Tom Waits - ‘Til the Money Runs Out (Live, 1980)
Po at the Atlanta Zoo on January 8, 2012.
© SmileyBears.
Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
From the Louvre:
Géricault drew his inspiration from the account of two survivors of the Medusa—a French Royal Navy frigate that set sail in 1816 to colonize Senegal. It was captained by an officer of the Ancien Régime who had not sailed for over twenty years and who ran the ship aground on a sandbank. Due to the shortage of lifeboats, those who were left behind had to build a raft for 150 souls—a construction that drifted away on a bloody 13-day odyssey that was to save only 10 lives. The disaster of the shipwreck was made worse by the brutality and cannibalism that ensued. Géricault decided to represent the vain hope of the shipwrecked sailors: the rescue boat is visible on the horizon—but sails away without seeing them. The whole composition is oriented toward this hope in a rightward ascent culminating in a black figure, the figurehead of the boat. The painting stands as a synthetic view of human life abandoned to its fate.
Definitely worth watching.
Tian Tian / Yang Guang at the Edinburgh Zoo. Tian Tian and Yang Guang were treated to an extra helping of panda cake to celebrate their first Christmas in Scotland. On Christmas morning, zoo bosses dished out an extra portion of the special panda cake made from soya, corn, rice, egg and oil.
Dave Hause - Prague (Revive Me). Live at Club Cafe, Pittsburgh. 12/14/11
