Sometimes people will say something like “oh this is the most nineties thing ever” and they’re wrong bc the *most nineties thing ever* (if we are to indulge such verbiage) is the house song by that French baby

There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)

depeche a la mode is this something

You weren’t radicalized. They were, and they then tried to recast the norm as “radical” so that they wouldn’t seem so. I would like to discourage use of the term. If anything, what *normalized* you?

Alternate-universe David Bowie as a small-town cop: “I wonder about about two things, boy: sound and vision. And unfortunately, you just made yourself seen and heard.”

It’s interesting that Bowie’s mid-seventies cocaine addiction is treated as a “character”

Both David Bowie and Weird Al Yankovic have narrated album versions of Peter and the Wolf, which leads me to think that the two could be interlaced

A beehive was chasing me so I took out a pencil and drew a shape but the bees moved the shape and I still got stung; that’s what I get for hiding in a cat-shaped hole in the ground

stay verified, pony boy

sometimes I look at the stars and I wonder who is the most beautiful woman in puppetland right now

I am definitely a fan of Zappa’s music even if I am not always a fan of his humor in the 1980s material, which starts to feel kind of shallow. I even enjoy the synclavier stuff although I know it can sound a lot like the soundtrack to 1980s Gumby.

It’s not coincidence that the people who think that force is the only way to persuade others are largely unlikable as individuals

If I were a med provider, I would recommend meds based upon which med commercial had the catchiest music

not mashed potatoes, not fettuccine alfredo, but a third thing: mashed alfredo

I am extremely confused by Peter Gabriel releasing an album only a couple of years after his previous one

Doing upside down exercises in my Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workbook. I’ve mentioned this before but the left brain-right brain thing has been debunked HOWEVER the instruction for entering a flow state is excellent

Galgadot sounds like a kaiju, e.g. Godzilla vs Galgadot

It is impossible to read a Jimmy Stewart quote and not hear it in your head exactly in his voice.

saving for reference; nola has the best food per capita of any place imho and so recommendations are worth their weight — you don’t want to miss something life-changing

daily routine

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I automatically regard with suspicion anyone who uses the term “virtue signal” in sincerity

Still annoyed about the BBC Sounds app being deactivated for international listeners

Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad

If you ever have to ask “is it a Christmas movie?”, the answer is yes. When it’s clearly not, the question isn’t even asked. So no, Preston Sturges’ Christmas in July (1940) is not a Christmas movie.

sounds like somebody’s got a case of Venezuela Derangement Syndrome

Watching the early works of Pierce Brosnan just to Remington Steele something

I feel really compelled to rewatch North which I haven’t seen since I was a kid. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the derision it has been given.

There are so many actual sitcom titles that sound like fake sitcom titles, e.g. Major Dad

I just found out The Jets were originally called Quasar and while I know they didn’t suffer bc of the change Quasar feels so much more in keeping with ‘80s r&b

The presence of “roast beast” in the Grinch universe implies the existence of a fast food restaurant called “Arbeast’s”

Squeaky Fromme, Bashful Fromme, Sleepy, Happy Fromme, Grumpy Fromme, Doc Fromme

I am dead

Anytime a “super 8” video shows up in a nostalgia show (e.g. Mad Men), the frame rate drop, jerky handheld movements, and image degradation seldom look natural enough to not feel a little like an instagram filter. They were doing the best they could, I know

This person thinks about popular music like I do, which is: How can I change this song into a jingle

Mad Men formatting fiasco reveals that crew members were the ones actually smoking Sally Draper’s cigarettes and I feel relieved

Thinking about how Big Country’s biggest (only?) hit is called “Big Country” and encouraging other bands to write eponymously-named songs. Rule: The song can’t simply be “We are the Masters At Work” or whatever, you have to be metaphoric w it

Thinking about how Big Country’s biggest (only?) hit is called “Big Country” and encouraging other bands to write eponymously-named songs. Rule: The song can’t simply be “We are the Masters At Work” or whatever, you have to be metaphoric w it

I’ve named my fists mac and cheese bc they comfort you on a cold day

Can’t believe it’s already almost Boxing Day; where does the time go

In a way it’s ridiculous that there have been so many James Bond parodies when the originals are already so ridiculous as to render the exercise moot

I watched this movie recently and as ridiculous as it was it also somehow felt prescient in its ridiculousness

Now I ain’t sayin’ she’s a gold digger of 1933…

SUCH a good thread. Reposting for my own reference and future reference.

If there’s one word I think of to describe Bob Dylan, it’s definitely “freewheelin’”

my enemies tried putting ozempic in my wallet but it keeps getting fatter

when life gives you promen, make promenade

like this

I’m booking two Santas for the holiday party and telling the kids it’s up to them to find the imposter