SOUNDTRACK: GREEN DAY-¡Quatro! (2012).
If you have the hard copy of the three Green Day CDs, you’ll notice the back cover lists a fourth disc, ¡Quatro!. I wasn’t really sure what ¡Quatro! was supposed to be, but I have recently found out that it is a documentary DVD/CD. For those keeping track, Jason White who was a touring guitarist with the band for years and who has recently become a full-fledged member of the band, is on the cover.
According to press releases and such, ¡Quatro! will give a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process that resulted in the trilogy and their various live shows across the U.S.
At any rate, the official trailer for ¡Quatro! is available on YouTube
And there’s a few other snippets (which were probably shown on VH1.
[READ: September 6, 2013] “Bed-Wetting”
Bed-wetting is fairly common, especially for those who are potty training. Smallwood talks about all of the ways throughout history that people have tried to deal with it. She gives this list (which I have abbreviated here):
- Plugging the urethra
- Constriction of the penis with bandages, strings, adhesives, or vises, one of which was described as a “formidable rat-rap looking instrument”
- Eliminating sugar
- Removing the child from school
- Injecting the bladder with gaseous carbonic acid
(and I have left out a few of the more crazy ones).
By the late nineteenth century, naturally, Westerners began connecting bed wedding with masturbation (other symptoms of masturbation: flushed cheeks, paleness and paralysis). At this time, victims were subjected to cold baths, hard beds and even whipping (which may have caused sexual fantasies but certainly didn’t help with bed wetting).
A fascinating piece of information—boys are more prone to night time wetting while girls are more prone to day time. (more…)
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