Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Explorers Club
No. CLXXXVIII - The Cambridge Five, Part I: Donald Maclean (1913-1983) & Guy Burgess (1911-1963) of the Foreign Office, their 1951 defection to the Soviet Union, & the suspicion the defections cast on Harold "Kim" Philby (1912-1988) of the Secret Intelligence Service (M.I.6).







The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
MxPx, "My Mom Still Cleans My Room" from Life in General (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: She doesn't actually, but "My Mom Still Cleans My Room" is a humorous choice as this weekend, at her request, my father cleaned all the windows (knocking several items off my window sill to land behind my bed, not to be seen again until I undertake the major endeavour—because my room is rather small—of moving the bed) and I Hoovered all the floors. Mom did mop the kitchen & other tiled floors, cooked our meals, and shopped for groceries.

Samstag, 11 September
The Heavy, "How You Like Me Now" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: It seems Denard Robinson's stunning performance against Connecticut was not the one-off miracle the Dark Bastard insisted it was. Hip hip hooray. More in "The Victors." Go Blue!

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