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There’s a Mingus among us …

Snapped up a copy of Charles Mingus’ “Mingus Ah Um” the other day. It’s incredible. This is the remastered version with some new stuff added. I highly recommend it, even if you have only a passing interest in jazz.

Other cool, recent finds:

Trailer Park Boys: This Canadian show on BBC America is a scream. After three episodes, I’m officially hooked. It’s shot like a reality TV thingy, and the characters are constantly talking directly to the audience and making reference to the sound and cameraman. Keep an eye out for Bubbles, the Trailer Park Buddha behind the Coke-bottle glasses.

During one of my regular surfs of Cruel.com, I came across IWorkWithFools.com. Some pretty amusing stuff in there, and I get the frightening feeling it’s not fiction.

Now Playing: Ooh Bop Sh’Bam from the album Charlie Parker Carvin The Bird by Charlie Parker Carvin The Bird

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tiger, tiger burning bright …

“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above. And I am looking into this very deep, indescribable night, it is something that escapes my vocabulary to describe. Then I think, God, I have no importance, whatever I do or don’t do, or what anybody does, is not more important than the grains of sand that I am lying on, or the coconut that I am using for my pillow. So I really don’t think in the long sense.”
— Marlon Brando

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Bamm-Bamm Rubble walks among us

I was a major Flintstones fan as a child, and I especially liked Bamm-Bamm, the Rubbles’ muscle-bound kid. Imagine my surprise when NPR had a brief thing on a kid in England who has abnormally developed muscles. But that wasn’t nearly as cool as finding a photo of Muscle Baby on Yahoo. And of course, there’s a story, too.

Gotta love the Internet. Yahoo’s photo page is the same place that’s currently featuring Rasputin’s penis. That’s pretty damn cool, too, though I’m not convinced it’s the real deal. Also, the ultra cool part of that photo is the woman who is examining the specimen. The look on her face is priceless.

And speaking of the Flintstones, I dug Bamm-Bamm, but I totally drew the line at the Great Gazoo. What a wanker. He was the cartoon equivalent of Oliver on the Brady Bunch. A sure sign of a show that’s jumped the shark.