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08 May 12:58

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27 May 13:27

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29 Apr 18:41

Self-Described “Prophet”: Even When My Predictions Are Wrong, They’re Still True

by Hemant Mehta
The amount of twisting in this Christian logic would make pretzels jealous.
05 May 16:18

Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525, I. Allegro

by smalin

The first movement (Allegro) of W. A. Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, performed by A Far Cry, with an animated graphical score.
FAQ

Q: Where can I learn more about the performers?
A: Here:
https://afarcry.org/

Q: Where can I hear the rest of this piece?
A: Here:
https://musopen.org/music/28074-serenade-no-13-a-little-night-music-k-525/

Q: I appreciate the animated graphical scores you make; how can I help?
A: There are many ways you can support my work:
free: watch my videos, like them, and share them with friends
$$$: become a Patreon patron: http://www.patreon.com/musanim (per-video/per-month)
!!!!: underwrite the production of a video: http://www.musanim.com/underwriting

Q: Could you please do a video of _______?
A: Please see this:
http://www.musanim.com/requests/
01 Oct 15:05

Pleased to Meet You

by Greg Ross

Unusual personal names collected by onomasticist Elsdon C. Smith for his Treasury of Name Lore, 1967:

  • Dr. Pacifico D. Quitiquit
  • Lala Legattee Wiggins
  • Stanley Toogood
  • Effie Bowleg
  • Polycarp Pridgen
  • Merriweather Trivelpiece
  • Aspidia Snitch
  • Tabaca Blacksheep
  • Iva Headache
  • Marietta Avenue Jeeter
  • Vaseline Malaria
  • Soda Water
  • Ten Million
  • St. Elmo Bug
  • Fice Mook
  • Trammer W. Splown
  • Gulley Cowsert
  • Buckshot Magonicle
  • Teemer Furr
  • Sepnoress Gorce
  • Heathcliff Heimerdinger
  • Honeysuckle Ginsberg
  • Ephraim Very Ott
  • Gladys Whysoglad
  • Park A. Carr
  • Creekmore Fath
  • May June July
  • Melody Tunes
  • Ann Ant
  • Fairy Duck
  • Vito d’Incognito
  • Napoleon N. Waterloo
  • Tressanela Noosepickle
  • Osbel Irizarry
  • Athelstan Spilhaus
  • Weikko Tinklepaugh
  • Twilladeen Hubkapiller

According to the Veterans Administration, Love’n Kisses Love is a deceased sailor formerly of Bremerton, Washington. Walt Disney employed an animator named T. Hee. Outerbridge Horsey VI was named ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1963. (“I am the sixth Outerbridge Horsey and my unhappy son is the seventh. In fact, the only trouble with any new post is explaining the name to people.”) Gisella Werberzerck Piffl was a character actress in Australia in 1948. Two police officers who worked together in Long Beach, California, in 1953 were named Goforth and Ketchum. Jack Benny’s wife said that the firm Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (now BBDO) “sounds like a trunk falling down stairs.”

And “When Mrs. Rum of Chicago divorced her husband she was allowed to resume her maiden name of Cork.”

See Local Color, Roll Call, Pink Labels, Roll Call, Roll Call, and Bent Handles.