Baker’s Dozen III

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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)

A heartbreakingly beautiful song, I’ve always thought.

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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)

Also references the Mona Lisa and Dante’s Inferno

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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)

“Everyone’s a superhero / Everyone’s a Captain Kirk…”

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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
  9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
  9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
  10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
  9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
  10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)
  11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in Eraserhead)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
  9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
  10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)
  11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in Eraserhead)
  12. “Only Wanna Be with You” by Hootie and the Blowfish (quotes extensively from Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind”)
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Songs which refer to other specific works of art

  1. “We Built This City” by Starship (Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
  2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
  3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (Birth of Venus by Botticelli)
  4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (The Starry Night by Van Gogh)
  5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (Impresson: Sunrise by Claude Monet)
  6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
  7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (Star Trek)
  8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
  9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
  10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)
  11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in Eraserhead)
  12. “Only Wanna Be with You” by Hootie and the Blowfish (quotes extensively from Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind”)
  13. “The Night Watch”, King Crimson, a descriptive reflection on Rembrandt’s painting

Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool

Ordinary, but in 1969 on “Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood” it showed Fred Rogers’ stand against segregated swimming pools

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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
  7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
  7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
  8. Get out of town and back to nature.

Research has shown that rural and natural areas are cooler than it is in urban areas, with all the air conditioners pumping heat outside and all the pavement, parking lots, and buildings reflecting and radiating it back at you.

-“BB”-

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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
  7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
  8. Get out of town and back to nature.
  9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.
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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
  7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
  8. Get out of town and back to nature.
  9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.
  10. Drink a frozen margarita

Yes, I know that alcohol interferes with thermoregulation, but I like margaritas

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Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional

  1. Soak your feet in a wading pool
  2. Drink a hot beverage
  3. Jump in the lake.
  4. Use a wet towel to cool down
  5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
  6. Take a cold shower
  7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
  8. Get out of town and back to nature.
  9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.
  10. Drink a frozen margarita
  11. Have your servant fan you more aggressively with the palm frond