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XKCD: If Only

‘Philip Glass: Combining Multiple White Passions Into A Single Artist’

Coming in at #108 on the Stuff White People Like list is: classical music.
The piece picks up speed as it goes along and is well worth a full read. Here are some highlights:
“If a white person starts talking to you about classical music, it’s essential that you tread very lightly. This [...]

Bernard Holland’s Jane Chord

Itzhak violist.

What’s a Jane Chord? [Don't worry, Miss Mussel didn't know either until about a month ago]
Of course, if we want to get all technical, two notes make an interval, not a chord. When the rules are bent ever so slightly to include the first and last two words, we get a much more better [...]

Interim

Quiz winner will be announced tomorrow, which means all of you that still aren’t sure have an extra day to listen and guess. In the mean time, a sampling of the ever brilliant (even if you don’t always understand the math) XKCD.

Juxtaposition

NSFW if your work is uptight about anatomically correct vocab, religion or silliness.
After weeks of boring old whitebread home/auto/business insurance spam, Miss Mussel is excited to report that someone has finally taken the initiative and created something worth repeating.
Here’s what “Kathy” sent along this morning.
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I praise God for answering my prayers.
God, you [...]

Who Says Politics Are Boring?

Today’s Sydney Morning Herald (well yesterday’s technically since it is already tomorrow there) has a great story on shenanigans in the Australian Parliament.
In a nutshell, the Opposition party is annoyed that PM Kevin Rudd does not attend sessions on Fridays, instead choosing to do other things, like visit the electorate. How did they illustrate [...]

Jumping Off A Cliff

If Wellsung, Soho The Dog, Steve Smith and La Cieca are doing it, then so is Miss Mussel.
It’s the birth opera meme. Courtesy of the Met’s archives, you can find out what was playing on the day you were born.
For those born in summer, when the Met is shut, the rule seems to [...]