"Bam Thwok" is a download-only single by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song was written and sung by bassist Kim Deal (pictured), and released exclusively through the iTunes Store on June 15, 2004. It was the band's first recording since the 1991 studio album Trompe le Monde; the Pixies broke up acrimoniously in 1993 and reformed in 2004. Frontman Black Francis, the band's principal songwriter, said the recording session "was very relaxed, a nice way to break the ice". Originally composed for the movie Shrek 2, the song was not selected for the final soundtrack. The lyrics display a surrealistic and nonsensical nature typical of the band; Deal's inspiration was a discarded child's art book she found on a New York City street. She commented "This kid had written ... about a party that took place in another universe, about people and monsters that were partying together." The song is structured around a four-beat guitar melody which incorporates major chords throughout. It begins with full instrumentation, over which Santiago layers a short guitar solo. "Bam Thwok" debuted at number one on the first release of the UK Download Chart.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1667:

French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully documented human blood transfusion, giving the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_transfusion

1896:

A 7.2 Ms earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck Japan, destroying about 9,000 homes and causing at least 22,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake

1944:

In the Saskatchewan general election, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Tommy Douglas won enough seats in the Legislative Assembly to form the first socialist government in North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas

1954:

The Union of European Football Associations, the administrative and controlling body for European football, was founded in Basel, Switzerland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA

1996:

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring over 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing

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encapsulate: 1. To cover something as if in a capsule. 2. To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/encapsulate

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

All world-images are apt to become corrupt when left to ecclesiastic bureaucracies. But this does not make the formation of world-images expendable. And I can only repeat that we deny the remnants of old-world images at our own risk, because we do not overcome them by declaring them — with all the righteousness of skepticism — something of a secret sin. They are not less powerful for being denied.   --Erik Erikson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson