Another bit of wisdom courtesy of I fucking Love Science.
Today’s Rhapsody is Song & Rhapsody by Nikolay Myaskovsky (opus 58) performed by Grigory Ginzburg.
Having heard way to many creationists, pundits and other idiots and con artists going on way too much recently; this truism has got to go viral. Thanks to the great George Takei for bringing it to my attention.
Yuki Onna has made several appearances in this strip. What can I say she’s one of my favorite characters in Japanese Folklore. In the popular media I’ve enjoyed her appearances in both Kwaidan and Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams as well as numerous anime (there’s a pretty good list in the wiki link.)
Somehow I never thought she’d stoop this low.
http://youtu.be/Mt8phTy5-gk
Well one of my favorite audiobook channels on Youtube got the axe. It was a shame as it was all of the early Discworld books read by Nigel Planer that I had been having no luck finding anywhere else so it will be missed.
I always feel just a little conflicted about audio books on Youtube. Technically I should be against them because obviously this is copyrighted material but at the same time I go through a lot of them and the more sources I can find the better.
Whenever I stumble over something good I will listen to it as quickly as possible because since it is all copyrighted material it is only a matter of time before the owner finds out about it and sits on it HARD. Even though I want to spread the word I don’t want to draw attention to it as you don’t want the wrong (well technically right but you know…) people to find out about it too soon. Therefore it’s best to give your friends broad hints on how to find it but strictly word of mouth and never, NEVER post a link. The best posters know to label their material in a relatively round about way and regrettably a lot of the best channels rock the boat in a way that feels like a balance between cluelessness and sociopathy.
So sooner or later these pages and channels are found out about and cease to exist. They will be missed. Still they were fun while they lasted.
Today’s Rhapsody is Guy Ropartz‘s Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.
http://youtu.be/4tmDV5EOkKY