CURIOUS GEORGE: Let's make beautiful music together I think we talked a little about this over here, but I need somebody to speak english to this dumb monkey... >more inside, dontchaknow<

Welcome to the most Extreme Elimination Challenge. originally Takeshi

"Each Gum Blonde is 100% chewed bubblegum on a plywood backing. No paint or dye is used. The colour is inherent to the gum - the mixing of colour takes place inside the mouth during chewing using an endless variety of flavours ...."

Strindberg and Helium

Ever wondered what a monkey brain looks like? The Comparative Mammalian Brain Collection has photos of brains from 175 different mammal species. Whole brains, sectioned brains, and more, each with a photo and range map of the donor species. (If you pay US taxes, you're helping to fund this research, so take a look.)

The Drum Solo collection - From Steve Gadd to Dave Weckl.

"The Unavoidable Future of Entertainment:" Amateur filmmakers create and submit 5-minute "pilots" for fictional TV shows. more inside

Papers Please Meet Dudley Hiibel. He's a 59 year old cowboy who owns a small ranch outside of Winnemucca, Nevada. He lives a simple life, but he's his own man. You probably never would have heard of Dudley Hiibel if it weren't for his belief in the U.S. Constitution. One balmy May evening back in 2000, Dudley was standing around minding his own business when all of a sudden, a policeman pulled-up and demanded that Dudley produce his ID. Dudley, having done nothing wrong, declined. He was arrested and charged with "failure to cooperate" for refusing to show ID on demand. And it's all on video. On the 22nd of March 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Dudley and the rest of us live in a free society, or in a country where we must show "the papers" whenever a cop demands them. more inside

Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord...

Thinking about believing

Philosophical quotes for every occasion: Priceless quotations from such astute minds as that of Miss Alabama: "I would not live forever because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever." Or, how about a random selection?

The Amazing EC Brown MP3 Link Collection More free music than you can shake a banana and a fistful of feces at and it all looks pretty legal. Genres range from Techno to Metal, Ska to Ukranian, Found Sound to Polish Folk, Hare Krishna to Iranian, Bagpipes to Mexican traditional. Good for weeks of browsing.

"Of all my inventions, the glass armonica has given me the greatest personal satisfaction." - Ben Franklin

Ugg boots What do people think about trademaking generic words? more inside

Instructoart

The Alcoholic Monkeys of St. Kitts exhibit "skeedrow behavior." Alex Shoumatoff takes you there.

Rest Stop, Stephen King's latest story, available online. Here too is the transcript of King's National Book Foundation's Distinguished Contribution award acceptance speech. That's more directly related to this ancient thread.

Researchers Discover New Source of Neural Stem Cells. Of special interest to monkey lovers: "the differences we see imply that this region in the human brain doesn't necessarily do the same things as its primate and rodent counterparts." Maybe.

Main Dishes From Hell.

New Noise. A new fortnightly web based music magazine, currently on its second issue. more inside