Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

#MusicAdvent Day 12: L is for Lyle Lovett. I always want to listen to Lyle Lovett. Here’s “Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel.”

#MusicAdvent Day 11: K is for Kid Cudi. “Alive (Nightmare)” also features Ratatat, a band I love, but this song really shows off Cudi’s flow.

Me: “I’m okay” Also me:

#Hindicember Tonight: I'm exhausted after my show so I don't know if I'll even make it to interval before tapping out and going to bed. We'll see if Dilip Kumar -- in his first dual role! -- and the rest of the cast of RAM AUR SHYAM can perk me up.

Images from films starring Jennifer Connelly - BOTD in 1970 Phenomena (1985) The Rocketeer (1991) Dark City (1998) Little Children (2006)

SRK getting his little shout out to Douglas Adams in right at the end like a good nerd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ub...

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

PATHAAN is a perfect movie to watch while you're crafting costume components out of cardboard, tin foil, and duct tape. There are some exciting cinematic moments and also some incredibly dumb ones, so overall it's fun but nothing serious. Also, I love that the villain's name in this is "Jim."

Kyoko Kogawa, Setsuko Hara, and Yasujiro Ozu on the set of TOKYO STORY (1953) Ozu was BOTD in 1903

I had to block a bunch of people the other day who were advocating for "student as consumers" type stuff, basically arguing against well-rounded degrees in favor of only having to learn what's strictly necessary for your job: It is important to society that you're sometimes not a consumer.

You are a citizen of your community, your country, your world, and performance of labor and consumption of goods are not, have never been, and will never be your only responsibility to those things.

If they’re willing to do this then I’d bet money they’re willing to encourage/support Alberta separatism.

#Hindicember Tonight: it’s been a long week so far, and tomorrow’s going to be almost as long as the previous four. Better cue up a rewatch of something mindless and fun. So, PATHAAN.

Stealworkers

Disney spent decades extending our copyright laws just so they could throw all that precious IP they've been hoarding into a plagiarism machine.

youtu.be/TxWrUtbzlLM?... #MusicAdvent K for Carole King

WHOOPS I got super behind on #musicadvent but that's okay! for "day three" -- Cara Dillon singing "The Parting Glass" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXs...

k. d. doing joni for today, please and thank you #MusicAdvent

As we head into k for #MusicAdvent I'm gonna keep things lower case in honour of k.d. lang. I'm also going the eschew her most famous cover (you know the one) to highlight a beautiful version of Neil Young's Helpless that she does. This is live from the 2005 Juno Awards. youtu.be/L5KRVtjgMkM?...

GOOD NEWWZ can be grating and is probably a little regressive & racist (I don't know the culture well enough but the way the city Bhatras mock the "other Bhatras" English feels bad). And yet, it tackles the strange plot and subject matter with real heart. Against my better judgement, I liked it.

#MusicAdvent So I did spend my morning chairdancing to Janelle Monáe at work trying to pick a song. They're all good! But I was in the middle of a terrible spreadsheet when Q.U.E.E.N. came on and it instantly improved my mood so that's today's pick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdd...

#MusicAdvent day 10 hell yeah youtu.be/SPlQpGeTbIE?...

#MusicAdvent Day 10: J is for Keith Jarrett. He's recorded "Autumn Leaves" a few times, but the version I know best is from the TOKYO '96 album with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.

#MusicAdvent Day 9: I is for Ikebe Shakedown. To me, "The Prisoner" is remeniscent of Portishead and Isaac Hayes. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, I honestly don't know what would.

#MusicAdvent Day 10: J is for Jill Sobule. I did my first in-person concert set this year, and it was really hard paring it down to 30 minutes...but, even so, I reserved time for one cover. Because Jill Sobule had died earlier in the year and I couldn't not pay tribute. This is the song I covered.

"We live in hell, and the rapacious need for growth in every industry, unrelenting, forever and ever, is decimating all of our institutions and our way of life." Amanda Dobbins, on fire

The UCP has frozen U of Alberta's operating grant for years, crippling the budget of those studying cancer and other problems Meanwhile Danielle Smith directly intervened in the Advanced Ministry of Education, pressuring them to get Jordan Petersen's school accredited in Alberta

Welcome to Alberta (where maybe your rights are next)! #UCPcorruption #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FiretheUCP #AbLeg #abpoli #cdnmedia

#Hindicember Tonight: I was browsing earlier and realized I didn't have any Akshay Kumar films on my list for the month. So i figure I'll finally watch GOOD NEWWZ; I've heard it's very funny.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

I never thought I'd get to see Open Mike Eagle without travelling to the States, so when this was first announced I snapped a ticket up right quick. If you haven't already gotten yours yet, Edmonton: Get. Those. Tickets.

due to increased demand, the Edmonton show with the legendary Shad has been moved to a larger room tickets on sale now for all 2026 international getdowns and US shows with @clppng.bsky.social the future rooms are filling up fast so don't sleep mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...

I am so sick and tired of professional athletes telling kids they have to "exercise" and "practice" and "eat right" to become world-class athletes. That sort of gate-keeping has to stop! Today I'm announcing a new non-profit that provides unlimited steroids to any kid who wants to compete.

Excerpt from a conversation from earlier today: PERSON: "You can take some time to think about how to phrase it, or you could ask ChatGPT." ME: "First of all: I will never use ChatGPT to tell me what to say or how to say it." These people, some of whom I dearly love, are breaking my fucking heart.

My biggest surprise with this DHOOM rewatch is that Uday Chopra...isn't terrible in it? Like, he's a decent dancer and isn't has a couple moments where I was actually rooting for him. It's like finding out I kind of like slightly spoilt milk. I feel like I need to reevaluate my whole stance on him.

This is also why I completely and utterly LOATHE the modern mainstream media approach of "The working classes are all a bunch of racist morons. Only this private school graduate, former stockbroker, wannabe fascist can speak for them, so let's kowtow to him on their behalf". Fuck ALL of you!

I agree this person wasted money on that class, because they never learned WHY poetry IS important to what they do - not for arbitrary scansion, but because it teaches you to be a better, more flexible, speaker and writer. The *value* of college is expanding your mind and challenging how you think.

Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

I used to have this album, and this was my favourite song on it by a long, long ways.

We're back to a Canadian (kinda) artist for the letter H in #MusicAdvent. Heather Nova's mom is from Nova Scotia, so we'll claim her. Here's her haunting cover of The Clash's Straight to Hell (with a little help from Moby) to kick off your week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXO...

#Hindicember Last Night: I started watching DHOOM with @itsjago.bsky.social and forgot that it's actually pretty bad so I stopped subjecting him to it after about 30 minutes. I'll finish it this morning but I'm not exactly looking forward to it.

Oh boy, I wanted to like this *way* more than I did. I generally like Anushka Sharma but she's not given a lot to work with, and SRK's "Raj" is off-putting and obnoxious: I spent most of his scenes praying for them to end. The movie's one shining gem is the "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte" number.

#MusicAdvent Day 8: H is for Huevos Rancheros. They were an instrumental surf/rockabilly group from Calgary; I always thought of them as a more rough-around-the-edges version of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

Best video I’ve seen on this topic! I learned a lot. youtu.be/irZt_Je-F70?...

This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids

Overdiagnosis blah blah. I reckon those not stressed to the point of derangement and beyond by being forced to survive the sick society we have created are the aberrant cohort.

#Hindicember Tonight: I've cracked the Shah Rukh Khan seal so let's go with one I haven't seen before. In RAB NE BANA DI JODI, a nerdy SRK undergoes a "cool guy" makeover to impress Anushka Sharma, which is something I'd probably do if I were in his position.

#MusicAdvent Day 7: G is for Peter Gabriel. Apparently, Gabriel said this song was inspired by King Kong's electric powers in KING KONG VS GODZILLA. I think he was probably messing with the interviewer.

#MusicAdvent Day 6: F is for Funkadelic. I forgot all about yesterday, so here's one of my very favourite songs. You must listen to "Maggot Brain" with headphones if at all possible.