Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special on Sunday night, which is just as logical as you'd expect, and the evening was uploaded to YouTube at breakneck speed. I was unable to watch the whole thing, and it will probably take me weeks to do so. However, there's nothing wrong with letting other people recommend what's good. According to Cracked, the subreddit Live From New York ranked this segment as the best of the night. Check out the others they really liked here.
Monday, February 17, 2025
New York 50th Musical
The Rocket Man
"The Rocket Man" by the Swedish group The Spotnicks was recorded in 1962. The song (and the film) is interesting enough, but the tune has a history.
This song with its inspiring melody, which is restlessly driving on was adapted by Bo Winberg from old Russian melody "Polyushka Polye" or "Polyushko-Pole" (Cossack Patrol/Meadowland/Song Of The Plains/Oh My Fields/Cavalry of the Steppes).(via Everlasting Blort)
In 1934 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper wrote his "Symphony No.4 in D major, Opus 41 - Poem of the Komsomol Fighters" (Komsomol was the Union of Communist Youth), which includes the famous song "Polyushko Pole" with lyrics (dedicated to the Red Army Field Marshall Kliment Voroshilov) by Victor Gusev. The music became one of the Marching songs of the Red Army Choir and one of the primary Russian patriotic anthems, long outlasting in popularity both the symphony that introduced it and the regime for which it was created.
"Polyushko Pole" became also known as "Meadowlands", "Song of the Plaines", "Cavalry of the Steppes", "O Field My Field" and Western arrangements as "Cossack Patrol". Some sources claim that the song was originally written during the Russian Civil War (1918) and was sung by the Red Army and a couple of anti-Soviet webpages even by White Army. Morton Gould addapted the song in 1945 in the USA as "The Red Cavalry Song" and it was broadcoasted by The Glenn Miller Orchestra under direction of Jerry Gray early 1945. A recording as "Cossack Patrol" was made by Ted Heath in England for Decca in February 1945. Bandleader Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded their version in 1946 for RCA.
Miss Cellania's Links
A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a criminal presidency. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
If You Ever Stacked Cups In Gym Class, Blame My Dad. (via Metafilter)
Yes, dogs do understand English. (via Everlasting Blort)
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools. You can imagine this happening elsewhere now, too. (via Fark)
Meals For Working Families in England 1912. A diet like this should make you feel lucky to have refrigeration and supermarkets with a wide variety of food.
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies. Trump wants to bring back the spoils system of the 19th century. (via kottke)
The Talented and Valiant Female Surgeon Who Joined Allied Forces in WWII and Broke Barriers Along the Way.
Patrick Stewart’s Ridiculous Circumcision Story
Sir Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were on The Graham Norton Show when the subject of Stewart's anatomy came up. The man had gone 70 years thinking he was circumcised. Which just goes to show that not every man automatically takes the opportunity to compare his with other men's. (via Uproxx)
Cat Life
My cat is so dumb that she catches fake fabric mice every day and brings them to me while meowing and I have to pet her and tell her how good she is and OMG SHE OWNS ME DOESNT SHE
— Rowan Jetté Knox 🇨🇦 (@mavenofmayhem.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Dog Goes Shopping
A border collie goes to Canadian Tire and picks up several bags of dog treats. Meaning, he picked them out himself, presented them to the cashier, and carried the bag himself. Like some humans, he was too proud to count the change.
Border collies are the smartest dogs on the planet. Somehow I got one that would walk straight into a wall. But she was lovable anyway. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Corgi Race
Why compete when you can play? (Thanks, WTM!)Corgi dogs having a race..🐶🐾🏁😂 pic.twitter.com/oBk87fwKt6
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 1, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Baba Singh and His Turban
Baba Avtar Singh may be the wearer of the largest turban in the world. It is his pride and joy, but is too large for him to get around in busses and cars, so he rides a motorcycle -barefoot. The turban weighs 187 pounds, and takes several hours to construct. That's 700 yards of fabric, not to mention the weight of the decorations. Enjoy this video of Baba Singh from Great Big Story. (via Laughing Squid)
Get on Board
Get on board, buddy.
— Why you should have a cat (@shouldhavecat.bsky.social) February 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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