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Archive of entries posted on May 2010

MST3K 0806 – The Undead

“I saw the Undead at Un-Alpine Un-Valley.”

Roger Corman’s The Undead gets the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment:

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Vulcan Worlds

Return to Forever performing the Stanley Clarke composition, “Vulcan Worlds” (live):

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Friday Random Ten: 2010-05-28


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. To Live ForeverDream TheaterGreatest Hit (…And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) [Disc 2]Metal
2. AirheadThomas DolbyAliens Ate My BuickAlternative & Punk
3. Hollow YearsDream TheaterLive At Budokan [Disc 1]Metal
4. Scrutinizer PostludeFrank ZappaJoe’s Garage (Disc 1)Alternative & Punk
5. April In ParisWynton MarsalisMarsalis Standard Time – Volume IJazz
6. Heavy DutySpinal TapThis is Spinal TapSoundtrack
7. Guns And DollsThe Bastard FairiesMemento MoriAlternative
8. The Dangling ConversationSimon & GarfunkelThe Best Of Simon & GarfunkelFolk
9. TreebeardLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & London VoicesThe Lord Of The Rings: The Two TowersSoundtrack
10. Turn Of The CenturyYesGoing For The OneRock

My name is DarWIN, not DarLOSE

(via Pharyngula)

Dana Carvey is “DARWIN” – First came action-packed Sherlock Holmes now comes action-packed Darwin:

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Pizzas baked in ovens lit with wood from coffins

(via email) Uproar as Naples pizzerias are hit by claim their pizzas are baked in ovens lit with wood from COFFINS It may be the biggest scandal to ever rock the world of pizza – and it has struck right in its historic home. Pizzerias in the southern city of Naples have been accused of [...]

Towel Day

Don’t Panic! It’s Towel Day.

Towel Day

Parents of young, organic life forms are warned that towels can be harmful if swallowed in large quantities.
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

MST3K 0306 – Time of the Apes

A teacher and two children find themselves in a world populated by sentient apes. Where do you suppose the filmmakers got that idea?

Time of the Apes gets the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment:

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Science

Martin Gardner, 1914 – 2010

(via James Randi)

Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010)

I was exposed to Gardner’s books columns in Scientific American at a relatively early age. It’s hard to express the influence he had on me…

Call Of The West

Wall of Voodoo performing “Call of the West” (live):

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