Hey, Funny or Die Friday! Today we present the ninth chapter of Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party: The Sleeper! Watch as things start to take a turn for the sad and dramatic on our Funny or Die channel and tune into our twitter at 12 noon PDT for a takeover with our brilliant composer, Dylan Glatthorn!And hey, don’t forget to hit that funny button.
Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man, London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, cond.
Just found out one of my favorite composers of all time and everyone’s go-to for the classic American sound was gay and Jewish! Hope you’re all having as good a day as me.
Throwback Thursday to the time I met Bertrand Russell. His paradox did completely topple my Grundgesetze der Arithmetik, and he ate one of my cookies without asking but I do have to applaud his innovation with logic.
Inspired by the sight of Bowie’s producer/engineer Tony Visconti embracing one of Bowie’s backing vocalists by the Berlin Wall, the song tells the story of two lovers, one from East and one from West Berlin. Bowie’s performance of “Heroes” on June 6, 1987 at the German Reichstag in West Berlin was considered a catalyst to the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall.[4][5][6] Following Bowie’s death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for “helping to bring down the Wall”, adding “you are now among Heroes”.[7]
The current plan is to be here a week, driving home next Tuesday. I’m lucky that I can work from pretty much wherever (well, wherever I have power and internet), so it’s not so much a vacation as a temporary change of venue. But it definitely has excellent before- and after-work birdwatching perks. 🙂
