The Explorers Club
No. CLXXIX - Battenburg markings (the triumph of function over form).







'Twas a chore, dear readers, to find good images that weren't already on the Wikipedia page on Battenburg markings.

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The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Huey Lewis and the News, "The Power of Love" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Remember what both Scott & Ramona had to learn: you must earn the Power of Love.

Mittwoch, 11 August
Fountains of Wayne, "Trains & Boats & Planes" from Out-of-State Plates, Disc One (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I am quickly running out of songs that describe or at least allude to air travel.

Dienstag, 10 August
The Aquabats!, "Awesome Forces!" from Charge!! (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"So many years,
So many broken mirrors,
And yet the truth remains so clear:
If you do not like us
You might have to fight us,
We cannot die, no way!"

Montag, 9 August
Metric, "Stadium Love" via YouTube (K. Steeze)

Commentary: Ye be fairly warned, the music video to "Stadium Love" might trigger epileptic seizures.