Stream The Stripes, Photoshopping Elizabeth I, and Death Cab Opera Covers

 
Quick, go stream the music from the White Stripes’ upcoming tour documentary, “Under The Great White Northern Lights” before they turn off the tap! (Vulture)
 
Saucy opera star Renee Fleming is now promoting an album of covers including songs by Band of Horses, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, and The Mars Volta. Curious. (Guardian UK)
 
Those Scots seem very determined to hold on to the mantle of “world’s strongest beer”, God bless ’em. (BBC)
 
A simulation re-enacting the Christmas Day “underwear bombing” demonstrated that while there would have certainly been a lot of carnage inside the 747, the plane would have still been able to land safely. Good to know. (Gizmodo)
 
In Florence, researchers have discovered a “lost Giotto” Chapel painting using ultraviolet light. (Artdaily)
 
Tudor-era Photoshopping: Recent studies reveal that in a 400-year-old portrait, the snake Queen Elizabeth I was holding was painted over and replaced by a less controversial flower. (Guardian UK)