIS, 2009, not long ago,���I posted three video performances where the Scandinavian Rhythm Boys were joined by one of the remaining Elders, clarinetist Joe Muranyi.��� (http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-spirit-of-louis-2009/) If those videos eluded you, or the SRB are...

At only 2 millimeters across, this is the world's smallest orchid. EcoMinga ecologist Lou Jost collected a different plant in Ecuador and later found this tiny orchid hidden in the roots. From National Geographic: The newfound orchid, part of the Platystele genus, hasn't yet had the type of...

Two years on from his last record, Calika refines his sound processing and delivers two quite radically different EPs on Audiobulb and Highpoint Lowlife.

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About ten days ago, the Beloved and I took a day trip to Lambertville, New Jersey — a town known to some for its proximity to Bucks County, Pennsylvania. But the Beloved and I like flea markets, and although we have never made it to Lambertville’s flea market at the right just-after-sunrise time to...

In 1976, David Bowie famously told us that "Rock has always been the devil's music." I enjoy hearing about the real or rumored occult influences on rock and roll, and famous musicians' interests in the "dark arts." Gary Lachman's "Turn Off Your Mind" and Erik Davis's book on Led Zeppelin IV are fun...

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Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano, and Richard Bishop live at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle (photo by Joe Mabel)