Peter Gabriel has made a cover album with twelve songs from
an impressive list of artists. There are no drums or guitars in
these covers, it’s only Peter singing over orchestral
reinterpretations their songs. Peter has made one of his new
covers available before the album is released on the 15th of
this month.
Peter covers Arcade Fire’s song called “My Body is a Cage”
and I like it. I think I like it better than Arcade Fire’s original.
Below is Arcade Fire’s video of “My Body is a Cage”. Have a
watch and listen, ( I like the video), then click the link below.
Read Stereogum’s article on the album and listen to Peter
Gabriel’s cover and let me know what you think. I’d like to
hear your thoughts.
In 1960, the world record for highest freefall was set by a
Frenchman named Michel Fournier as he stepped out of a
high altitude balloon from 102,800 feet and made history.
That is over 40,000 feet or over 7.5 miles above the
Armstrong line which is the point at which the atmospheric
pressure is so low that liquids begin to boil. For humans,
that spells death within minutes as your body fluids boil
off if your pressure suit tears or your face mask opens.
Fournier’s free fall lasted 4 minutes and 32 seconds and is
still the world record to this day. Fournier tried to break
his own record back in 1980 but to everyone’s amazement
his specialized gondola attached to the high altitude helium
balloon accidentally took off without him. How do you
explain that one?
Enter Felix Baumgartner. Austrian-born skydiving daredevil
who glided 22 miles across the English Channel with a 6-foot
wing strapped to his back after jumping from 33,000 feet
back in 2003. That must have been fun. Felix plans to shatter
the record by jumping from 120,000 feet up and well into the
stratosphere. The freefall should last for just over 5 minutes.
Fournier set the record for the USAF as part of testing for
flight crews that needed to bail out at high altitudes.
Baumgartner is doing it for the record.
Oh, and one last thing. Baumgartner plans to do this
sometime in 2010. He’d better hurry because Fournier
also plans to break the record this year too. This time
however he won’t be working for the USAF.
It’s lonely in the modern world and this blog does a nice job
of bringing this phenomenon to our attention. Now that the
problem has been identified, a diagnosis should follow soon.
Thank God and try not to laugh too hard at these people.
Incredible Swiss Army knife. I didn’t know this but you can
custom build any SA knife you want. This one has every
blade and gadget they make at about $1200.00. You’ll need
a Swiss Army pocket to carry it in.
Amazingly enough, I don’t even think the polls had closed when
Coakley the joke from Massachusetts conceded to Scott Brown
in the special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s senate seat
today. I’m sure Senator elect Brown will buy a brand new chair
for his new office after all, who wants to smell like, er uh, 50 year
old Chivas.
Another amazing and interesting fact about Coakley the joke’s
instant concession is that she now holds the world record for
conceding to an opponent after taking it away from the brief
possession of Senator John Kerry. Too bad Jack. I understand
John Kerry actually called Martha (Marsha, who cares?) and
congratulated and thanked her for taking the record.
I hear it was a landslide victory for Scott Brown, maybe it was better
to not actually count the votes after all… The Democrats in power
might really look bad. One thing I know is that Obama really looks bad
for stumping for her.
When was the last time you got a burger that looked just like
the picture? Well Red Robin has you covered. They take
their burgers seriously. Are they good? In two words, hell yes.
Go get one.
The author feels sorry for local news photographers. He feels
they are hugely skilled and poorly paid, and sent out to
photograph miserable people pointing at dog turds so here,
he celebrates their work.
What does the photographer say to the people being
interviewed? O K, look angry for me… Remember, you’re
mad as hell… Check it out
Are you ready to ditch your e-life for good? Are you sick of
tweeting and getting tweeted all the time? Does your face feel
like it’s been pressed in a book for too long now? Do you want
your life back? Well it’s time to commit web suicide 2.0.
Interestingly enough, Facebook doesn’t want you to commit
web suicide. Facebook has banned the following web site from
giving you back a life. follow the suicidemachine link to read
more about it.
