According to a comment made by James on Sunday’s post, I should ‘consider the appropriateness of the words “karma” and “attenuated,”’ both of which appeared in a discussion on Don Quixote and conventional wisdom. And he’s right: I wrote ‘attenuated’ when I mean ‘attuned,’ so points for James. I guarantee - I can say this with some confidence, after a prior mixup involving ‘emphatically’ and ‘empathetically’ - I won’t have problems with an inversion on that particular word pairing again. I’m going to reserve the right to use ‘karma’ in the given context, however. Good to know I have editors out there; otherwise I wouldn’t learn anything.

On to the sick humor part of the equation: I love it when small children make age-inappropriate jokes, as is the running gag on ‘Wonder Showzen.’ Were it not for a plug from Neil some time ago, I would no have watched for more than a minute or so, as the show is just freaking psychedelically twisted … but then comic brillance ensued.

Scene: The viewer is treated to a first-hand walkthrough of a chicken slaughterhouse, finding out just how an incubated egg becomes your Swanson TV dinner, while three or four kids give their Mystery Science Theater-style voiceovers.

Plantive-sounding boy: [Watching drumsticks being loaded into tin trays] I wish they could make a mother’s love.
Obviously Adderall-ed girl: [Without missing a beat] They do. It’s called boxed wine.

It’s not often that I recommend a show on MTV. It’s technically MTV2, but still.

Newly-discovered semi-old-skool classic album: ‘Polydistortion,’ Gus Gus. This album’s neither that old, being from 1997, nor that classic, as it’s not exactly in heavy rotation, but I’ve heard at least three of the songs on it in different contexts, from Thievery Corporation mixes to a track in the iTunes rotation for some time to an obscure Oakenfold mix. And gee whiz if the rest isn’t great stuff too. Standout tracks: ‘Believe’ (is that a cowbell I hear? You know, fever and the only prescription and all that, said Christopher Walken), ‘Gun’ (but only with your headphones on or the bass way up), ‘Why?’ (you never ask that question to a Fender Rhodes) and ‘Polyesterday’ (which, after repeated listens, may in fact be better than the Thievery remix).