Springsteen and E Street news!

https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/04/26/new-music-friday-both-bruce-springsteen-little-steven-and-disciples-soul-singles/3578412002/?fbclid=IwAR2XH4rkCBUYNpF4JRFsB_pu8qyg1HwT_MP5uI8PHqG_tpOmQxyBfbnGbho

New Josh Whedon series!

https://io9.gizmodo.com/joss-whedons-new-sci-fi-show-the-nevers-has-found-its-s-1834244678?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&fbclid=IwAR3RWkGfBYsfNyQNm0OcJ-hC6-ws6HlfeANbKxlujqyvrRKPT6NvuSVBAj4

A nice article about the beginnings of Monty Python

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-birth-of-monty-pythons-flying-circus-the-weird-little-british-show-that-took-over-the-world?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190422&section=whatElse

Creem magazine documentary

https://wtop.com/movies/2019/04/dc-filmmaker-celebrates-legendary-rock-magazine-with-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR0oA3Bgo5HPsh-RBBms_fl1vwUdsIjRLYKszuPXxZEDrTI4P_MOslH6_Z0

Ed Wood writings being published!

https://planninecrunch.blogspot.com/2019/04/angora-fever-showcases-ed-woods-short.html?fbclid=IwAR1ml1sEhKrn0Fy4jDdqTrsxQ88tOK7zAawS8WtrQRvSNnCOpCEEI0BAVBY

Mechanical Puzzle Library!

https://blog.library.in.gov/the-jerry-slocum-mechanical-puzzle-collection-at-indiana-university/

Very cool!


(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

One month until the Virginia Renaissance Faire

http://varf.org/

A nice article about Joy Division

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/joy-divisions-legacy-explained/586756/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-04-09T16%3A00%3A10&fbclid=IwAR2i0iN0mgttq1qU7Tw8cvJinDLRLoCg9JndNcaZDytNbqmVBxq3MlYF5L0

For fans of the comedy group, Firesign Theatre

https://archive.org/details/paustin.2015710

Phil Austin reads out the school lunch menu.

The Mosquito Guillotine!

https://www.wired.com/story/tiny-guillotine-decapitates-mosquitoes-to-fight-malaria/

So cool!


(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Statistics on UFO observations

https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/blog-ufo-observations-timing-is-everything/


Researcher John Keel did a lot of work in this area during his lifetime, too, including ethnicity of the observer, time of year and day, etc.

A real-life X-Files episode?

https://gritpost.com/mysterious-group-driving-dna-van/?link_id=1&can_id=da6fe05192e5e978eebe9f503f272391&source=email-someone-is-targeting-the-poor-and-collecting-their-dna&email_referrer=email_522189&email_subject=someone-is-targeting-the-poor-and-collecting-their-dna

Metro Escalator Etiquette

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/04/01/is-it-okay-to-rush-past-oblivious-tourists-on-dc-escalators/?fbclid=IwAR2oiH4_a_bzdeO8n6I5Uo34enKgbv0fN67ixpPTT-T_YnOjq1ED7WiIEq8

I always warn visitors to DC that they MUST NOT block the left side of our Metro's escalators.  Do NOT believe this stupid article.  I gave up reading Washingtonian decades ago, as it reduced itself to being a rag for millionaires - with ads for high-priced plastic surgeons, and articles with titles like "Are Two Chauffeurs Enough?", and "How To Own the Potomac River".  These people have never driven a car, much less taken the Metro.  And if they're in a hurry, then any resulting frustration is due to a back up of private jets at National. 
As for the real people of DC, please be aware that we have every right to KILL you if you're blocking the left side of the escalator.  We don't even have to make it look like an accident; hell we could sit on top of the cadaver crowing for hours, and the odds are that we'd never be arrested, (Metro police are as rare as hen's teeth, one can spend years travelling the system and never see one.  Some believe them to be a myth, although I remember tales from the Elders confirming that they once existed).  And if by some chance one was arrested, I can say that there's not a jury in this region that would treat it as anything more than self-defense or justifiable homicide. 
Do NOT block the escalator.