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Saturday afternoon YouTube gem: Absolute Beginners

Here’s one of my all time favorite David Bowie tunes, truly an underrated gem from his career. (Too bad the movie it came from was only so-so.) This performance is from June 2000: Why? Because Christmas is coming and I felt like it. Enjoy!

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Computers and social media Entertainment/culture Music Science

Fun “chemistry”: An alternate way of charging your iPod?

This video’s so good that I’m half tempted to try this method for myself, just to see if it actually works… Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog. MacGyver would love this.

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Entertainment/culture Music

Detroit Rock City

It’s Saturday afternoon, time for a break from science as I attack the disaster that is our backyard. In the meantime, let’s rock out for a few minutes: I’m not a huge KISS fan, but the above song is the absolutely best song that KISS ever did in their entire career–and it’s an ode to […]

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Cancer Entertainment/culture Humor Medicine Music

World’s worst album cover?

Believe it or not, this post is related, albeit somewhat tangentially, to my area of expertise, breast cancer. It’s also related to one of my great loves in life, namely loud, obnoxious rock and roll. Unfortunately, it involves bad art and an album cover so puzzling that, even when considering the source, I have a […]

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Entertainment/culture Movies Music Science fiction/fantasy

Led Zeppelin and The Lord of the Rings: Two great tastes that taste great together

It’s Saturday afternoon, so what the heck? Ah, that’s better.