violingirl20's birthday! It is the 29th, and she is of course, 29. Or 25. I forget which it is this time 'round.

Given the billing, I was hoping he'd slash the maestro in two with a lightsaber.

Would have made for a way more interesting entrance.

With the Man in Black.

It's a little crazy, but that's life in Texas.

The catcerto.

The most horrifying part? It's actually good.

On the house. Seems like more and more artists are catching on that the only people who ever made any money on record sales were Phil Spector and the big music labels. Musicians make their money on tour; doesn't matter whether they're traveling in a broke-down black '85 Dodge van or a purpose-made 757 with a brass pole ( Read more... )

This is easily the nerdiest thing I have seen all year. It is also badfuckingass.

But this is fucking spectacular. For certain values of fucking.

All things that are possible...

But here is the Large Hadron rap.

Which I will say, is awfully hard to type without using the word "hardon."