Well, I certainly am, especially after her disastrous attempt at funding that country & western crossover act, "Merle Hagrid."
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Well, I certainly am, especially after her disastrous attempt at funding that country & western crossover act, "Merle Hagrid."
Jesus "Bucket List" Christ!
Can I get one with a butter back?
I don't want to get myself into trouble on here, but any billionaire whose name rhymes with "Newport Ruderock" should get moved to the front of the tumbril.
I set aside a few minutes every week to kick myself for all the LPs I loaned out (like an IDIOT), or sold for a pittance at garage sales. Finally found a decent used record store (in Corvallis) that pays well & appreciates what I bring in: #HappyTrails
Might as well have "Marathon Man" playing on the waiting room TV.
My favorite album of theirs is "Hyaena," with Robert Smith handling the guitar duties.
Unknown. More research is necessary, but I would bet there are more out there.
"Oh, you wanta look at the night sky? That'll cost you."
BTW, I just read the other acts listed in the bottom left corner out loud ... it's a kind of free verse poem.
@tribe.bsky.social NME cover from 1982
"Liaten, bub, if you can't afford the 50 cent late book return fee, we'll have to make ... other arrangements."
I think I'll go with the frozen goodness 🙋♀️
With Buster Keaton as Gollum?
Sign here. And, uh, don't worry about the fine print; it's the usual boilerplate ... #FaustusWithTheMostest
You don't wanta put 'em on layaway? Only 10% down with a 12-month same-as-cash contract ...
"... who was acting in the best interests of the country" doing all the heavy lifting there.
VERY weird. Quiet-Part-Out-Loud weird.
WELL, IT BEATS TRYING TO JUGGLE THEM!
Sorry, "Sea-Going Scourge of Oxnard Shores." (Featuring Margaret Lindsay.)
She bought out her contract ... something about Celiac Disease. Anyway, her rather predictable absence makes room for another descriptive text box heroine, Catalina Cucamonga, Pirate Queen of Oxnard Shores. (Coming Soon!)
#FumettiFriday Month-end close-out two-fer. It seems like it always comes down to, "Can they pull it off?"
![[Black and white image of three people in the back room of a German beerhall. One, an *apparent* blonde female, wears a dirndl and a pensive expression. Behind them, standing rather too close, a mustachioed older man is fastening on a necklace. And finally, on the right, a scowling fellow in a sort of military tunic. There is a cake with candles in the foreground. The plot, like lumpy gravy, thickens ...] Blonde Person: Say, you're not gonna try havin' me jump outta that cake, are you? 'Cause I'm hyperglycemic. Mustachioed Man: Fear not, *liebchen,* all you have to do is dance a bit, sing a few songs ... Scowling guy: Give it up, Ernst. No one's going to believe *he's* the fan dancer. Mustachioed Man: *Ach,* ye of little faith! With some strategic upholstery, he will be most convincing. I'll just add this finishing touch ... There! *Ausgezeichnet!* Now let us get busy! That dirndl has to be back by six!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buke6ob4tlr7yxhplfp436kc/bafkreibknvhzbum3vll3l4j5fl6mbtjw7egjz5r3yaihriw7hp3bq74ebm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Christ, #Vance. Must you ALWAYS be such a disingenuous deflecting dissembler? No one - literally NO ONE is - attacking people for praying. The point being made is that it is clear and obvious that prayer, alone, is insufficient. And you know that. You're just being an asshole.
So *that's* where Keith Emerson got the idea ...
Fox News is not an effective tool because it’s doing fearless high quality journalism that speaks truth to power. It wins elections for republicans because it’s a highly partisan organization filled with shameless hacks
So where's the Marshall stack & Echoplex? She must be new.
I had to hide my love away, but do you think I can remember where?
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
Just your basic whodunnit, set in the post-WWI era. And they don't overdo the Australian-ness.
"Miss Fisher" was quite good, I thought. Nice attention to period detail.
I don't know if he's picked out a theme song yet, but it should be something by Hoagie Carmichael.
"Look! I can catch my hand!" Masterful.
Ever see Richard Pryor's "Acid" routine? I think it's from his appearance on Saturday Night Live ...
I don't remember much about this film, except that it was the first time I'd seen anyone get head-butted ...
Typical.
Is there any chance ol' Stevie's an anti-vaxxer? Because if he were, he'd be at risk for Tetanus, a symptom of which is (wait for it ...) LOCKJAW!
As in National Guard.
Those pimento-stuffed olives add 2 to your "Five-a-Day" fruit & vegetable regimen.
Pro tip: don't tell that to the therapist.
Heart's "Mistral Wind." It didn't get much airplay when "Dog & Butterfly" came out, but damn, that's a band firing on all cylinders.
"James Kirkpatrick" ... about as subtle as a flying mallet.
And that's what I mean about "inroads." Aren't Protestants more heavily invested in the Revelation-y garbage than militant Catholics? That whole "Immanentize the Eschaton" hogwash ... it's what encourages them to support a murderous sociopath in the Middle East [cough] like Netanyahu [cough].
Message to the National Guard
If so, they'd better seek out some better mood lighting as a first step. That post-apocalyptic glare is a real buzzkill.
Waiting for some snowflake to rise up and squeal that "ragged right" & "ragged left" have negative political connotations ...
Could it be that Petey is trying to make inroads with Evangelicals, who think we've already entered some "End Times" period? Adding "Superstitious Twat" to his c.v. might just turn the trick.
At least they're not as awful-sounding as Blue Jays, who steal the peanuts I put out for the squirrels. Jays may not be an "invasive" species, but they're not doing themselves any favors, either.
i need politicians to be as mad at housing prices as they are about cracker barrel's new logo
I'm sorry to keep seizing on the weird li'l details, but "stop foot"? Is that some kind of colloquial variation on "set foot"?
#FumettiFriday Something cool:
![[Black & white image of tuxedo-clad wait-staff on a frozen lake somewhere in the Alps. All are wearing ice skates; most of the waiters have those long white aprons that reach all the way to the hem of their trousers. They listen intently as the Maître d' shows them how to serve wine, which he holds on a tray.] Maître d': ... then, as you approach the guests' table, you come to a snowplow stop, open their wine and pour. Any questions? A waiter: Just one: when a customer complains of the cold, are we allowed to remind them they're dining while perched atop a six-foot-thick slab of ice? Another waiter: Ha! Good one, Gustav! Maître d': Come on now. Irony is not in keeping with the spirit we like to promote here at *Lac de Glace*. Try up-selling them a nice Spanish Coffee.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buke6ob4tlr7yxhplfp436kc/bafkreigmvkoj5zlmcwxxrxdya533erxcyhf4rd6wls6cy4jmvawqqomdlm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
A few years ago I got their "Smiling Phases" 2-cd best-of compilation, then had to go buy "John Barlycorn" as well, because "Every Mother's Son" wasn't on SP. Grrr.
He's on a fescue mission ...
Not even capitalized. That's cold.
Does he mean Truman' Secretary of State Dean Acheson?
The sad part is that even when states like Oregon make it easy to vote, with *postage paid* mail-in ballots, turnout is still embarrassingly low.
Axial Seamount: "Just the extraterrestrial tug of gravity I've been waiting for!"
So many unanswered questions, chiefly, why is "Clown" italicized?
Hey man, nice shot ...
Goodness knows, I tried to cushion the blow ...
Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe," thanks to the thoroughly creepy string arrangement by Jimmy Haskell.
If I knew then what I know now, I would try to be kinder ... which is another way of saying, "I'd be less of a douche."
This image is NOT graphic content. Bluesky Content Team, what are you suggesting?
On his way to Davenport, Iowa, no doubt.
Thank you. Pet peeve of mine for the last 50 or so years. I blame that Judas Priest song.
It keeps the ink from staining his lordship's fingers. I've been told.
Talking to dead voters, huh? Bet he's got one of those fancy Ouija Boards with speed-dial ...
Hmph. The ones I've been to, you can't tell them anything.
In my memory of that episode, she was playing a day-glo painted Fender Mustang ...
Alaska, you say? Hmm ...
As Trump day by day culls his press pool Of journos who might connect dots It's come to resemble a cesspool (Try not to be downwind of FOX).
I won't read that article, but I hope people find out that Terence --generous to a fault -- helped fund The Who in their early days via his brother Chris Stamp, sending him money for the band from his various filming locations.
"Do you or someone you love have hoarding issues? You just might ... if your house is literally BURSTING AT THE SEAMS."
Makes my old "Man From U.N.C.L.E." attaché case look hopelessly retro.
All we need to know is, "Where do they melt?"
Me (age 8): I'm gonna run away and join the circuits. Mom: You mean "circus," and no you're not. Me (holding out several 25' extension cords): We'll just see about that.
#FumettiFriday Late edition
![[Black & white image of a man (in a topcoat and fedora) and a woman (in a nice cloth coat with a notch lapel and tasteful hat) who've just arrived at the man's furnished room. They seem surprised by the scene: an unconscious woman lying stretched out on the floor (in a black dress with star-shaped appliques on the shoulders). At least, we *hope* she's just unconscious.] Man: Well, *this* is awkward. Woman: Friend of yours? Man: She's my land-lady. And while she's friendly, up to a point, we're more like acquaint-- Woman: Stop gibbering. What the hell is she doing in your apartment? Man: Putting a damper on what *could've* been a fun evening. Thank you, Old Mrs. Buzzkill!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buke6ob4tlr7yxhplfp436kc/bafkreihwawhtonxdlar2hjebyr55wz2fzaemefkabjklqrkupx4w6hwzl4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Security guard: Hey! You there, in the loincloth! No outside boulders!
And in Oregon they're POSTAGE PAID mail-in ballots! How could it be any easier?
"It might be the acorns talking, but I thought we had a li'l eye-thing goin' on."
Dan Savage had the best take many years ago: "I didn't *lose* my religion, I saw through it."
All those years as an altar boy, but did I ever get cut in on the action? So much for the trickle-down effect ...
Anyone who's seen me trying to tease open plastic bags in the produce aisle knows the truth of this.
I do it the night before while still drunk. Much better than 1st thing in the morning when one is, shall we say, feeling the effects of the night before.
That's gotta hurt. At least I hope it does.
Moved it outdoors. While singing "Born Free." I think spiders are beneficent.
Real Badfinger "No Dice" vibe going on ... not that there's anything wrong with that.
We found a big web in our dining room yesterday morning. "It did all that in *one night*?" Felt like we were on the set of an Addams Family movie ...
Which is organized religion in a nutshell. Give me Occam's Razor over Pascal's Wager any old day.
Have you ever watched the cut of "Haxan" with voice-over commentary by William Burroughs? He points out the so-called witch's interrogation by clergy is the original "good cop / bad cop" scenario.
Slightly increase a band: Polonium Zeppelin
not all gyros wear capes
Slightly diminish a band: Sepia Sabbath (Too soon?)
"... and remember, don't take the elevator!"
"Your Religion" Two words. The word that matters is "Your". Your religion dictates your actions. Good. The instant YOUR religion dictates MY actions, then - and I say this from the bottom of my heart - FUCK YOU.
Defender of tautologies, as well ...