George Monbiot celebrates A Life with no Purpose
_{… and highlights the stupidity of “Intelligent Design”. Via t-melt}

Astronomers using the Spritzer Telescope have discovered a bar at the centre of our galaxy
_{Mine’s a pint}

Herk Harvey’s 60’s horror classic ‘Carnival of Souls’ is on the Internet Archive
_{Great film. Had a big influence on George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’, which is also available for download}

Requiem for a Red Box
_{Flickr photo pool for the once ubiquitous red phone box}

Those who are negative about manned missions to Space should listen to Steve Robinson’s recorded message from Discovery. Who cares about the quality of the science? We’ve got to get out there.

On a related note, there’s a big hoo-haa that this is the first Podcast from space. Doesn’t podcasting involve subscription using RSS? Why can’t this just simply be a recorded message? ‘Podcasting’… can’t stand the term.

According to the Guardian, Albert Kuvezin has such a deep voice that “He makes Barry White sound like Jimmy Somerville …”. It’s true, and you can hear his remarkable throat singing techique on Monday’s Late Junction (until 8/8/2005). His latest album is a collection of cover versions, which, like many other recent cover albums, contains songs by Kraftwerk and Joy Division.

Update: You may want to stay tuned to Monday’s Late Junction for a cracking version of Led Zep’s Whole Lotta Love by The Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing.