TagsTagsThis incredible high definition time-lapse film by Terje Sorgjerd was shot on Spain's highest mountain, El Teide, and has some of the most stunning views of the Milky Way galaxy I've seen. This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain's ...
Pat Metheny wrote this beautiful piece for the people of New Orleans. Yes, that's Bill Clinton with Elvis Costello, listening on the side of the stage.
Tonight's quiet musical interlude is provided by the Foo Fighters, who brought their tasteful adult rock stylings to Jon Stewart's show last night. (Their new album Wasting Light is great, by the way. You should get it.) Video
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As the prelude to an open thread, here's a very nice time-lapse view of Spain from Ben on Vimeo.
Lewis Black is hilarious in this Daily Show segment on the Donald's recent debut as a Birther. Video
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Today's afternoon insanity break is a breathtaking view of the aurora borealis in Norway, by Terje Sorgjerd.
Broken windows and empty hallways A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles With frozen smiles to chase love away Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Lonely, lonely Tin can at my ...
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Another horrifying amateur video from Japan shows the giant waves striking the Japanese coastal town of Noda. At least 500 people died here. Video
Something beautiful for a Sunday evening: the animated music video for "Sometimes the Stars" by Australian band The Audreys.
Here's some new footage from BBC News, showing the first moments of the massive tsunami disaster. Video
Onion, Satire, Comedy, Video, Politics, Republican Party, Anti-Government
The NOAA Center for Tsunami Research in Seattle posted this computer model of the 2011 Honshu tsunami, as it propagated across the Pacific Ocean.
Science, Pacific Ocean, NOAA, Video, disaster, Tsunami, Japan
As a long-time typography nerd, I just loved this example of "kinetic typography" created by Jacob Gilbreath, based on Conan O'Brien's farewell address on the Tonight Show.
Onion, Satire, Comedy, Video, Corn, Garrison Keillor, E. Coli
One of history's greatest jazz trios plays a standard from 1945, "I Wish I Knew," by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. Perfect music to enjoy with a glass of Zinfandel and a wedge of extra-sharp cheddar.
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Mike Huckabee, Religious Right, Republican Party, President Obama, Birthers, Kenya, Racism, Chris Matthews, Video
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