--Harry Bliss/NewYorker
The New Yorker's holiday cover captures
this Covid Christmas and the bleak beginning to a new year.
The jug of bleach and champagne glasses on the mantel is a nice touch.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Artful Dodger
Biden, Pence, Faucci get a shot, but Trump has no time to lead by example.
Can't piss off the MAGA anti-vaxers with a photo op. Plus, he has antibodies against illness and democracy.
"Don't worry honey, it's not going on the internet..."
From web genius zefrank1:
Pets talk about Christmas....
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Thanks of a grateful nation
Eight cent electricity for 28 days!
But only after the holiday week, when the lights come down, the tree gets tossed and 24/7 streaming stops.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPER: Barefoot shoes
No shirt, no shoes, no service?
To hell with that.
Got a mask-less scofflaw on your list?
Go barefoot. Everywhere.
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
--Netflix
Above, crazed dancers in Netflix's The Prom try to drown Andrew Rannells in a shopping mall fountain.
I kept my fingers crossed...
Jazz Hands kill.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Sweet winter solstice
It's December 21.
And again comes that sweet sound that echoes thru endless Canadian winters. Hear it here...
Oh Come All Ye Blobs
The Google Blobs
Google has uncorked its latest machine learning experiment, Blob Opera. Drag one of four Blobs up or down to control
the pitch of their singing. When all four Blobs automatically
harmonise, it's hard to create something that doesn't sound beautiful.
Create your own opera, or let The Blobs break out Santa hats and sing 12 Christmas tunes.
One user: "The Internet has reached its peak. We can all quit our jobs. No one will ever make anything more beautiful on the web."
Hint: find the "Christmas tree" symbol.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPER: Stoner's bathroom kit
Got a stoner on your list?
Thousand-piece kit can make any
bathroom look just like this.
Christmas Shopper: Hamster Shredder
Let Hammy shred his own bedding with this innovative Hamster Shredder.
Insert paper in top, rodent runs on his wheel and destroys your sensitive documents.
Two spare hamsters included.
Sunday, December 20, 2020
James Taylor – Show window has expired
Sorry, two-day show window has ended....
Back in 1970, when "Apple"was the Beatles' record label and not an iEverything megacorp, they signed this kid named James Taylor.
Remember the lime-green label?
The BBC had J.T. in with his guitar to record a studio concert. Fifty years ago, kids.
That concert--restored, clear as a bell and bittersweet--is running right now on YouTube.
But only for 48 hours--til mid-afternoon Tuesday. (3pmET)
Boomers, geezers and folk creakers will adore this: the time machine they've been looking for.
Such innocence. The audience smokes! Are there better times ahead? Then? Now?
Click above or ...
00:00 With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney) 03:26 Fire and Rain 07:28 Rainy Day Man 10:26 Steamroller 14:52 Greensleeves (Traditional) 16:55 Highway Song 21:16 Tube Rose Snuff (Arthur Smith) 23:28 Carolina in My Mind 27:45 Long Ago and Far Away 30:45 Riding On a Railroad 33:30 You Can Close Your Eyes
Earlier today, Taylor--now 72--put up his memories of this concert and those times.
"Long ago a young man sits, and plays his waiting game
But things are not the same it seems as in such tender dreams.
Slowly passing sailing ships and Sunday afternoon.
Like people on the moon I see are things not meant to be.
Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad?"
z
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