“he did a series of collages on paper and tacked them up on the wall of his den, but Lucille, who had supervised the purchase and interior decoration of their house in Corona, Queens, objected. Armstrong decided to use his extensive library of tapes as a canvas instead, and the result is a collection of [...]

This is so not where the name came from but weird:

We study the crowding of near-extreme events in the time gaps between successive finishers in major international marathons. Naively, one might expect these gaps to become progressively larger for better-placing finishers. While such an increase does indeed occur from the middle of the finishing [...]

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This promises to be good:
As R. Kelly’s child pornography trial is about to start, the judge’s media liaison gathers all of the reporters together to announce that we’ll be watching a sex tape in open court. He then delivers stern advice about doodling. “I am here to warn you,” says Terry Sullivan, “that anyone who [...]

Here’s the first of two. I wouldn’t expect the second until early June-ish, unless I get on my horse before Thursday (probably not). Tracklist below. Enjoy!
128k mp3, 69:58, 63MB
1. The Dø “On My Shoulders” A Mouthful is one of my three or four favorite records this year. It’s too long, but [...]

Hi. Let’s catch up more thoroughly when there aren’t so many other people around; for now, a dog’s breakfast of what’s been going on recently, more or less (Ed: less).
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I liked Funplex for what it was, but I like the idea that the B52s are still around and releasing good music even more. [...]