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metafilter MeFi: Welcome to Muppet Labs where the future is being made today!

Posted December 31, 2011 • Comments Off on MeFi: Welcome to Muppet Labs where the future is being made today!
Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today, is the site of scientific enquiry, technological breakthroughs, and sundry explosions on The Muppet Show. Headed by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, the lab premiered in episode 108 and lasted all five seasons. During the first season, Bunsen worked alone. Beginning in season two, the good doctor acquired an assistant-cum-guinea pig, the hapless Beaker. An annotated list of every single televised appearance of the Muppet Labs is after the fold!

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Posted December 28, 2011 • Comments Off on Kindleâ�¢ Fire Slip Case – Kindle Slip Case – Kindle Sleeve – SFBags – WaterField Designs
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Kindle Touch Slip Case, in blue (to match the iPad case I have)

wists Kindleâ�¢ Fire Slip Case – Kindle Slip Case – Kindle Sleeve – SFBags – WaterField Designs

Posted December 28, 2011 • Comments Off on Kindleâ�¢ Fire Slip Case – Kindle Slip Case – Kindle Sleeve – SFBags – WaterField Designs
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Kindle Touch Slip Case, in blue (to match the iPad case I have)

games Stavia won the Keep ‘Em Coming! achievement in Disney Universe

Posted December 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Stavia won the Keep ‘Em Coming! achievement in Disney Universe

Stavia won the Keep ‘Em Coming! achievement in Disney Universe. The achievement is worth 16 TrueAchievement points (15). 1039 tracked gamers now have this achievement.

games Stavia won the Rapid Fire achievement in Disney Universe

Posted December 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Stavia won the Rapid Fire achievement in Disney Universe

Stavia won the Rapid Fire achievement in Disney Universe. The achievement is worth 19 TrueAchievement points (15). 692 tracked gamers now have this achievement.

games Stavia won the The Bigger They Are… achievement in Disney Universe

Posted December 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Stavia won the The Bigger They Are… achievement in Disney Universe

Stavia won the The Bigger They Are… achievement in Disney Universe. The achievement is worth 15 TrueAchievement points (15). 1128 tracked gamers now have this achievement.

games Stavia won the Collector achievement in Disney Universe

Posted December 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Stavia won the Collector achievement in Disney Universe

Stavia won the Collector achievement in Disney Universe. The achievement is worth 15 TrueAchievement points (15). 1125 tracked gamers now have this achievement.

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Posted December 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Kindleamp;#xe2;amp;#xfffd;amp;#xa2; Fire Slip Case – Kindle Slip Case – Kindle Sleeve – SFBags – WaterField Designs

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Kindle Touch Slip Case, in blue (to match the iPad case I have)

twitter kostia: I just unlocked the Photogenic badge on foursquare! Say cheese! http://t.co/wXSw60hu

Posted December 23, 2011 • Comments Off on kostia: I just unlocked the Photogenic badge on foursquare! Say cheese! http://t.co/wXSw60hu

metafilter MeFi: You shall Hear things, Wonderful to tell

Posted December 22, 2011 • Comments Off on MeFi: You shall Hear things, Wonderful to tell
A decade on, the Coen brothers' woefully underrated O Brother, Where Art Thou? [alt] is remembered for a lot of things: its sun-drenched, sepia-rich cinematography (a pioneer of digital color grading), its whimsical humor, fluid vernacular, and many subtle references to Homer's Odyssey. But one part of its legacy truly stands out: the music.

Assembled by T-Bone Burnett, the soundtrack is a cornucopia of American folk music, exhibiting everything from cheery ballads and angelic hymns to wistful blues and chain-gang anthems. Woven into the plot of the film through radio and live performances, the songs lent the story a heartfelt, homespun feel that echoed its cultural heritage, a paean and uchronia of the Old South.

Though the multiplatinum album was recently reissued, the movie's medley is best heard via famed documentarian D. A. Pennebaker's Down from the Mountain, an extraordinary yet intimate concert film focused on a night of live music by the soundtrack's stars (among them Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Chris Thomas King, bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley) and wryly hosted by John Hartford, an accomplished fiddler, riverboat captain, and raconteur whose struggle with terminal cancer made this his last major performance. The film is free in its entirety on Hulu and YouTube -- click inside for individual clips, song links, and breakdowns of the set list's fascinating history.

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