I think it's just that it's not humanly possible to make that many mistakes in a piece of music. There is a strange logic to it all.

To put it more in perspective, they were all taking lessons, and their father forbade them from listening to any music.

In anecdote, they would sometimes stop during the recording, saying they made a mistake. The sound engineers had no clue how the girls would know that at all, which indicates that they really practiced this material. They were also capable of playing this music live, which sounds impossible from the record.

Later on, recordings of them playing normal surfaced, so they actually could play. It's hard to say how much of the music was controlled by their father or how much of it was them sticking their middle finger up at him.

Another highly influential band you never heard of, despite being promoted hard by no less than Perl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, and many other 90s bands:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs_(band)

The Frogs are mentioned quite often in interviews and album liner notes. The band is often seen hob-nobblng with a who's who of stars, playing backup for major bands, and doing openings. Nearly no one has heard of them except for their biggest fans, yet they have the honor of being held up by Pat Robertson and the 700 Club as proof of Satan's hold on the music industry.

Once again, I'll let the curious discover the music for themselves.

It is correct to call The Shaggs 'The Room' of bands?

Dave what are your thoughts on Captain Beefheart?

I don't know. I don't know much about films and wouldn't know what The Room is beyond hearsay. I don't even know what the plot is.

I guess if it influenced a lot of your favorite directors, then sure? idk.

Not really a fan of his singing, but I think the music itself is interesting. With a different singer, his music would probably be incredible. I think everyone ought to give Trout Mask Replica a listen and make up their own mind -- which I suppose is what you are referring to the most here?

These two pieces are unique and nice-sounding to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDLB1tibOfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLLsHQToJY

the first line is about poop, but then the guitar playing is just beautiful here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o00k15A-_rU

I never felt the urge to really dig into his discography beyond some curious moments, which I'm now doing...

Exemplary of what is going on in Brazil -

Marielle Franco was a politician, feminist, and human rights activist who was recently assasinated along with her driver.
There are reams of accounts of - for example - a bar owner arrested for simply trying to observe a minute's silence in commemoration of her (not in the wiki, this I know from an article by Marcelo Backes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marielle_Franco

The KLF

The thing about burning a million pounds sounds familiar, but I never knew any of the story behind it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself

A tree that has been owned by itself the last 200 years because why not

Now I will have 3AM Eternal in my head all day. I had no idea they were anything other than a "band"!

I liked this article. It seems so American to preserve a story for no reason beyond the telling, yet people live the legend like it's always been true.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Lawson_(ship)

The Thomas W Lawson is the largest sailing ship ever built. It was the last gasps of a bygone era, as steam ships were taking over the shipping business.

The short-lived boat sank a few years later, in 1907, dumping 58,000 barrels of light paraffin oil caused, perhaps the first large marine oil spill.

This link didn’t work for me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Lawson_(ship))

Why do people post mobile links, worst thing ever.

First time I tried it.

I'll admit I fail at the internet. Hope you enjoy the proper article.

NEW INTERESTING THINGS EXPLAINED WELL

does this guy really like horses or just a coincidence? is the podcast guy a closet degen horse bettor?

Glaucus Atlanticus AKA Blue Dragon

A sea slug that can float and preys on venomous jellyfish. It extracts the toxins from the jellyfish and stores it in its appendages for later use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus



Another link:

http://allthatsinteresting.com/glaucus-atlanticus

Marvin John Heemeyer

(October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner most known for his rampage with a modified bulldozer. Outraged over zoning disputes, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004 to demolish the town hall, the former mayor's house, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer got stuck in the basement of a Gambles store he was in the process of destroying. Heemeyer then killed himself with a handgun.

Docheff tried to stop the assault on his concrete batch plant by using a wheel tractor-scraper, which was pushed aside by Heemeyer's bulldozer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia_OTa30GXo

He was not a happy camper

Le Pétomane

Apparently there is a profession called a "flatulist," which means a professional farter.

If that isn't strange but true enough, this article gets into more specifics. He discovered his rare talent while "swimming in the sea. He put his head under the water and held his breath, whereupon he felt an icy cold penetrating his rear. He ran ashore in fright and was amazed to sense water pouring from his anus."

The article goes into details about the mechanics, the act, and future cultural references.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

The more I learn about the ocean, the more convinced that I'm correct for being a hydrophobe. **** being within 100 miles of life forms like that.

I give you the Calcio Storico, which is some sort of weird combination of soccer, rugby, and MMA that has been played in Florence, Italy since the Renaissance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino

Here are some highlights from the article.

Here is a video.



My wife is attending this event in a few hours. I'll report back on any highlights.

SCUBA diving is always one of the top experiences of my life every time I do it.

For some people, wearing diapers and peeing themselves while getting spanked by transgender a dominatrix is the greatest experience of their life every time they do it.

I have no interest in partaking in said adventure, nor do I wish to go SCUBA diving.

"Somebody gotta go back to town and get a ****load a dimes!"