QUESTION OF THE MONTH: Who are the four music artists to have won an Academy Award for an ACTING role and achieving a #1 album in the U.S.? (This excludes people such as Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, who won MUSIC Oscars.)
Arrgh! – the idiots who are the Newtown truthers. Other fools are harassing the guy who took in six children after the Newtown shootings. The Hitler gun control lie. Related: Run, Hide, Fight: Alabama’s video response to mass shootings. Also, Amy’s poem – “If Jesus had had a gun in Gethsamane, would he have taken aim at the guards?”
Idle No More 101. What it’s NOT: “An extended Native American Heritage Month, where non-Natives have to act like they’re fascinated by Native culture.”
Steve Bissette makes the case for boycotting DragonCon. I’ve never been, but if you have, you will want to read this.
The future king of the Netherlands had visited Albany in 2009.
A video of 15-year-old Noah St. John, winner of the 2012 ‘NPR Snap Judgment Performance of the Year.’ “It’s part performance art, part dramatic monologue, part spoken poetry — ‘storytelling with a beat.'”
I have research rapture, and have had it for a LONG time! “You may pity me if you wish, but my compulsion is relatively mild… I am addicted to looking things up.”
Cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational. One can nitpick over the examples, but it’s still interesting.
The derivation of the phrase to give someone the third degree.
Advice on giving advice, especially to teens and tweens.
CLUES FOR QUESTION OF THE MONTH:
One performed one of the most popular singles of all time.
One won the Sour Apple Award for Least Cooperative Actor three times but got the Golden Apple Award as Male Star of the Year subsequently.
One is a woman, and possibly the most obvious choice.
One is in a movie that was nominated for the 2012 Academy Awards, though he was not.
Restoring your faith in humanity.
I went to see the touring company of Million Dollar Quartet last week and enjoyed the talk afterward quite a bit.
Cheri’s Facebook rules. They are all commonsensical, and if I cared enough about FB, I’d post them on my Facebook page as well. I still may. And “like” Arthur on Facebook, or don’t; he doesn’t much care.
Aspiring actress Melanie Boudwin. My favorite premiere ABC Wednesday post in a while.
TV weather when the computers are down.
Musicians, beware the rehearsal police.
Before Planet of the Apes; a strange Twilight Zone comic book.
Movie ratings through the years – in video form.
Orson Welles: young, old, drunk, sober…
I never saw any of the 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes, though I wanted to see Scott Pilgrim, and just never got the chance when it was in theaters. But how does John Carter get released without mentioning the Mars angle?
Cookie Monster and Grover take on ‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Hunger Games,’ and more…in song!
Rubber Duckie: the Story Behind Sesame Street’s Iconic Bath Time Tune. But Grover is bitter.
The Doors’ ”Riders On The Storm” in a major key?
Short video background on the Batman TV show.
Please help my friend’s cat to become an LOL cat.
QUESTION OF THE MONTH ANSWERS: Bing Crosby (who gets mentioned in a blog post next month), Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Jamie Foxx.
