30 October 2010

i'm not quite laughing

Has anyone else looked up the definition of "incubus" and then thought about how it was a name of a band in the 90's they liked and been a bit troubled/amused?


Researching the history of British comedy before the 1960s is only funny when in the midst of articles on music hall musicians, comedians, and analysis on what T. S. Eliot meant when he used the world "popular" in writing a memorial, you come across articles with abstracts like this:


"The article offers tips on how teachers can maintain the interest of special needs students during school assemblies in Great Britain. It is suggested that introductory music be played as pupils enter the hall to offer them something to listen to. The article also provides advice for how teachers can ensure that students on oxygen and students with epilepsy will be appropriately monitored during the assembly."

Oh the incongruity.

3 comments:

  1. tell me i'm not high on crack cocaine- the third guy from the front with the wispy 'stache... his head is freakishly small for the breadth of his shoulder, no?

    photochpp'd?

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  2. i'd like to read that article. it could help me with my science.

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  3. i knew a guy in high school who broke all of his incubus albums when he found out what an incubus was.

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