My first thought was “funny,” but that’s not really much of a punchline.
Month / May 2020
Fetchronicity
Submitted by Andréa:
Réveil du samedi matin
Olivier: “Le réveil-matin” means the alarm-clock nowadays, but in the XVIIth century, it was more along the lines of a military morning wake-up call, with drums and trumpets.
Saturday Morning Oy – May 9, 2020
2500th post since Comicgeddon
I don’t get it, but it’s still funny.
Agnes
Kilby sent this one. I’m not sure it fits the criteria for blood-pumping wake-up music — but it can be interpreted as appropriate for these Days of Pandemic, so we’ll make an exception.
And one for Mahler!
jajizi: Before the lockdown started in earnest, I had a ticket to hear the Baltimore Symphony. The day of the concert, it appeared to be going on as scheduled, so I was cautiously intending to go. A few hours before I needed to leave, I got a robocall informing me that the concert was canceled.
They were going to play Mahler’s 3rd Symphony. Instead, they produced this virtual performance of the last few minutes of the piece. (For those not familiar with Mahler 3, these five or so minutes come at the end of a symphony that usually lasts more than an hour and a half.)
Pardon My Meds
Doing Things
It’s Been Many Weeks
(and then there was this; but there’s some political content here, so no comments please)
Comics I Don't Understand 