Not too long after posts on immigration by myself [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/01/immigration.html], and a followup on it and “skin in the game” in “Fixing the Magic Dirt Problem [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/01/fixing-magic-dirt-problem.html]” by the Didact, here’s a rant by the inimitable Razorfist. I largely agree with it, and though I’d likely be more restrictive on even legal immigration numbers than he is, I think every point he makes here is pure gold. While I agree that it’…
Powerslave is still one of my favorite albums by these guys.…
OK, Vox showed this vid, a metal cover of an Adele song. OK. That was… awesome. Sure – there’s *harder* metal out there, but as much as, say, Amon Amarth has awesome *music*, death metal vocals aren’t my thing. The symphonic end with Nightwish and Within Temptation, a little Five Finger Death Punch, a little Drowning Pool…And these guys rock. And they’re willing to go out on a limb, and to look silly doing so. Take a look at the vid for Gangnam Style. Or Shakira’s *Waka Waka – *I haven’t list…
Some joyful commentary [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-feast-of-emperors-ascension.html]: > His victory is a victory for men everywhere who are tired of being spat upon, sick of seeing our masculinity being torn down and derided, fed up of watching our most cherished principles and ideals being buried under the landfill of modern culture, and enraged at seeing the country that we love being treated like an abused crack-whore. Go read the whole thing.…
Some more stuff from OK Go. First, pointed out to me by Man of The Atom, some fantastic work in slow mo photography: And then some truly impressive visual trickery.…