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My 13-yo kid asked for help identifying a book, maybe YA, that they read a few years ago. There is a girl whose family moves from the city to the woods for financial reasons. The girl goes exploring in the woods and encounters a cabin that looks abandoned, but when she goes in to look around she finds an old woman whose legs are being eaten by maggots. [more inside]
posted by ElizaMain at 5:29 PM - 5 answers

What is John McVie's reputation among bass players?
posted by Lemkin at 5:42 PM - 8 answers

Looking for songs where the music sounds upbeat, but have dark lyrics related to themes on the downfall of society. [more inside]
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 11:03 AM - 64 answers

I'm looking for a song for a friend, and our collective Google-fu has failed us. [more inside]
posted by snakeling at 7:33 AM - 8 answers

The video shows a situation from a German “friendly” prank TV show - how did they achieve this effect with different people being swallowed by the puddle.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdGoE_nA2oA [more inside]
posted by mathiu at 6:01 AM - 11 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for books that are meant to be read in daily sections like "The Assassin's Cloak" which is a collection of journal entries for each day or "Year of Wonder" which covers 365 musical pieces.
posted by drezdn at 12:06 PM - 15 answers

I want to find a way to keep myself informed about the news without getting sucked into overuse of social media/mindless internet browsing/doomscrolling/clickbait. If you've managed to do this, what rules and strategies did you use to do so?
posted by orange swan at 5:58 AM - 15 answers

Can you help me find the author and title of a science fiction detective novel from somewhere around '95-'97, set in the authoritarian city-state of Sydney after a nuclear exchange which decimated the northern hemisphere? [more inside]
posted by MarchHare at 5:13 PM - 1 answers

The Green has previously had questions on digitizing old images, but most are a few years old. Some commenters have mentioned professional services that do this: Memory Fortress, LegacyBox, iMemories. Have you or someone you know used such a service recently? What was good or bad in your experience? What should we know before choosing a service for this? [more inside]
posted by conscious matter at 2:28 PM - 5 answers

Assuming there are X number of times the Simpsons have depicted different Christmases happening in the ostensible present (not by flashback), how many years would have gone by and how old would they be? Hold onto your well actuallys there are stipulations inside. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:48 AM - 13 answers

I’m recovering from Covid and very bored. As you might notice from my fanfare history, I’ve torn through a few shows and movies. I’m looking for some fresh recommendations to help me break through the stuff that Netflix has decided I must surely want to watch.
posted by bunderful at 1:20 PM - 16 answers

I really need some page turners to me get through the next couple of weeks. Reading is the only things that can take my mind off of everything. [more inside]
posted by kitcat at 12:14 PM - 38 answers

I have a 8.5-year-old honorary niece (friend's daughter) who loves animals and wants to be a vet when she grows up. She also loves to read. What kids' and adolescents' books can you suggest that feature animals as, say Tale of Despereaux, Charlotte's Web, and Stuart Little, and the Narnian series all do?
posted by orange swan at 10:52 AM - 21 answers

Hi. I want to make a playlist but all I have are two pieces, one is Chick Corea's Bagatelle #4 and the other is Donald Fagen playing Reflections by Thelonius Monk (with Steve Khan). Thanks!
posted by hananc at 11:13 PM - 13 answers

I know what each word means, but I'm having trouble with interpretation. [more inside]
posted by 4midori at 10:29 PM - 8 answers

Came across it a few years ago ... it might have been Roz Chast, but maybe not. Anyway, it was a cartoon about 2 friends doing the most essential New York City things. The one I remember perfectly was having martinis at Bemelman's. Everything else is a blank, and I'd like to share it with a friend who'll be in the city next month? Any ideas? Thanks!
posted by cyndigo at 1:04 PM - 2 answers

Wicked is a movie based on a musical based on a book based on a movie based on a book. What other media has several generations of transformative ancestry like this? That's it, that's the question.
posted by biblioPHL at 10:52 AM - 42 answers

So while reading this post about reading, I was struck by the widespread need for lots of free but also good but also fun ebooks. What do you like from Project Gutenberg? [more inside]
posted by Frowner at 11:57 AM - 30 answers

I'm trying to pad out my Goodreads history, do you know the title and author of this book? I must have read it in the early 2000s, but it wasn't necessarily contemporary. All I remember is the protagonist was a Rabelais scholar and possibly a professor at an American university. It clearly left an impression on me!
posted by erpava at 5:28 PM - 2 answers

It's about the Immaculate Conception, from Mary's point of view, with an unsettling tone - like she's not sure she's ready for this.
posted by Lemkin at 4:36 PM - 5 answers