The Stranglers sued Elastica over this one, for having its riff be too similar to "No More Heroes". Elastica agreed to credit them as co-writers as part of a settlement.

From unlimited we go to limited.

Made of barracuda jawbone(*) and wrapped in red-dyed barkcloth, this scarifier was used by mourners to draw blood from themselves in honour of a dead chief. You can see the original here along with a second picture and some curator's notes.

(*) The source contradicts itself by saying both barracuda and porpoise -- googling for images suggests it's a barracuda, but I could be wrong.

This image is used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license and requires this attribution: © The Trustees of the British Museum

Originally posted to Reddit by me in 2023.

Connecting these was a breeze.

(dad joke dad joke dad joke)

Nico was a protegé of (D)Andy Warhol...plus Lou Reed has said this song is based on his experiences watching the Bohemian parties at Warhol's studio.

Currently on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Of Montreal are not from Montreal but Bran Van 3000 are (and are not from L.A.)

A painted ceramic vessel in the Codex Style. It depicts a wayob', the companion spirit of a Mayan ruler. This one is a toad which is wearing a jade bead necklace (there are two different animals, not visible, located around the back of the cup). There is also writing in Mayan glyphs, some of which declare the vessels purpose: drinking cacao.

The painter is also known by style from other pieces of work, and in the absence of an actual name is referred to as "The Metropolitan Master". You can see the original image and some other details here.

(Originally posted to Reddit by me in 2023)

This connection is boring.