small h Posted August 27, 2024 Share Posted August 27, 2024 Unfrozen ice is very unstable, and if you whip the ice cube tray out of the fridge, the unfrozen ice will fly all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 27, 2024 Share Posted August 27, 2024 2 hours ago, Sneakeater said: It turns out that if you don't put coffee into your coffeemaker's bin, you end up with a cup of heated water. As I have said over and over again that is much better than putting in the coffee but not the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 John Lennon provided backing vocals on David Bowie's "Fame". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 I assume everyone knows that's Mick Jagger singing backup on "You're So Vain"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 I bet he thought the song was about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted September 22, 2024 Author Share Posted September 22, 2024 Walter Benjamin was a direct descendant of Heinrich Heine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 23, 2024 Share Posted September 23, 2024 Not sure about that one… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orik Posted September 25, 2024 Share Posted September 25, 2024 Metaphorically, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted September 25, 2024 Share Posted September 25, 2024 On 8/28/2024 at 6:51 PM, MitchW said: I bet he thought the song was about him. Don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 25, 2024 Share Posted September 25, 2024 On 9/22/2024 at 11:07 PM, Wilfrid said: Not sure about that one… Okay looked it up; was looking for something more than an aside by Cynthia Ozick. Quote “related at some (not very great) distance” through Benjamin’s maternal grandmother, Brunella Benjamin (née Mayer, 1827-1919). Benjamin retold his grandmother’s stories of Heine rocking her as a little girl upon “his knees” (Brodersen 15). Miller, "Articulating a Radical and a Secular Jewish Poetics" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted October 27, 2024 Share Posted October 27, 2024 The billionaire co-creator of Fiji Water and Pom was the young woman who let Ellsberg photocopy the Pentagon papers in her government office. Lydia Resnick. It is no secret so I guess I just didn’t know. Reading Francine Prose’s “1974”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted November 14, 2024 Share Posted November 14, 2024 Allen Toussaint wrote “Working in a Coal Mine.” I just associate with Lee Dorsey. Listening to a pianist working through New Orleans composers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted November 14, 2024 Share Posted November 14, 2024 (edited) I can't believe I never knew that a vibraphone is essentially an electrified marimba. Edited November 14, 2024 by StephanieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 Reindeer = caribou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orik Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 But in the old country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Devo recorded a cover of Lee Dorsey's "Working in a Coal Mine". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 I used to hear that song at the roller rink. Dunno who DJ'd there, but they had some interesting ideas about what would be fun to skate to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) The Crock-Pot was invented by an American Jew of Lithuanian heritage to help his relatives with their Shabbat cooking. Edited January 12 by StephanieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 10 hours ago, StephanieL said: The Crock-Pot was invented by an American Jew of Lithuanian heritage to help his relatives with their Shabbat cooking. In Kansas City, if I'm not mistaken. EDITED: Not invented here. Invented in Chicago, but launched in KC. Edited January 12 by maison rustique Correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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