Blogorama: What is a collection of links?
What a week. We went from Valentine’s Day at the beginning of the week to the first glimpse of what it will be like when machines destroy love with their ability to answer game show questions effectively.
Let’s get our minds off the loneliness and despair of holidays meant for others and machines meant to replace us.
First, though, some cool stuff this weekend.
FRIDAY: Alta Mira with Holly & Evan, Ben Karis-Nix, and the Ashley Pond Band. Downstairs, 8pm, $7. More info
SATURDAY: The Albany All-Star Roller Derby Girls at the Washington Avenue Armory! The Department of Public Hurts take on the Capital City Legislayers starting at 7pm. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and only $4(!) for children under 12. For more info and tickets, check out the Albany All-Stars website.
Speaking of roller derby, check out my guest post on derby girl Audrey Deathburn’s blog (warning: mute your speakers; music automatically plays and it’s a bit loud).
This week – artificial intelligence, Flexi Wheeler is INvulnerable, Amanda Talar is dressed to the 9s, and Daniel Nester has some mansplainin’ to doooooooo! This…is Blogorama.
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WE’RE YOUR SOURCE: This Week on the Times Union Blogs
Vulnerability is in the Eye of the Beholder (Roller Derby / Flexi Wheeler)
IBM’s Watson Has Heart of Gold (Rev. Alan Rudnick)
The Case Against High Speed Rail (The Buzz / Eric Anderson)
Are You a Mansplainer? Let Me Mansplain (Daniel Nester)
Moving Towards Minimalism in the Hudson Valley (Simpler Living)
Death By Twitter (Lydia Kulbida)
Ten Songs That Broke My Heart (Chuck Miller)
Am I Too Dressed Up to Date? (Amanda Talar)
Valentine’s Day: No One Likes It (High School / Katie Maffucci)
All the Lonely People, Where Do They Go? (CRUMBS / Andrew Gregory)
More amazingness is after the jump.
IN OUR AREA CODE
- Coming Soon: Gogol Bordello! (Nippertown)
- Watson Wrap-Up: Puny Humans Bested by Big Blue (The Approach)
- What I Like About Albany (Indie Albany dot Com)
- The Wisdom of an Almost-Two-Year-Old (Alan Ilagan)
- Nuts to You, China (Keyboard Krumbs)
- Our Sexy Forefathers (All Over Albany)
MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD…
- The Sluttiest Names (The Hairpin)
- Recreating Childhood Photos (Bored Panda) Amazing project.
- White Socks to Work Wednesday (Tom the Blog)
- Stalker Guilt Syndrome, a 1998 Short Film starring Marc Maron (We Who Are About to Die)
- Billy Ray Cyrus, Kurt Cobain Were Bros (Stereogum)
- Hasids vs. Hipsters: Abridged History of Brooklyn’s Culture War (n+1)
- They Killed the Goldfish…to Avoid Leaving Witnesses? (Dumb as a Blog)
- Review – Namor Visionaries, Vol. 1: John Byrne (Superheroes, Etc.)
- MacBeth, performed by Clowns. In gibberish. (Complications Ensue)
ART
- Maureen Gubia (painting)
- Bruno Catalano (bronze sculptures)
MMA
- Pictures from Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva (CageWriter)
- UFC Auction for Australia Flood Victims (MMAjunkie)
- Boxing promoter Bob Arum: MMA’s Audience is Still Too White (CageWriter)
- Jorge Rivera’s…interesting comments on future opponent Michael Bisping (Fight Opinion)
- Former Featherweight champion Mike Brown Deals with Hand Injury & Mysterious Hearth Ailment (MMAjunkie)
- Back in Russia, Fedor Says He’s Probably Not Retiring (CageWriter)
- The Yushin Okami Title Shot: A Manager’s Opinion (Rabbit-Punch.net)
- George Sotiropoulos Patiently Trudging Towards Title Shot (Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports)
- Bellator Coming to Saturday Nights on MTV2 (CageWriter)
- UFC Sells Out Toronto; Achieves MMA’s First $10 Million Date (MMAFighting.com)
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a. Thanks for the link!
b. Funny you mention Ringo. I listened to “Don’t Pass Me By” from the White Album about ten times in a row yesterday. You’ve all heard it before, but today listen just to the violin part. It’s rather awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSd4evT8Nw8
The player is Jack Fallon, who was quite a big deal in his day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fallon
“Don’t Pass Me By” is a truly underrated track, and you’re dead on about the violin solo.
I actually think that might be my favorite Ringo song (Beatles era), period.
Thanks for sharing the link, Kevin. I hear that the evening will be recorded, so a good turnout would be nice.
PS. I unfortunately will miss your MJ impersonation…
I have a strong urge to listen to Eleanor Rigby after reading this blog today.
Andrew – Thanks for mentioning that! I had no idea.
NinaIsShort – That happens to be my all-time hands-down favorite song ever.