I have to admit, I’m having difficulty seeing the necessary connection between sex and tobacco. Sex and champagne, fine. Sex and chocolates, sure. Sex and firm, cylindrical produce, great. But apart from the occasional quiet cigarette afterwards, is there really a need for a prophylactic that resembles "the tasty Indian treat of betel nuts, spices and tobacco wrapped in betel leaves"? (Originally spotted at Gizmodo.)
NYPost’s 100 Greatest Cover Songs of All Time
Without looking, you would know that in order for this list to have any kind of credibility, it would have to have Buckley’s "Hallelujah," and Hendrix’s "All Along the Watchtower," so those two are freebies. Some of my personal favorite covers include Goldfinger’s "More Today than Yesterday," Alien Ant Farm’s "Smooth Criminal (fantastic video)," Guns N’ Roses’ "Live and Let Die", Muse’s "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want", Phantom Planet’s "Somebody’s Baby", Cake’s "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" and maybe Nada Surf’s "If You Leave." A couple of my picks made it on to the list, although the more obscure stuff — Cake and Phantom Planet, in particular — were conspicuously missing. And how come Alanis’ "My Humps" isn’t on there? What a travesty!!!
Beautiful cosmic photography courtesy of the Japanese-made AKARI infrared astronomy satellite. More information here.