Torgo's Executive Powder

Welcome to Torgo's Executive Powder - made from finely-ground, recently-fired executives.

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Torgo's Executive Powder turned 4 today!

I totally forgot I had a blog! Maybe my memory was erased!

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Sunday Songs #165 - Lotus Flower by Radiohead

What's that you say? It's not Sunday? Shhh. I won't tell if you won't.

Loads of people hated this album when it came out - many still do. Many laughed at this video. I'm not sure about Thom's dancing, but I find the track mesmerising.

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Sunday Songs #164 - Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners

Dungarees have never had it so good...

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Sunday Songs #163 - In The Mood by Rush

March 2014 marks 40 years since Rush released their eponymously-titled first album. Here's a rocky non-(future)Rush-like track. Bits of it sound almost like Molly Hatchett or Lynyrd Skynyrd!

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Sunday Songs 162 - Losing My Religion by Nina Persson

Not sure if this low beat cover of R.E.M.'s classic by Nina Persson adds much to the original, but give it a try and tell me what you think.

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Sunday Songs #161 - Here Comes The Sun by George Harrison and Paul Simon

After yet another week of atrocious weather in the British Isles, we're all looking for a little sun... Here is George Harrison performing his acoustic classic accompanied by Paul Simon.

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Sunday Songs #160 - She Drives Me Crazy by Miracles Of Modern Science

Pretty good cover.

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Sunday Songs #159 - Guantanamera by Pete Seeger

In memory of Pete Seeger who died this week. Whenever I think of him, I remember this song. One Pete Seeger, there's only one Pete Seeger...

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Sunday Songs #158 - Robocop (Gameboy) Theme

I finally got around to watching Charlie Brooker's documentary about video games recently. It was pretty good although I wasn't sure about his no. 1 choice! Anyway, the theme tune was this rather marvellous 8-bit tune from the Gameboy version of Robocop. 

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Sunday Songs #157 - Happy by Velvet Hammer

Folk went nuts for Pharrell's recent hit 'Happy' but here's a Northern Soul classic by the same name.

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Sunday Songs #156 - Apache by the Incredible Bongo Band

Classic!

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Sunday Songs #155 - La Villa Strangiato by Rush

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Sunday Songs #154 - Joy To The World by John Fahey

A seasonal tune for you this week - a nice acoustic solo guitar rendition of Joy To The World from John Fahey's festive album. Enjoy.

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My other childhood hero, Rod Serling, would have celebrated a birthday this week (on Christmas day, in fact), too. Born two years after Stan Lee, he died at only age 50 but was just as influential on generations of TV viewers, readers, writers and creators.

Art by Rebecca Wrigley.

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THE SCARY DOOR!

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Sunday Songs #153 - Doctor Who Theme 50th Anniversary Performance by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

It's been a wonderful year for Doctor Who, with the 50th Anniversary celebrations, the appointment of Peter Capaldi as the new lead and the new 'search for Gallifrey' story arc. Here is the BBC Radiophonic Workshop performing the classic themes from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

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Inflating a set of cat lungs

Lungs are by most accounts mundane. Everybody has them, few give it much thought. But sequestered within darkness of the chest cavity, enveloping the fluttering heart, there’s an incredible wonder to this oddly inflatable organ.

Dissection is a destructive process. Rudely excised from membranous mooring and nourishing vessels, the deflated lungs appear little more than bloodied meat; amorphous and exposed…….until a breath of air unfurls its secret glory. 

Here, a set of cat lungs is inflated with a straw. Comprised of hundreds of millions of microscopic air sacks called alveoli, mammalian lungs harbor air capacity that is difficult to believe unless seen. The color of the entire organ lightens into a soft pink, as each microscopic sac fills with air.

A debt of gratitude is owed to cyborgraptor for her assistance in creating these gifs, as well as the students that helped me film this demo. 

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Sunday Songs #152 - Joy To The World by The Muppets

Have a Muppet Christmas everyone!