(386): Ok so you know that's...

(386): Ok so you know that's...: (386): Ok so you know that's gonna be legally viewed as kidnapping, right?

(619): Thanks to you and Ketel One...

(619): Thanks to you and Ketel One...: (619): Thanks to you and Ketel One I now have a court summons with the actual word "frolicking" on it.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell TV adaptation

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell TV adaptation:
The BBC is making a 6-part miniseries out of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

For those unfamiliar with the book, it's a sweeping fantasy novel set during the Napoleonic Wars where two magicians have emerged in Britain. As well as telling the story of their rivalry, it also details an amazing alternate history where the North of England was the dominion of a magical overlord known as the Raven King, and pulls in many notable historical characters.

Can't wait...I loved JS&MN.
Tags: books   Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell   Susanna Clarke   TV

The hurry-up marching band

The hurry-up marching band:
As the pace of play-calling in college football has sped up, college marching bands have had to adjust as well.

What followed was something like the movie scene where every non-essential part on the plane is removed in order to make it light enough to take off from the short, improvised runway. First to go were any tunes longer than 30 seconds. Then, after the 2009 season in which Kelly became Oregon's head coach, Wiltshire ditched the flipbook on which the songs were written in favor of hand signals. "By the time I flipped a page," he says, "it was already too late." Knowing he had to serve two masters -- playing faster while still engaging the audience -- Wiltshire hit upon a new idea: theme music. Now whenever one of Oregon's star players gets a first down, the band plays the first five chords of a recognizable song: the "Hawaii Five-O" theme for quarterback Marcus Mariota (because he's originally from Hawaii); "Mambo No. 5" for De'Anthony Thomas (because his nickname is "the Black Mamba"); and the "Superman" theme for Kenjon Barner (because he's really good).

Tags: Caleb Hannan   football   music   sports

Hand drawn map of NYC

Hand drawn map of NYC:
Illustrator Jenni Sparks has made an awesome hand drawn map of New York City.



Prints are available.
Tags: maps   NYC

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