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Also! According to this blog post on Slate, the alien anatomy in Avatar is pretty whack. Key paragraph:
Finally, about those boobs: It’s good that they’re purely decorative. Since the Na’vi seem to have zero fat on their bodies, those mammary glands almost certainly don’t work. Relatedly, the fact that the Na’vi aren’t placental mammals makes the presence of bellybuttons something of a curiosity.Finally, about those boobs: It’s good that they’re purely decorative. Since the Na’vi seem to have zero fat on their bodies, those mammary glands almost certainly don’t work. Relatedly, the fact that the Na’vi aren’t placental mammals makes the presence of bellybuttons something of a curiosity.
– Our 2009 Music in Review issue is on stands today! On Arts Desk, we’ll be highlighting articles from it throughout the day. Also, now I don’t feel bad that the rest of the roundup only contains music stuff.
– Local music! Electro-indie-pop outfit Bluebrain justposted its first music video online (the group has a pair of EPs out now; the album drops in February). The video has lots of weird, digitally animated jellyfish and snakes and, I dunno, is probably the type of thing James Cameron’s animation people cook up when they’re bored on a Sunday:
– A once-lost interview with John Lennon, from 1968.
That’s all I’ve got! I’m listening to Roxy Music all morning! Follow me on Twitter!