Word of the Day
Calyx (n., KAY-licks)
On a flower, the cuplike structure that the sepals (the green things below the petals) make. On anything else, a cuplike structure for holding things.
Gif of the Day
Much, much more Sam Rockwell dancing in the full music video.
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Link of the Day
The Boxcar Lilies - If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You" has a curious origin. Van Zandt was asleep at the home of some friends in Nashville, dreamed that he was a country singer, woke up, and wrote down the song from his dream in its entirety, then went back to bed. The song has remained unchanged.
It's been covered a number of times, notably by Doc Watson, but this version by the Boxcar Lilies, off their excellent "Sugar Shack" album, is terrific:
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