There are lots of awesome things in the world, but what things make you think “people on the dope would eat that shit up”?
For me I’d have to say it’s BBC Radio 4 - a station dedicated to arts, culture and current affairs programs. It ranges from simple news to modern life to radio plays and comedy to philosophical discussions (the last one I listened to was on the concept of Utopia, fantastic talk).
You can listen to it live here or listen to individual programs broadcast in the last seven days here. Give it a go, I think you’d all like it.
That was Mervin* Bragg’s In Our Time wasn’t it? See (or rather hear) also, The News Quiz, The Now Show, Just a Minute, More or Less, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue**, Ed Readon’s Week, Loose Ends and most shows in the six-thirty comedy slot.
But not The Archers. Or god help us… Thought for the day :eek:
If all this wasn’t enough, Radio 4 was where The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy started.
I know this is wrong, it’s a Fry & Laurie reference.
** I would love to hear an American’s take on this show.
No, not the Archers, and definitely NOT thought for the day.
Two I definitely recommend though are the News Quiz which is on every Friday evening - hi-larious, and PM ever 5 oclock during the week. Admittedly it’s very slanted to British news but I think it’s level of analysis and commentary is something I have yet to hear rivalled on radio.
Tom Bihn bags. I used to be a dedicated shove-crap-into-my-pockets kind of gal, and my choice of suitcase was determined by what was on sale at Target. I wasn’t ever gonna carry a freakin’ purse.
Then I got one of their travel bags for a week-long, one-bag vacation to Italy and Greece. It was possibly the most well-made thing I’d ever owned (well, I still do own it). I’ve since gotten a laptop bag, a backpack, and a side bag from them. They’re all fantastic, they come in awesome colors, and their pockets and construction bring out the geek in me.
I’m an American, and I’ve listened to all fifty-something series, right from the start. It’s amazing what’s out there on the internet. Anyway, I (clearly) think it’s brilliant, and it was even better to go in order and watch all the myriads of inside jokes gradually evolve into their present form. Very few things make me laugh more regularly or harder than ISIHAC. I was genuinely distraught when Humph died.
One of my favorite bands recently released a song (called Half of the People) that seems like it ought to be a doper anthem. Some sample lyrics:
*And half of the people in the world
Think that their God
Is a sports fan
Roots for the home team
And only the home team
And half of the half of the people in the world
Thinks that fumbles
Are a sign from above
Half of the people in the world
Know they’re going straight to heaven
With all of their pets and with no questions asked
But half of the people in the world
Would make heaven really crowded
Which is not really heavenly is it?
Not a heaven that one wants to visit
Kinda like Gideon
You know, that planet in Star Trek
'Cept without a transporter
And no hope of disease*
I’d love to hear it sometime, but for the time being I’m on a computer where even streaming audio is kinda iffy. I watched all of QI on youtube and loved it.
I love the fact that that game is essentially a nationwide inside joke that’s been going on for thirty years, and yet I’ve never heard anybody acknowledge the joke. Everybody takes it totally seriously. That would never in a million years work in the US.
Radiolab which is a radio program on NPR that I listen to via Podcast. I’ve been listening through their archives and have hear some of the most fascinating stuff. It’s entertaining too.
That and This American Life which is another funny, fascinating, entertaining, educational radio show on NPR that I listen to on podcast.
But I’m an NPR junky.
The Tom Bihn bags look interesting, I may have to get one.
I tend to buy whichever hot sauce looks good to me when I’m in the store, but Sriracha seems to be the one pretty often. There’s a big bottle in the fridge right now.
Back on topic, see The Singing Detective with Michael Gambon. (That’s the original BBC production. I don’t feel any need to see the Robert Downey remake.) I remembered it from its PBS showing over twenty years ago, and got the DVDs for Christmas. It’s even more impressive now than it was then!
A heat level close to Tabasco. Equal parts flavor and heat, and makes a great condiment that you can squirt on a hot dog, dip fries in, squirt in your soup, etc.
The answer is very relative. It’s so hard to rate how hot something is. Slightly hotter than Tabasco, and maybe a touch hotter than Tapatio. Since the texture is more apt to cling to one’s taste buds, the heat builds up – a cumulative effect.
It’s respectably hot (Thai restaurants love it), but the joy is in the consistency and flavors. It’s very much like a paste and must be squeezed onto food.