My quick little take on Evening Prayer Blues by Deford Bailey. I originally came to this by way of Bill Monroe, Mike Compton and Alan Bibey mandolin arrangements of it.
posted to MeFi Music by mandolin conspiracy at 9:49 AM on April 25, 2015 (3 comments)

Possibly In Michigan is a surreal short film from 1983 about domestic violence and stalking (contains some horrifying imagery). It was directed by Cecelia Condit, whose 'enchanting and often unsettling videos, a mix of gorgeously saturated imagery and shadowy subject matter, have been called “feminist fairy tales”.'
posted to MetaFilter by dng at 7:15 AM on September 10, 2015 (5 comments)

A remake of the same song by Dead or Alive, only much better! Disclaimer: I was the producer of the album this is off of, not a performer. (MI)
posted to MeFi Music by edgeways at 7:36 PM on July 5, 2006 (33 comments)

Vanity Fair profiles Kelly Sue DeConnick, writer of the comics Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly, and Bitch Planet.
posted to MetaFilter by Stacey at 7:00 AM on July 9, 2015 (44 comments)

The purpose of the project is to cover an entire album by another artist in one day, using an informal and fluid collective of musicians. "Joining in this time we had three of my favorite bands— Liars, Annie Clark and Daniel Hart from St. Vincent, Sergio Dias from the legendary Brazilian band Os Mutantes, as well as RC veteran Brian Lebarton, just back from the Charlotte Gainsbourg tour. The record covered this time was 1987 blockbuster 'Kick' by INXS. The record was chosen by fellow Aussie, Angus from the Liars. It was recorded in a little over 12 hours on March 3rd, 2010. It was an intense, hilarious, daunting and completely fun undertaking. Thanks to everybody for being there and putting so much into it. Many classic moments, inspired performances and occasional anarchy." -Beck Hansen
posted to MetaFilter by slacy at 9:23 AM on July 6, 2015 (26 comments)

Laughapalooza is a facebook group just for laugh's!! Share it wiht your friend's and family :) :)
posted to MetaFilter by a manly man person who is male and masculine at 8:58 AM on April 3, 2015 (45 comments)

I've decided to give myself the challenge of no alcohol (I don't do drugs or anything else) until my 39th birthday in late November. What's the best way to go forward?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 9:16 AM on June 22, 2015 (32 comments)

Based on the available scientific evidence and the findings of expert scientific panels, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) has made a final determination that there is no longer a consensus among qualified experts that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary dietary source of industrially-produced trans fatty acids (IP-TFA) are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for any use in human food. (79-page PDF)

posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 11:34 AM on June 16, 2015 (60 comments)

Inside Obama's Stealth Startup Their mission: to reboot how government works.
posted to MetaFilter by infini at 10:05 AM on June 16, 2015 (63 comments)

The wetsuitman. Last winter two bodies were found in Norway and the Netherlands. They were wearing identical wetsuits. The police in three countries were involved in the case, but never managed to identify them. This is the story of who they were.
posted to MetaFilter by elgilito at 4:49 AM on June 16, 2015 (29 comments)

The Life and Times of Janos Birges
posted to MetaFilter by feckless fecal fear mongering at 10:05 AM on June 9, 2015 (4 comments)

It’s been a busy year on Metafilter, with some big changes over the last twelve months.  Some of the hardest changes were the result of the financial difficulties that came to a head last May with significant staffing cuts.  And the best thing to happen for the site was the tremendous outpouring of generosity from Metafilter’s members in response to that financial crisis, through voluntary funding of Metafilter.  

I want to thank all of you again for your support, and give you an update on where site finances are now, how funding has helped, and how we’re trying to make it easier to support the site in a way that works well for you—including a new alternative to PayPal.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 9:40 AM on June 8, 2015 (220 comments)

I'm fat," Daniel P. Finney wrote in an April 12 column in the Des Moines Register. "Scratch that. I'm morbidly obese." Finney, the Register's Metro Voice columnist, was 39 years old and weighed more than 500 pounds. Facing excruciating pain, type II diabetes, and concern that he would soon lose the ability to walk, he decided to make a serious effort to lose weight. He has been chronicling that effort in a blog, Making Weight.
posted to MetaFilter by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 6:03 AM on June 4, 2015 (14 comments)

"The Secret History of Ultimate Marvel, the Experiment That Changed Superheroes Forever"
posted to MetaFilter by zarq at 3:56 PM on May 27, 2015 (111 comments)

California's Homeless Find a Quiet Place. (slNatGeo)
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 4:31 PM on May 25, 2015 (79 comments)

Hi MeFites. After many years of overthinking a plate of beans, I made a thing! I'm pleased to share my PhD dissertation about MetaFilter with you all. A simple question of how we pronounce our own nickname has unfolded into many years of research. This time spent would not have been as enriching or meaningful to me and to the field of sociolinguistics without the support and enthusiasm of my fellow MeFites. I say I made a thing, but really, you made this. Thank you.
posted to MetaTalk by iamkimiam at 10:49 AM on April 3, 2015 (179 comments)

After 16 years of doing a bit of everything under the sun here, I’m stepping away from the day to day of running MetaFilter and moving into the background. Never fear, I’m leaving it in the best of hands and things are looking good for the future.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 1:03 PM on March 4, 2015 (945 comments)

As of 5 am last Friday morning, Sun News went off the air. Unable to find a buyer, the controversial news network is no more. Ratings were falling, Ezra Levant kept doing stupid things, and briefly, the network gave a show to the Ford brothers (but it didn't work out).
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 8:33 AM on February 20, 2015 (55 comments)

Long time Parks and Recreation writer and recurring character, inventor of the Humblebrag, curator of the goofiest segment on Comedy Bang Bang, and very sexy drummer for the joke band Don't Stop Or We'll Die, Mr. Harris Wittels passed away today suddenly. He will be missed. (Many links extraordinarily NSFW)
posted to MetaFilter by Potomac Avenue at 9:28 PM on February 19, 2015 (73 comments)

Locus Magazine has published its 2014 Recommended Reading List. BestSF.net has given its Best SF Short Story Award for 2014. Tables of contents have been announced for The Year's Best Science Fiction, Thirty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois, Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume Two edited by Kathe Koja and Michael Kelly, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine edited by Jonathan Strahan. And several writers have called out their favorite stories of the year too, e.g. Ken Liu, Carmen Maria Machado and Sofia Samatar, Usman Malik, and Fran Wilde, Michael R. Underwood, Tina Connolly, and Beth Cato. Quite a few of these short fiction selections from 2014 have been published online in full.
posted to MetaFilter by Monsieur Caution at 9:10 PM on February 3, 2015 (28 comments)

Dave's Mapper automatically generates tiled RPG/adventure game maps by recombining tiles submitted by artists, with a pile of customization map generation options. Have fun and be inspired, or submit your own tiles.
posted to MetaFilter by Jimbob at 7:17 PM on January 28, 2015 (14 comments)

Being held up as “beating the odds”, “done good”, or “escaped” does not make me happy. (slTheGrauniad)
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 6:52 AM on January 21, 2015 (38 comments)

The Teflon Kid: How ANNIE enables apathy about inequality.
Little Orphan Annie on going to public school for free (November 8, 1935 comic strip):
"Free!" Hun~ Nothin' is free -- It all costs somebody-- Too many people are livin' "free" off o' other people -- I'll keep trying to earn my way.
posted to MetaFilter by spamandkimchi at 1:57 AM on January 17, 2015 (36 comments)

Eddie Huang on the making of a tv show about his memoir growing up Chinese in the US. (slVulture)
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 9:29 AM on January 14, 2015 (15 comments)

10 Food Podcasts to Listen to in 2015. (slTheKitchn)
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 10:20 AM on January 9, 2015 (16 comments)

'Every year for the past few years, Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has put up a list of works that should have gone into the public domain on January 1st'. Should have, that is, 'had Congress not massively expanded the law. As a reminder, when these works were created, the creators knew the terms under which they were created and knew that they would have gone into the public domain by now -- and they found that to be more than enough incentive to create those works.' 'Current US law extends copyright for 70 years after the date of the author’s death, and corporate “works-for-hire” are copyrighted for 95 years after publication. But prior to the 1976 Copyright Act (which became effective in 1978), the maximum copyright term was 56 years—an initial term of 28 years, renewable for another 28 years. Under those laws, works published in 1958 would enter the public domain on January 1, 2015, where they would be “free as the air to common use.” Under current copyright law, we’ll have to wait until 2054. And no published works will enter our public domain until 2019. The laws in other countries are different—thousands of works are entering the public domain in Canada and the EU on January 1.'
posted to MetaFilter by VikingSword at 11:48 AM on January 6, 2015 (51 comments)

2,400 MS-DOS games playable in-browser, courtesy of the Internet Archive.
posted to MetaFilter by Elementary Penguin at 12:53 PM on January 5, 2015 (167 comments)

Rid yourself of those winter blues with Ursula 1000's Winter (Mega)Mixes, which are not focused on winter music, but rather an upbeat mix of deep, funky, sleazy, acid tinged delights, as Alex Gimeno, the Brooklyn-based retro-futuristic producer/DJ/multi-instrumentalist labeled his latest mix. Read on for more sampladelic easy listening breakbeat tracks in a style similar to continental popsters from Pizzicato Five to Dimitri from Paris, plus some fuzzy garage rock-influenced tunes!
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 3:33 PM on December 31, 2014 (15 comments)

How Chan-Style Anonymous Culture Shapes #gamergate Twitter user A Man In Black attempts to untangle the gamergater mindset using identity -- any identity as vice, and lack of identity as a chief virtue.
posted to MetaFilter by boo_radley at 9:31 AM on December 16, 2014 (204 comments)

Have you ever wanted to quit your job and head out on the open road? Perhaps long distance trucking might suit you? Yes? No? No worries. We can go on a trip right here and see what the life of a long distance trucker is really like. Being an over-the-road driver has the reputation of being tough and hazardous. Why do they do it? Schneider National 11 Western Regional. Cincinnati, OH to Toledo, OH. Jeffersonville, IN to East Chicago, IN. What truck driving is all about. A Truckers View. An Office With a View. The long haul - OTR truck driving. This trip will be North American-centric, because it's what I'm familiar with. So with that proviso in mind, let's ride. We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
posted to MetaFilter by cwest at 5:00 AM on December 13, 2014 (43 comments)

The deletion reason for this post states that we've had 'a ton' of rape-related posts lately; this would have been the fourth in the last month. I understand that this is a topic which is psychically taxing and can result in threads which require disproportionate levels of mod attention; however, the suggestion that 'we'd really like the site to do other things, too' rubs me the wrong way.
posted to MetaTalk by shakespeherian at 12:32 PM on December 9, 2014 (399 comments)

Do you play the ukulele? Do you like strum-alongs? Ukulele Play Along is there! The site offers YouTube videos of songs synced with displays of their chords and lyrics, and fretboard displays for each song that comes up, in the three most common ukulele tunings (C6, D6, G6). (Hat tip: Molly Lewis, who has also made the world's shortest ukulele tutorial.)
posted to MetaFilter by Shmuel510 at 12:07 PM on December 11, 2014 (22 comments)

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze (graphic)
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
posted to MetaFilter by Eyebrows McGee at 10:23 PM on December 4, 2014 (48 comments)

Best uses for homemade kraut?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 6:59 AM on November 28, 2014 (24 comments)

From the rather common "skate punk into alternative music" origins to a bedroom producer who signed with Ninja Tune, Bonobo, the stage name for Simon Green, has continued to change musically. From the lone musician who made sample-based music, he has expanded into working with field recordings, studio musicians, and live shows where the band took a four bar drum break transformed it into a seven minute epic drum-sax solo battle, to which the crowd tried to clap along. You can see him live tomorrow at the Alexandra Palace in London in a special Boiler Room session, but until then, there's plenty more to see, hear and read.
posted to MetaFilter by filthy light thief at 1:16 PM on November 27, 2014 (12 comments)

What are the loudest, shrillest, most brutal metal albums of all time? I want cacophonous, demonic noise. The hardest of the hard stuff. It doesn't have to come from any particular metal subgenre, and it doesn't even have to be stuff you've liked. As long as it is being as extreme as possible.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dgaicun at 3:34 PM on November 24, 2014 (41 comments)

What are some great Canadian alternative bands from the 80s and early 90s? Plus: what would you name my radio show?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 8:35 AM on November 19, 2014 (52 comments)

OK, I think we have a plan for a new way to proceed with horror club that will: a) get more people involved; and b) make for minimal workload to keep it going indefinitely. Details inside.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 11:18 AM on November 18, 2014 (12 comments)

If you gave yourself a challenge to try something for a hundred days in a row, what would you do? Learn a new language? Pick up a musical instrument? Push your body's limits? Get married, have a baby, keep the love going?
posted to MetaFilter by divabat at 11:15 PM on November 17, 2014 (24 comments)

Friends, family, and co-workers reminisce before the camera in the biographic documentary I Don't Know Jack [~1h30m], about the life and career and character of Jack Nance, best known for playing Henry Spencer in Eraserhead and Pete Martell in Twin Peaks.
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 9:15 AM on November 7, 2014 (4 comments)

Aside from size/space, what are the main interior differences/features between a British home and a North American one?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 12:18 PM on October 15, 2014 (101 comments)

In honor of GG being on Netflix, who's in for a rewatch of our favorite mother/daughter dialogue juggernauts?
posted to FanFare by Kitteh at 7:44 PM on September 30, 2014 (23 comments)

The Middleman might have only lasted 12 episodes (and one follow up comic) in 2008, but it has not been forgotten. The cast reunion and live reading of the new comic, Pan-Universal Parental Reconciliation, is now online.
posted to MetaFilter by dinty_moore at 6:32 PM on September 30, 2014 (13 comments)

I occasionally post links to ads, if I think they're impressive, interesting, and cool, rather than just, you know, an ad for something. Inevitably there are responses that are along the lines of 'this is an ad' or 'you got suckered into posting an ad' which I personally find frustrating. I see the same kinds of comments in other people's posts, and they frustrate me there, too. It's not like anyone really doesn't understand that GoPro posts all those cool videos to make you want to buy a GoPro, you know? Is there a way to frame that kind of post that'll tend to pre-empt those kinds of responses? Or should I just accept that they are always going to happen in ad posts?
posted to MetaTalk by jacquilynne at 7:35 AM on September 23, 2014 (103 comments)

Chubby little prairie dog requires aid, plz. (slYT)
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 11:15 AM on August 28, 2014 (41 comments)

Oscar Peterson interviews Joe Pass and Count Basie for his 1980 show "Words and Music."
posted to MetaFilter by Gygesringtone at 8:59 AM on August 22, 2014 (3 comments)

Barely Legal Pawn, starring Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Aaron Paul. (SLYT)
posted to MetaFilter by roomthreeseventeen at 4:25 PM on August 19, 2014 (24 comments)

A link to Good Magazine's infographics. Some of my favorites: How powerful is your passport, Being bike friendly in America, What foods are most susceptible to food fraud.
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 8:05 AM on July 31, 2014 (19 comments)

I'm interested in incorporating more macrobiotic meals into my current diet. What blogs or recipes do you suggest? Difficulty level: vegan!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Kitteh at 11:14 AM on July 25, 2014 (7 comments)

Pet Shop Boys, still going strong after over 30 years, and still as inventive as ever, debuted their "orchestral pop biography in eight parts for electronics, orchestra, choir, and narrator" at the BBC Proms last night. A Man From The Future [audio only, BBC3 recording, available for 4 weeks, 1h55m] is an exploration of the life of Alan Turing. The performance includes Chrissie Hynde performing classic PSB accompanied by a full orchestra in the first half, and the premiere of AMFTF as the second half.
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 12:30 AM on July 24, 2014 (24 comments)