Turn off the sound and start at 0:20 (if it isn't already there)

While you're watching, listen to this instead:

I watched Season 1 and I thought I knew what all the fuss was about. Then I watched Season 2 and holy crap it got better.

Read More

It seems everybody's crazy for "The Lark Ascending" but this is my favorite Ralph von (oh good God) Vaughan Williams, and one of my favorites of all:

It's as if a door had opened, and there stood all Narnia before you.

The Woman Warrior shall establish her fortress 20 mi radius to WH PNTGN CAPTL NSA

All shall be in readiness for Her return.

Read More

WillowWren prompted: "The World is Too Damn Much"

...with us, late and soon.
Getting and spending leads to Austin Powers;
Little we see in Clancy that is ours.
We are writing to pay the rent--a sordid boon!
The supervillain's HQ on the moon,
An Aston-Martin howling at all hours
And Bond girls dropped to die like fading flowers
With these, we pay a Piper out of tune.
It moves our books? O Muse! I'd rather be

Read More

Singing something about...ding-dong, ding-dong? Is it one of those flash-mob things?

"Ah, at last--the source of power over all Changelings! Now I shall take back the Hive and have my revenge on Celestia--Drone! Fly up and see what the inscription says!"

"At once, my Queen!"

...

"WELL?"

"IT SAYS R...A...I...D..."

Read More

Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn,

The clustered spires of Frederick stand
Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.

Round about them orchards sweep,
Apple- and peach-tree fruited deep,

Fair as a garden of the Lord
To the eyes of the famished rebel horde,

On that pleasant morn of the early fall
When Lee marched over the mountain wall,—

Over the mountains winding down,
Horse and foot, into Frederick town.

Read More