July 2009
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I don’t tend to post music on this site, but one band that I discovered (and played a lot of) at college was the brother and sister group, The Fiery Furnaces, which is out with a new album. Known for their tannic/lyrical sound, the FF have churned out numerous concept albums. One album, for example, features their 80 year-old grandmother recounting stories of her youth. How bizarre &...
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a minor history of/ falling from great heights
CA 8 AD Ovid publishes his canonical account of the myth of the wax-winged Icarus, spurring generations of like-minded dare devils to fall to their deaths.
3RD CENTURY To ensure that the builder of one of his beloved towers would never replicate his work elsewhere, the Persian king Shapur I orders the architect to construct the tower’s roof without providing any means for his own descent....
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@ChalkBot spray paints "tweets" or messages on the... →
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