Friday, January 3, 2003

(sachmahassenixzutunralf?) It's Friday, isn't it?! Grrr... Robert of :::koewi.log::: fame found another Tarzan-related link: Sheena, Queen of the jungle! Hey Tarzan, eat this... 9:28:07 PM     |

Sweet, sweet Jane. Proper music? A version performed live by Mott the Hoople (MP3). Well, Ian Hunter used to play with Lou Reed, so... -Those were the times when Lou used to wear silly hats and mascara. The Cowboy Junkies version is much better, although it's not available on the web. Courtesy of Schockwellenreiter for the main link to Spitfire Records One of the best guitar riffs ever. [The Cartoonist] 5:32:04 PM     |

No comment. This is fantastic. The Complete Works of Marlowe: "The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: An Electronic Edition" "link" 4:01:31 PM     |

Mark Twain about long German words (like Heimatsicherheitshauptamt?) and other peculiarities of the German language. "The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain: "4. "Verdammt," and its variations and enlargements, are words which have plenty of meaning, but the sounds are so mild and ineffectual that German ladies can use them without sin. German ladies who could not be induced to commit a sin by any persuasion or compulsion, promptly rip out one of these harmless little words when they tear their dresses or don't like the soup. It sounds about as wicked as our "My gracious." German ladies are constantly saying, "Ach! Gott!" "Mein Gott!" "Gott in Himmel!" "Herr Gott" "Der Herr Jesus!" etc. They think our ladies have the same custom, perhaps; for I once heard a gentle and lovely old German lady say to a sweet young American girl: "The two languages are so alike -- how pleasant that is; we say `Ach! Gott!' you say `Goddamn.'"" Via Industrial Technology and Witchcraft. Fab link that is. 3:41:55 PM     |

Virtual Africa. Quicktime Panoramas of KwaZulu-Natal. Fascinating. My thank you goes to Armin, who posted the main link: Worldwide VR Panoramas 3:07:50 PM     |

Amazing, how the brain works sometimes. I'm still in a Africa mood somehow. Here's a website with historical postcards from Mali and West Africa, all supplied as High Resolution images. Amazing. 1:39:25 PM     |

Tarzan again. Here is a biography of Burne Hogarth, the best Tarzan artist ever. More about The Lord of the Jungle is at Tarzan of the Internet. 12:57:05 PM     |

[Burroughs #2] The wild one. Wonderful website about Edgar Rice Burroughs and his creation, Tarzan; biography, history and many pictures. A big linkpage can be found at this location and Edgar Rice Burroughs's works are online here. 11:03:17 AM     |

[Burroughs #1] The author with a gun. The Unofficial William S. Burroughs Homepage lists documents and websites, while The William S. Burroughs Files again lists documents and websites. Bit boring, but at least there isn't too much of a crossover between those two. "Language is a virus from outer space." 10:51:25 AM     |

Time, gentlemen! Landlord calls time ... with JCB. Landlord allegedly demolished his own pub after bar staff refused him an after-hours drink. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:47:59 AM     |