This is the BEST pole dance I’ve ever seen.
Seriously it’s beautiful. I didn’t even know half of the things she does were possible.
I know this video has been circulating the interwebz for a while, but it still amazes me every time.
I know LICENSE TO ILL isn’t going to get a lot of love today, it’ll be overshadowed by masterworks like PAUL’S BOUTIQUE and HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE. And that cool; that’s great. That’s as it should be. Probably the thing about the Beastie Boys that have most enjoyed has been watching them age, as artists and as men, with real grace. And I guess that’s the loss that I’m feeling right now—the end of the opportunity to continue to be witness to that evolution. That feels like a vacuum. That feels like theft.
So, while we are sifting through our collections trying to fill that void, I’m going to hit LICENSE TO ILL. Yes, it’s a record made by a bunch of asshole kids. At a certain point in my life—when *I* was an asshole teenager, not coincidentally—I could not get enough of it. It’s smells that we most often talk about being tied to memory, but the opening beats of She’s Crafty take me back so specifically to a time and place… the house we rented on Tejas. My job at Video Update. The Robs, the Jeffs. The Andys. All the stupid, stupid shit Amity and I got into that I am, quite frankly, surprised we lived through.
It was a long way from the best time in my life—it was dizzyingly uncomfortable at best—but I still hold those memories dear. Dearer for the distance, but still. I can recall without reliving and find moments, sensations to love.
I listen to LICENSE TO ILL and I remember just what it felt like to get f**ked up and scream like a madwoman at the stars in the Texas big sky. It felt glorious.
For that, and for all the rest, I am grateful. Thank you, MCA.
ASTRONAUT SUICIDES by Neil Dacosta
There’s a metaphor here for our space program or something. But this is hauntingly awesome work.
Suicide or homicide, let’s never let this happen.
A Quick Look Around the LHC Goes Wrong
A good reason not to step off the guided tour next time you’re at the Large Hadron Collider. This poor little guy gets caught in the beam path along with Team Proton 1. After zooming around near the speed of light, weighing 7,000 times what the green blob would outside, there’s the hefty collision with the blue team at the end. He’s gonna have a headache.
For the science behind the video and to tour the parts of the LHC yourself, check out the OxfordSparks page.
What’s it all for? As the narrator says, they’re looking for “Higgs Boson particles, tiny black holes, dark matter, or anything else a little unusual that might help prove one theory or another.”
(by OxfordSparks)
Watch the skies tonight!
Hey folks! Check your meteor calendars! Tonight marks the next major event of 2012, with the Lyrid meteor shower. Best viewed from the northern hemisphere, look to the northeast after midnight until dawn. The meteors will peak then, radiating off the east side of the bright star in Lyra up there (although you could see them anywhere in the sky).
Here’s a complete guide from EarthSky on what to look for tonight. Best of all? No moon to get in the way!
Meteor Showers 2012
A calendar of all the major meteor showers taking place in 2012 that I drew up.
Of course, this isn’t all of the meteor events this year. Only the ones with the best chance of being visible. I chose only events with a Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR, the number of peak events per hour) above 10. You should also consider the moon phase for that date, which I did not include.
How to use this:
- The date on the left is the early morning after midnight on the day it will peak (so “October 7” is between midnight and sunrise on the morning of the 7th).
- The constellation represents the point in the sky that the shower will “originate” from.
- Choose someplace dark, away from city lights, and bring a blanket and a friend.
- Enjoy.
To calculate the sunrise/sunset for your area on a specific date, go here. Many more details about each event can be found in this summary from EarthSky. Some events will favor the North or South Hemispheres, but such is life.
Feel free to distribute freely!
