I love TV specials from the 80s...

"A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief"
--- Bush (?) (Reuters)

Well, seize my property and stick me on the rack, I'm a witch.

Speaking of the Bros., now see them as they were meant to be seen...on ice!

Ice Capades' Mario Bros. Special

And wait 'til you see who's hosting it. (Found via boingboing.net.)

U FUCKING SUCK LEGO-ROBOT!!! NEXT TIME I WANT TO BE MARIO!!@

someone also forgot to mention that they don't particularly like having pictures of themselves posted.
I mean, really, who wants to see me staring back at them from Paras' board?
Did you read the article? That was definitely not me at my most coherent. woo!

So close, Jess. It's <a href="...">

boo, apparently I do not know how to make links. I thought I did. Oh well:

http://www.rawa.fancymarketing.net/

For anyone who's interested:

RAWA

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

I was going to mention it but I thought tommorrow would be better. Mainly because I felt lazy today.

someone forgot to mention they were in the news today:


ECOS director Alison Lennie: Creating dialogue around environmental issues on campus.

sad news for the world of music lovers:

From Pitchfork

Aaron Mandel reports:
Legendary British disc jockey John Peel died of a heart attack last night suffered while on vacation in Cuzco, Peru. Peel died at 65 and is survived by his wife Sheila and their four children, William, Alexandra, Thomas and Florence. The music giant will also be missed by countless others around the world.

Peel, born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft near Liverpool in 1939, began his radio career in America; in 1965, he played European imports on a late night R&B show for Dallas station WRR, a job he claimed he was offered at the height of Beatlemania based mainly on his nationality. After stints at a handful of other U.S. stations, he went back to his homeland in 1967, where he adopted his now-famous alias and worked for a pirate radio station, broadcasting from a boat moored off the shore of England. At the time, listening to the pirates was the only way to hear pop music on British airwaves, which were otherwise controlled by the BBC and slow to change. Later in 1967, when the government passed the Marine Offences Act, outlawing pirate radio, the BBC created the pop-oriented Radio 1 to fill the gap. John Peel was hired as one of the station's first presenters, and remained there until his death.

Peel's taste in music was notoriously broad-- especially when compared to some of his fellow presenters. The range of music he played on his show was staggering-- particularly once independent labels and DIY music exploded in the late 1970s. He championed punk, reggae, hip-hop, drum and bass, techno, and death metal in addition to the more standard fare demanded by his listeners-- "white boys with guitars," he often said (which, to be fair, Peel also clearly enjoyed).

In America, of course, he is best known for his "Peel Sessions," live studio performances that bands recorded for him, a tradition that began due to BBC regulations on how much of a given show could consist of just playing records. Over his 40 years in radio, Peel amassed an enormous catalog of these sessions featuring both superstars and obscure bands; The Fall, favorites of his, recorded two dozen of them, with the last one just two months ago. An early-90s attempt to directly bring the man to American shores-- a series of pre-recorded programs called Peel Out in the States-- lasted only about 25 episodes.

Despite the depth of his interests and influence, Peel will probably most be associated with the punk movement and the music he loved from that era. He was, famously, the first BBC announcer to play a song twice in a row: "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones, which the BBC played again this morning after announcing his death.


Rest in Peace Mr. Peel