Mixes here. (Podcasting instructions here.)

-A.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYqvtHzr48

-Sultan Ibrahim the Mad

 The end of the Ottoman line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNZyyLBDU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WqOMPakGCg

“If you would know how a man treats his wife and his children, see how he treats his books.”

1. Stephanie Says - The Velvet Underground
2. Cousin Jane - The Troggs
3. Thirteen - Big Star
4. Lady Came From Baltimore - Tim Hardin
5. Beat the Retreat (live) - Richard Thompson
6. Buffalo Ballet - John Cale
7. You Are Not Needed Now - Townes Van Zandt
8. Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
9. The Old Man’s Back Again - Scott Walker
10. Hey Joe - The Music Machine
11. Superlungs My Supergirl - Terry Reid
12. Mr. Guy Fawkes Day - Eire Apparent
13. Like Flies on Sherbert - Alex Chilton
14. Come Crash - A.C. Newman
15. You and Your Sister - Chris Bell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MI3gtaqfY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-HANwT9M9o

[thanks A.W.]

They emerge, after 32 days, from Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.

Nestor Alemendros & Haskell Wexler’s cinematography for Days of Heaven was apparently inspired by this series of Wyeth paintings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiDdBZtSDfQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaAWFoWr2c

Italian scientists claim to have discovered the crater beneath a lake. 

Eyewitness testimonies:

• Testimony of S. Semenov, as recorded by Leonid Kulik’s expedition in 1930.

“At breakfast time I was sitting by the house at Vanavara trading post (65 kilometres/40 miles south of the explosion), facing North. […] I suddenly saw that directly to the North, over Onkoul’s Tunguska road, the sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest (as Semenov showed, about 50 degrees up - expedition note). The split in the sky grew larger, and the entire Northern side was covered with fire. At that moment I became so hot that I couldn’t bear it, as if my shirt was on fire; from the northern side, where the fire was, came strong heat. I wanted to tear off my shirt and throw it down, but then the sky shut closed, and a strong thump sounded, and I was thrown a few yards. I lost my senses for a moment, but then my wife ran out and led me to the house. After that such noise came, as if rocks were falling or cannons were firing, the earth shook, and when I was on the ground, I pressed my head down, fearing rocks would smash it. When the sky opened up, hot wind raced between the houses, like from cannons, which left traces in the ground like pathways, and it damaged some crops. Later we saw that many windows were shattered, and in the barn a part of the iron lock snapped.”

• Testimony of Chuchan of Shanyagir tribe, as recorded by I.M.Suslov in 1926.

“We had a hut by the river with my brother Chekaren. We were sleeping. Suddenly we both woke up at the same time. Somebody shoved us. We heard whistling and felt strong wind. Chekaren said, ‘Can you hear all those birds flying overhead?’ We were both in the hut, couldn’t see what was going on outside. Suddenly, I got shoved again, this time so hard I fell into the fire. I got scared. Chekaren got scared too. We started crying out for father, mother, brother, but no one answered. There was noise beyond the hut, we could hear trees falling down. Chekaren and I got out of our sleeping bags and wanted to run out, but then the thunder struck. This was the first thunder. The Earth began to move and rock, wind hit our hut and knocked it over. My body was pushed down by sticks, but my head was in the clear. Then I saw a wonder: trees were falling, the branches were on fire, it became mighty bright, how can I say this, as if there was a second sun, my eyes were hurting, I even closed them. It was like what the Russians call lightning. And immediately there was a loud thunderclap. This was the second thunder. The morning was sunny, there were no clouds, our Sun was shining brightly as usual, and suddenly there came a second one!
“Me and Chekaren had some difficulty getting out from under the remains of our hut. Then we saw that above, but in a different place, there was another flash, and loud thunder came. This was the third thunder strike. Wind came again, knocked us off our feet, struck against the fallen trees.
“We looked at the fallen trees, watched the tree tops get snapped off, watched the fires. Suddenly Chekaren yelled ‘Look up’ and pointed with his hand. I looked there and saw another flash, and it made another thunder. But the noise was less than before. This was the fourth strike, like normal thunder.
“Now I remember well there was also one more thunder strike, but it was small, and somewhere far away, where the Sun goes to sleep.”

Pong
Tetris
Mortal Kombat
Pokemon
The Legend of Zelda
Mario Bros. Theme
Mario Underground Theme
Super Mario Theme
Mario Water Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n-XY55R1NI

This youngster is not doing the Spongebob, but he is wearing Spongebob shorts and Heelies and dancing.

All but giving up on public life, Zuo returned to his home by the River Hsiang in Hunan and resigned himself to a quiet life farming silkworms, reading, and drinking tea.

When the Taiping Rebellion broke out in 1850, Zuo, then 38 years old, was hired as an adviser by the staff of the governor of Hunan. In 1856, he was formally offered a position in the provincial government of Hunan.

In 1860, Zuo was given command of a force of 5,000 volunteers (later known as “Chu Army”), and by September of that year he drove the Taiping rebels out of Hunan and Guangxi provinces, into coastal Zhejiang.

Zuo captured the city of Shaoxing, and from there pushed south into Fujian and Guangdong provinces, where the revolt had first begun. In 1863, Zuo was appointed Governor of Zhejiang and an Undersecretary of War.

In August of 1864 Zuo, together with Zeng Guofan, dethroned the Taiping king, Hong Tianguifu, and brought an end to the rebellion. He was created Earl Kejing of the 1st Class for his part in suppressing the Rebellion.

In 1865, Zuo was appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang. As Commissioner of Naval Industries, Zuo oversaw the erection of China’s first modern shipyard and naval academy in Fuzhou the following year.

The dish General Tso’s Chicken, popularized in New York City during the 1970s, is named after Zuo Zongtang.

Live in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

As performed by Beirut, live.

Sa o Roma babo, e bakren chinen
A me crorro, dural vesava
Amaro daje, amaro dive
Amaro dive, Ederlezi
Ediwado babo, amenge bakro
Sa o Roma babo, e bakren chinen
Sa o Roma babo babo
Sa o Roma o daje
Sa o Roma babo babo
Ederlezi, Ederlezi
Sa o Roma daje

Translated from Romani:
All the Roma dad, sacrify sheep
But me, poor drummer, I must stay away
Oh yes, mummy, it is our celebration
It is our celebration, Ederlezi
A sheep for us , a sheep for us
All the Roma dad, sacrifice sheep
All the Roma dad, dad
All the Roma oh mummy
All the Roma dad, dad
Ederlezi, Ederlezi
All the Roma mummy