Old-timey Slang of the Day

pink chord: "An irritating mistake in reading or improvising music."

Old-timey Slang of the Day

Ooh, ooh, here's a really good one. Dictionary definition required.

groan box: "An accordion. Though this term may have had some use among musicians c1930, it is considered very synthetic among present-day musicians. Mainly used by gossip columnists and teen-agers, who mistakenly consider it to be a hip expression."


I love the idea of a world where any discussion of accordions could be performed by "hip" people.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I love accordions.

I AM IRON MAN!

Nifty article on the origins of the Black Sabbath song and its connection to the comics.

Leningrad Cowboys Go Alabama

Weird Tales

Here's a nifty list of 85 Weird Tale-tellers. I like this list. Most of these are people whose work (music, movies, books, whatever) I sincerely dig. A few are so-so. But, hey, it's a list. That's what lists are for.

Waiter, there's a bear in my courtroom!

When I was a kid I always enjoyed checking out these books from the library about odd laws from the past. Many of them revolved around animals being put on trial. I hadn't heard much about this of late, though I seem to recall a story from a few years ago about a dog being put on trial in Michigan or some such fantastic place. Well, thanks to Macedonia, my long nightmare of waiting for a story about a bear being put on trial and convicted of theft is finally over. Stephen Colbert will probably enjoy this.

I will assume that this was the defense lawyer.


P.S., this story has a reference to "turbo-folk," which you can now "understand" thanks to "Wikipedia."

Bark!

Dog goes nuts.

"Death comes in the night on little cat's feet"

Andrew W.K. meets John McLaughlin here. Oh, and it's awesome.

ADDED: Here is the actual exchange, from Wonkette.