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Did I know that the band Corvus Corax was a neo-medieval group? and that they teamed up with some taiko drummers to play at a heavy-metal festival in Germany? and that the set is on YouTube? I mean, if I'd known these things, I could have predicted the concert would be awesome. Even those times the taiko drummers leave the stage. Especially since some songs are their own settings from Carmina Burana. But no, I labored, alas, in ignorance ... (via)

Dating advice for the straight monogamous cisgendered feminist man. (via lost)

Beautiful Japanese manhole covers.

---L.

Subject quote from "Long Hot Night," John Coinman.

Date: 8 October 2013 04:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oracne.livejournal.com
I did know that about Corvus Corax, but not the part with the taiko drummers.

Date: 8 October 2013 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] swan-tower.livejournal.com
I'M THROWING MONEY AT MY MONITOR BUT THEY'RE NOT GIVING ME A RECORDING OF THAT CONCERT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHYYYYY

Date: 9 October 2013 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rymrytr.livejournal.com


If we had manhole below-the-surface-non-gender-access-covers like those, they'd all be hanging on someone's garage wall by morning!

Date: 10 October 2013 04:48 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
But when they're set in the street, you can enjoy them every day just as easily! Trust me, I did it just this morning.

I once heard that the reason they're so beautiful is because it makes it less convenient to steal them and sell them as scrap (e.g. if you're caught with them it's immediately obvious where they came from; you can't plausibly claim that you didn't know they were manholes in active service, and neither can the scrap dealer; etc.)

--Matt

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