The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day

They Might Be Giants, "New York City" from Factory Showroom (The Last Angry Man)

Commentary: This one's for Trilby Van Diemen & all the other Knickerbockers of old New Amsterdam, who have been much on my mind of late.

"You called me last night on the telephone
And I was glad to hear from you 'cause I was all alone,
You said, 'It's snowing! It's snowing! God, I hate this weather!'
Now I walk through blizzards just to get us back together…"

By contrast, I love this weather.

This Week in Motorsport: Rally Monkey
An addendum to to yesterday's post about the thirty-seventh running of the Dakar Rally: "The Explorers' Club" has delved into the mad grandeur of the Dakar, in a two-part series from early 2014, episodes № CCCLXXII & № CCCLXXIII.