Posts in: Brilliant

Remember: Nuclear Detonations, 1945-1998

One last re-watch of The Polar Express before… Mama and Poppa perform elven magic

“In the elite press—on cable news, in newspaper opinion sections—you can say the most monstrous things imaginable, as long your language is polite. What you can’t do is rudely express a desire …

“It is expected that work of all kinds will be generally suspended, and that the wage workers of the whole city will enjoy the holiday.”

Minneapolis Tribune, 1894

/via HCLib

Fun to learn a bigger story:

Did Ellis Island Really Change People’s Names?

/Vintage News

When the Sun Hits

A music blog with the tagline: Your resource for all things shoegaze and dream pop

I still love dinosaurs!

Rhone said it better than I was going to:

Today will birth legends

If you are Minnesotan, you will nod knowingly.

@patrickrhone

Lumiere Brothers footage of Paris, late 19th century

Did we ever deserve them? Did we love them enough?

I listened to the Purple Rain soundtrack, watched the video of Prince’s Superbowl halftime performance, then spent at least an hour listening to the song Purple Rain on repeat.

Joy. Awe. Sadness.

Tears.

Awash.