Quote of the Day:
“A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.†-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Fact of the Day:
Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions, such as painting, sculpting and music, were included in the Olympics. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day -yawn
Link of the Day:
There are lots of huge things in the United Arab Emirates.
One of the best sites on the internet, Pandora.com is likely going to be shut down soon. Consumerist has the scoop. Music fans around the nation should be upset today. They had one of the best new music recomendation engines ever created and royalties are crushing them. Tears.
Perhaps a daily dose of music you’ve probably never heard before will do the trick. 365 is a really cool music project logging and tracking the weirdest and most obscure music in the universe -one song a day for 365 days a year. 2007 and 2003 are already completed. I hope there’s some great stuff in line for 2008.
Here’s some tunes du jour if you’re interested in hearing something new.
I’m kinda digging my b-Day songs as well.
Boing Boing has pulled up a very interesting Yahoo article on the top funeral tunes in Australia. Apparently, “My Way” By Frank Sinatra is number one. Second is “Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong.
Funny, I’d really like to have the Sid Vicious cover of My Way at my funeral, not because it’s a great song, but just because it seems aggressive and appropriate. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think a song about a wonderful world is really the kind of song I envision at a funeral.