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Oh Tilt Shift, how I love thee.

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

This week’s twofer is from Kate Bush. She’s one of those artists that people either love or hate. I’ve never met anyone who is neutral on her. Leave me a comment if you are.

This week’s Mary song is from Supergrass:

Your famous Mary for the week is Mary Anderson, inventor of the windshield wiper. This photo has nothing to do with Mary Anderson but it is a photo of my favourite windshield that needs wiping.

Your two for Tuesday this week comes from Guided by Voices. The previous two (The Who and The Beatles) twofers were big influences for GbV.

R.I.P. Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack

This week’s song, Mary the Ice Cube, is from Primus:

And your famous Mary this week is the wonderful and talented Mary Wilson

of the wonderful and talented Supremes. They had the best outfits!

Why is it that folks cannot understand medium coffee with cream? How hard is it to get that order correct? You put the coffee in the cup, you add a little half n half, you put the top on the cup. No sugar, no splenda, no sweet n low. Jebus, I’m not talking rocket science here.

Fun and controversial fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

Love his work – I wish I had tons of money so I could buy and wear his designs.

This week’s twofer is from The Beatles. Today is my friend Betsy’s birthday. She’s a big Beatles fan too so here they are.

Bet you were expecting their song Birthday, weren’t you?

Beatles-related trivia for February 9th:

1964 – The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.

1972 – Wings made their concert debut at Nottingham University in England.

1993 – Paul McCartney released a solo album, “Off The Ground.”

This week’s song is Mary of Silence by Mazzy Star.

To go along with the gloomy atmospherics of Mazzy Star, your famous Mary of the week is Mary Shelley.

Here’s the trailer for Ken Russell’s Gothic, starring Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley.