If anybody knows how to spell "knives," it's Jacob.  Surely it's a coincidence than the "F" key and the "V" key are so close together on a QWERTY keyboard.   Jacob also knifes Dusty out of frustration over his typo-pointing-outed-ness.

Yeah, I would have thought so.  Didn't realize it was just a typo, makes a lot more sense than you not being able to spell anything knife-related.

Sneaky Pete on Amazon Prime. Really enjoyable con job show. Worth a watch.

Africa's Great Civilizations

I started watching a new documentary series on PBS about (as the title would indicate) the great civilizations of Africa. All episodes can be streamed for free.

http://www.pbs.org/weta/africas-great-civilizations/home/

It is Dr. Henry Louis Gates' latest project. I watched the first two episodes and I've been enjoying it and learning a lot. I think the last world history class I had was sophomore year of high school so there is a ton here that is new and fascinating.

The first episode primarily focused on the Egyptians and Kush while the second looked at the spread of christianity and islam in Africa as seen through the lens of the great empire of Axum.

Man, I would love to visit some of these places. Meroe and Lalibela in particular look absolutely spectacular. Egypt of course is, as anyone who has been there can tell you, stunning as well.

Cool, I'm gonna put that on my list. 

Yeah, that looks very cool. Thanks for the heads up Tmoney. 

Not yet, but later tonight Tom Jones and Alison Krauss on Soundstage.

A bunch of CG shorts I found on YouTube.  So far, these are the best:

although this was pretty funny in parts:

 

Damn! Tom looks pretty fantastic for 76. Still sounds pretty good too. Alison is always a pleasure to watch.

 

Amy Schumer: the Leather Special

I laughed so hard, I farted.

Stranger Things (Netflix) - finally​ saw this & absolutely loved it.

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I think I've said it before, but Louie Anderson keeps me watching Baskets. Martha is the second reason. Zach Galafinakis is a distant third.

I've never heard of this show before, but now I must see it.

I hated Zach in the Hangover movies I saw (1 & 2), but he still gets a pass because of the Between Two Ferns series of skit/interview/skinterviews.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XSEi1jTR58

7 hours ago, Voltron said:

I think I've said it before, but Louie Anderson keeps me watching Baskets. Martha is the second reason. Zach Galafinakis is a distant third.

Louie Anderson was absolutely inspired casting.

Not so much watching as listening -- Dudamel's complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies:

http://www.medici.tv/#!/dudamel-palaudelamusica-beethoven1-2

Small detour while I eat dinner:  Jim Norton -- Mouthful of Shame -- not recommended while eating dinner, this guy works blue like there's no other colour in the universe.

I watched that as I had dinner, myself.  He's hilarious, but, yah, blue.

 

First two episodes of Iron Fist. The usual slow start but episode two was better than episode one. So far it is a mixture of Daredevil and Luke Cage. It has potential but so far the action scenes are not Daredevil quality and the cast is not Jessica Jones quality.

 

Hogarth does make an appearance and I love her retorts and hubris

Edited March 18, 20179 yr by morphsci

So Jim it's not as horrific as the early reviews are saying?

If you read the AV club review that is so filled with errors I am not convinced they actually watched it. I would say the first episode is on par with Luke Cage, which started out slow. All of the Netflix Marvel series spend a lot of time filling you in if you are a virgin to the series. I am going to keep watching because every one improved over time, including the acting. Not everyone can get into character as quickly as De Niro.

SpaceX SES-10 Launch (and stage 1 landing) live stream ...

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15114044/spacex-launch-live-stream-start-time-schedule-used-falcon-9-rocket

EDIT:

Nailed it!

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15117096/spacex-launch-reusable-rocket-success-falcon-9-landing

 

 

Edited March 30, 20179 yr by Grahame

13 Reasons Why

(my sister did costuming)

Unholy carp, this is devastating.  Anyone who has teenagers, is thinking about having teenagers, or who has ever been a teenager needs to watch this.
 

I totally knew people like this.  I was quite a bit more oblivious than Clay, but probably did just as much damage, if not more.

Fuck.  Being a teenager is hard enough, I just can't imagine what it would be like to be a teenager in this day&age.