Year End Close-out

2021 is almost over. Anyone want to re-live it?

Things have been pretty low-key this year at Flippism World Headquarters (shown above). This blog keeps sputtering on like an old car with multiple mechanical issues. It still gets from point A to point B, however, and I still get my daily dose of visitors from around the world (here’s looking at you, South Africa, Korea, Portugal, Blaine MN, Ireland, and, of course, Iceland.) A big thanks to all my regulars; Jono, Cousin Mary, Ouroboros, Bob the Scientist, and an equally big thanks to all the lurkers who don’t comment. A fair amount of visitors come to check out old posts; although Google search algorithms are skewing more toward recent entries a few really old favorites (i.e., Setwell Hangers) still get regular attention.

My other blog, Laxness in Translation is also doing OK, with a daily world-wide variety of visitors and the occasional in-depth visit from what I assume are students doing last-minute research for term-papers. LIT is even referenced in a University of Iceland syllabus! I still get the occasional scholarly request for information via the site and I’m expecting of flurry of interest next March when the new translation of Salka Valka is published.

And so, leaving 2021 on ‘Flippist’ note, here are a couple of truly bizarre videos and two really elegant ones:

Jessica Mitford ‘sings’ the most wretched song The Beatles ever recorded:



Marie Osmond performs Dadaist poetry from memory:



This Newen Afrobeat video is some of the best music I’ve seen all year:



And their cover of Fela Kuti’s Zombie is extremely intense (starts at 51:40):




Friday: The final installment of the serial fiction House Party.