The Egg and more cowbell

[ionelv]

Listened to KQED interview with Lizzie Stark, the author of Egg: A Dozen Ovatures. She mentioned the world/cosmic egg myth motif and that her oophorectomy triggered some too much/not enough cowbell (see SNL's 2000 Chris Walken/Will Ferrell cowbell skit). While looking for the book online, I stumbled upon Andy Weir's wonderful short story The Egg, the best ontological syncretic myth I ever read.

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[ionelv]

Last night, we heard the original song in the closing of 1899's S1E4: Blue Oyster Cult's Don't fear the reaper (with cowbell and all). The SNL skit has a wikipedia entry.