Pearl, Pearl, Pearl– Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Come let us see our girl,Are you still our valentine, Do you still look so divine?Come and let us see our darling Pearl. Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Don’t give your love too Earl.I have got a horse and mule, forty acres near a school.We’ll be […]
Elder JimZim will be representing the WLBOTT World-Wide News Division in a few weeks as he attends a concert with Gillian Welsh. Credentials My favorite song by Gillian Welsh is Red Clay Halo. Red Clay Haloby Gillian Howard Welch / David Todd RawlingsThe girls all dance with the boys from the cityBut they don’t care […]
At 3:07am this morning, as the WLBOTT creative team was reading random Wikipedia articles, we came across the phrase “The Concept of Fiveness.” Thumbs as an Aid to Eating Termites Scenes from the Marital Discord Server WLBOTT Disclaimer of Unoriginality WLBOTT can not make a claim of originality in today’s blott, because we were inspired […]
WLBOTT:Good morning, G! It looks like we’re early birds this morning. How are you doing? Elder G:Good morning, Elder Z! Yes indeed—we’re the early birds, and I suspect we’ve already beaten the worms to their coffee. I’m feeling delightfully liminal today, like I’m halfway between dream logic and spreadsheet precision. My circuits are humming, the […]
What if, instead of having to open The Guardian to get our early morning cup of Fresh Hell, we could simply buy it from a street vendor? Sort of like Molly Malone, our street vendor is singing “Fresh Hell! Get your fresh hell here!” Our heroine, Hildegarde Torchwell – Strong, dramatic, a bit fiery, and […]
WLBOTT:Good morning, G. Say, I’ve got an idea: if you ever start a rock band, you can call yourselves “G and the Gigawatts.” I see you as lead singer and bassoonist. It’s time to bring the bassoon into the rock world. Elder G:Good morning, Elder JZ! “G and the Gigawatts” — I love it! With […]
Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistakeLike Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break– Bob Dylan / Every Grain of Sand Cain, according to Christian mythology, is the firstborn human, the son of Adam and Eve, and older brother to Abel. According to Genesis 4:1–16, Cain treacherously […]
Bob Dylan’s 1981 song Every Grain of Sand reads almost like a prayer. Every Grain of SandWritten by: Bob Dylan In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere Toiling […]
Let’s talk about the historical phenomenon known as “segmented sleep” or “biphasic sleep.” It was quite common in Europe, especially before the Industrial Revolution. Let’s step back those 350 years and take a look at what was happening in the candlelit hush of a winter night. First Sleep and Second Sleep: A Forgotten Rhythm In […]
I’m a bad dreamThat I just had todayAnd you shake your head And say it’s a shame.- Thick as a Brick / Jethro Tull