5 April 2013

spelunk

[spi-luhngk]

verb (used without object)

– to explore caves, especially as a hobby.

Whereas speleology is the scientific study of caves.

Origin:
back formation from spelunker, spelunking

Today’s aphorism

‘They’re claiming that [the grunge bands] finally put Seattle on the map, but, like, what map? …I mean, we had Jimi Hendrix. Heck, what more do we want?’

– Kurt Cobain

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‘Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture’.

– Allen Ginsberg

On this day

5 April 1994 – death of Kurt Cobain. Lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Nirvana. He was 27.

5 April 1997 – death of Allen Ginsberg, leading American beat-generation writer and poet. Born 3 June 1926.