Ur-Muskrat.

Semi-aquatic rodents, all.

[wtfarthistory]

The Tree of Life, Ignacio de Ries, 1653, Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Cathedral of Segovia (Castilla y León)

[thetranslations]

[annielin]

What do you get when you replace the original dialogue from classic Peanuts comic strips with lyrics from songs by the beloved British indie-rock band The Smiths? A wry and clever blog that a major record company tries to shut down.

Copyright law and This Charming Charlie (via annielin)

[the-point-of-sanity]

Satyricon

[oxane]

O O by Laurie McCall on Flickr.

[livesoftheobscure]

Whenever I’m writing lyrics and find a use for the moon (in the lyrics), I think of Tom Waits.

This is why:

things the moon does/has done to it/is/is like in tom waits songs (very roughly chronologically):

a silver slipper, pouring champagne stars grapefruit yellow biscuit of a buttery cue...

[quarterbacks1-deactivated201907]

MADE A SAD FLYER FOR A SHOW I’M NOT PLAYING

[dumbtalk]

looking for my leather jacket because i’m playing by myself tomorrow night

[secretfangs]

First show.

[tool13]

[sfmoma]

What an awesome GIF of Evan Holm’s submerged turntable, which was on view at our Countdown Celebration last June!

[citizendev]

[thetranslations]

[stereogum]

No Alternative Turns 20

[thetranslations]

Recording paper

[theparisreview]

Arthur Miller illustration, from Roberto De Vicq de Cumptich’s Men of Letters and People of Substance, in which famous portraits are created entirely out of letters and objects.

[thetranslations]

Well, this is rather fascinating.

[under-radar-mag]

On February 19, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will release new album Push the Sky Away. (via Listen: New Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – “Push the Sky Away” | Under The Radar)

[theparisreview]

Manuscript fragment of James Joyce’s Ulysses, via The Morgan Library & Museum. Click the link to zoom in on the manuscript so you can read all of Joyce’s squiggles.

[thetranslations]

One would think this isn't a keeper. 

[thegetty]

Vase of Flowers (with detail of glass vase and artist’s signature), about 1660, Jan Davidsz de Heem. The National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Fund. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

From the artistic bounty of NGA Images.