The Explorers Club
No. LXXIII - Peter Cushing, O.B.E. (1913-1994), actor, icon, and recipient of the Pipe Smoker of the Year award for 1968.






And this is just an astoundingly delightful photograph:





Who Used To Own It?
Round Six answers and scoring posted tomorrow; so, get your answers in post haste or miss out on the end of Africa. Also, tomorrow, the beginning of the enigmatic next chapter of Who Used To Own It?

Believe: Red Wings 4-2 Predators
Two down, fourteen to go. Bog, that was fun to watch. I am so glad McCarty's back; I was thrilled when the lockout was over, but saddened to see him fall victim to the new salary cap, though I never questioned the cap's necessity. In any event, Mac's back and Nashville's in peril!

Go Wings!

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "Chasing the Sun Away" from A Jackknife to a Swan (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "Chasing the Sun Away" is a beautiful and touching song, but as big a fan of The Bosstones as I am, it is always peculiar when they sing about love. Almost all rock 'n' roll is about love, but for these plaid-clad gentlemen of Boston it's just so out of character.

Samstag, 12 April
MxPx, "Punk Rawk Celebrity" from Secret Weapon (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Another tiny treatise on the degrading nature of fame and the destruction of artistic ambition by the pursuit of celebrity. Solid.