BBC Radio 2 had a bunch of modern bands play songs from Sgt. Pepper, with mostly good results (I’ve never heard of “The Magic Numbers” who massacre “She’s Leaving Home”, and I hope never to again. The rest of the bands including Travis and The Stereophonics do good though). It’s on YouTube in 4 parts: 1 (Sgt. Pepper, A Little Help From My Friends), 2 (Getting Better, Fixing a Hole), 3 (She’s Leaving Home, Lovely Rita), and 4 (Sgt. Pepper Reprise).

Apparently Jared Allen’s a big fan of it, so it could work well.

Cheap LED light bulbs that last 60 years, contain no mercury, save energy, and don’t make your house look like Silent Hill? Yes please!

The ‘Hawk collects proverbs from around the world.

New technology allows harvesting energy from human bodies.

Mark Steyn on the Geert Wilders trial and then on the stimulus bill. (Program note: Mark will be subbing for Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3rd and 4th).

…and here comes the next one not to pay his taxes, right on time (a bit more here). This just isn’t common elitism, it’s more like the Democrats are the Party of Marie Antoinette. “Let them pay taxes!”