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...DEVELOPED. A method for raising POISONLESS FUGU, or blowfish; by researchers at Nagasaki University; in Japan. Fugu, which can kill a diner if prepared improperly, is prized as a delicacy. Scientists have found that the fish's toxin can be eliminated by replacing its bottom-feeder diet with one of mackerel and sardines...
...commissioner, Jim McLay. Waiting in the wings and thought likely to join the IWC are Namibia, Gabon and Senegal. "We'll see who shows up next time," said McLay. Those who do show up in Shimonoseki will find themselves in a port famous for fugu, the poisonous Japanese blowfish that can be fatal if not prepared properly. Another highlight, in the new marine science museum, is an exhibit on loan from Norway - the 24-m skeleton of a blue whale...
...that Crosby would care. His worldview was famously imperturbable (say the word as Bing would, with the blowfish p's and b's). He?d most likely respond to the rare slur or setback with a blithe "Well, did you evah?" Crosby's last words, before the heart attack that killed him in 1977, at the conclusion of a foursome on a Madrid course, were "That was a great game of golf, fellas...
Album release news: yes, the Christina Aguilera Christmas album comes out on Tuesday, as does Scattered, Smothered and Covered, the Hootie and the Blowfish covers and B-sides album. Meanwhile, P.J. Harvey releases Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, which features a duet with Thom Yorke of Radiohead...
...playing Avalon on October 22, to be precise. It's always a source of mystery to me that the Housemartins broke up and spawned such disparate sounds as the Beautiful South's masterful ironic pop and Fatboy Slim's. More famous bands coming into town are: Hootie and the Blowfish (October 25, Avalon), Ani DiFranco (October 26-27, Orpheum) and, inevitably, the Squirrel Nut Zippers (October 27, the Roxy...