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Warning: Watching the following has been proven to make one’s day.

Monday – Adom & His Classmate Ladies. (c/o Alice Petty)

Dear Readers (all 4 of you),

As I should probably note in the apropos section, I love a good dance. Seeing somebody work something new out on the floor is pretty exciting, and in honor of that I thought we’d post an example of fine dance for every day of this week.

Please comment on those that inspire you, and post us the links they make you think of.

Sunday – Shawn Heatherington

The ’88 Dodge Aries
beat the ’87 Hyundai Pony,
3 out of 4 times in
comparison road tests.

– Anybody Know?

Theme Song For The Day

So the other day I’m told (sent an e-flyer and everything) about a party in San Clemente at this guy Monti‘s house, and I know both Monti and his house pretty well, so I think “I haven’t seen those guys in a long while, I should go.”

And we drive down and are walking up the street, when I hear drums coming from inside. Not being in the practice of paying attention to things I’m sent, and thus not expecting a live band, my curiosity peaked.

So we climb the apartment stairs, which reveal a crowd of high school hipsters getting drunk, while a 60’s esque/early Stones dance band plays in the corner. I found myself awash in a nervous excitement i’d not prepared for from what I’d predicted to be a fairly run of the mill gathering.

I searched around for Monti and found him brandishing a BB pistol and not grinning as widely as I was about what was going in his home.

“I didn’t even know this was happening till a few hours ago. Sweet that I’m throwing the high school party of the year.” He yelled over who I later learned were local rockers, “The Clamour.”

Here’s part of a really fine conversation my friend Shawn and I had with a kid out back on the roof:

Shawn: So where do you go to school?
Kid: I’m over at San Clemente High.
Shawn: Oh yeah? What year?
Kid: I’m finishing sophomore end of June.
Shawn: That’s cool… how’s PE?

Sooner than later the police showed up, and people evacuated downstairs before whatever was going to happen did. I wasn’t sweatin’ it too much as The Clamour had finished their set and I’d gotten to dance a little.

Root Beers to Monti for being a good sport, and “call me” to the little lady with the Joan Jett haircut. I can help you get into college.

Brendan Canty’s Film Series

– Christoph Green (director)

(Netflix link)

Thanks to all who came, helped, and screened films.

(Leave us a comment if you’d like to see it happen again.)

– Photo provided by film critic/historian, Katie Beyers

Franz Stage

– Andy Funk

Wooly Mammoths lived a long time ago here on Earth, before dogs and rabbits but after the dinosaurs were gone. They lived in the North, which used to be a lot bigger and had some men with spears in it.

The Wooly Mammoths did not have mobile phones, so they had to use walkie-talkies or complex hand signals to communicate across vast distances.

Humans and Wooly Mammoths were almost the same except humans had thumbs and were more idealistic and Mammoths had a highly developed sense of irony and sarcasam, which we got from them at a later date.

The Wooly Mammoths had poor table manners, but they tipped well.

The Wooly Mammoths were great bargain hunters, but usually purchased goods and services which they did not need or especially want, except as fleeting interests.

The Wooly Mammoths were fond of gross generalizations and lewd puns, usually at the expense of The Giant Ground Sloth or some type of flightless bird.

When in familial groups, the Wooly Mammoths derived a good deal of humor from farting, and enjoyed seafoood whenever they could get it.

The Wooly Mammoths enjoyed the sun but had a hard time getting up in the morning.

– Jay Ryan

4 Films

– Matt Jespersen