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These are several photos and videos of the Halloween display created by some homeowners in East Aurora, New York, featuring a giant spider on a boom that appears to crawl down a 3-story web to the yard below. For reference, I have several pumpkins, a hay bale, and some dried corn stalks on my porch that my girlfriend thought would add a nice autumnal addition to the house, but so …

Toyah & Robert are back together at home! Their latest Upbeat Moments episode premieres tomorrow, Saturday 12th, at 19:00 CEST (6pm BST)... ...and, on Sunday at 13:00 CEST (12pm BST), a vintage Sunday Lunch: Sympathy

Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets The geological history of the Moon speaks of a time older than most of the Earth’s surface. The relatively small size of our satellite led to an accelerated geological demise dominated by progressive cooling over the last 3 billion years or so. However, the earlier history of the Moon likely featured global expansion …

Natalie Erika James (who delivered 2020’s impressively depressing RELIC)’s recent ROSEMARY’S BABY prequel APARTMENT 7A is commendably detailed and admirably respectful of its source material yet it lacks any punchy impact and for every fine, nuanced acting performance there’s a regrettably awkward dance number. As a huge fan of Ira Levin’s novel and Roman Polanski’s film adaptation, I have to admit it kept me reasonably entertained by stuffing me to …

There’s something raw about the new album from The Submissives. Despite being the band’s first foray into the studio as a complete ensemble, the sheen and shine of the studio environment do little to diminish the bands slightly frayed ends. That’s by no means a slight, as one of the band’s most endearing qualities is their wobbly, woozy aura of unpolished perfection. Echoing similarly sizzled post-punk heroes like Young Marble …

March 6 – 9, 1521 Incredulity, relief, thankfulness… all of these emotions and more swept through the ranks of sick, starving sailors in the wake of the cry from the Victoria’s lookout that he could see land off the starboard bow. With an energy they hadn’t known they had, the men ran, hobbled, or crawled to the starboard gunwales, eyes straining to see that which the lookout had seen. Magellan …

reframings on growing a creative business this post is about the integration and interdependence of three practices:making artsharing your work on the internet having a business & making money I’ll be reframing each practice as ART, ECOSYSTEM, and ALCHEMY work, and — in contrast to our ultra-compartmentalized, capitalist culture — I’ll explain how each practice is in deep, symbiotic relationship with each other. to embrace the interdependence of each practice …

Surely setting up a display like this is just asking for trouble. This picture, from some unknown source, was sent in 2016 by Open Culture, via The Passive Voice. The article focusses on the most-stolen books. The Guardian also has a piece on this topic. Why do people keep on stealing books? Surely if you care enough you’ve got to understand that it’s damaging your sources. It’s an obvious question, …

oxidized metal covers the gas works in the park with the same name. the sky is blue with unnaturally orange clouds. i could not tell you why early settlers decided to build a dilapadating gas plant on the edge of lake union, but i’m sure they had a good reason. About a month ago, a delivery driver contracted with Amazon shared a post to a drivers’ forum on Reddit. The …

Apple seems on track to become the world’s biggest smartphone vendor again across the critical gifting season, even as the size of the smartphone market climbs. To be fair, this isn’t such a big surprise. Apple has been the market leader in Q4 every year since 2022, and with Apple Intelligence to drive interest in its latest iPhone, I see no reason for that to change any time soon. It …

The Queens of Cups are trying to contact the late musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim in a seance. Grace O’Keefe and Jordana Belaiche are our guides, leading us in a chant of his name and an exploration through his song catalogue through excellent parodies. O’Keefe is the main conduit between show and audience, asking them... The post Edinburgh Fringe digital review: Summoning Sondheim appeared first on LouReviews.

Sean will be back on the stage at the Grand Ole Opry! The post Grand Ole Opry–Nashville, TN appeared first on Sean of the South.

I was really pleased to learn that Han Kang had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday. She has become one of my favourite writers that I’ve discovered during the lifetime of this blog. Indeed, she was the author of my ‘book of the year’ twice in a row. Her writing has a way of getting under my skin like few other authors’. It also happens that I’ve reviewed …

This is the 59th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Chris O'Donnell and his blog, odonnellweb.com To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbox every Friday. Not a fan of newsletters? No problem! You can read the interviews here on the blog or you can subscribe …

“‘We will each write a ghost story,’ said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to. There were four of us.” – Mary Shelley, in the introduction to Frankenstein. - - Wow, Mary! Wow. Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. I can’t imagine anything more chilling. In fact, it’s so chilling that I think we should probably call off the rest of the storytelling contest right now. I don’t even need …