Today at my blog: the pilor for the very short-lived TV series Struck By Lightning, about the Frankenstein "monster!" meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/2025/10/stru...

Asking me to pick my 10 favorites of anything is a fool’s errand - I have far too many. So for XPN’s #coversongs countdown I went with the first 10 to cross my mind. This is one: youtu.be/ELuAy7wMie4?...

The Long Ryders’ Native Sons, released in ‘84, is one of my #5debutalbums8084 picks. Taut rhythms, glissando guitars and close harmonies accent the goings-on, which conjure the hullabaloo of 20 years before when the Byrds first matched folk music to the Merseybeat. oldgreycat.blog/2024/01/21/t...

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NEW BLOG POST: Read all about Patsy Cline's appearances on Arthur Godfrey's old 1950s TV show. CD includes a classless on-air comment he made about her legs. Even if you're not a fan, you may find this post interesting from a historical POV. Even If you don't normally read my blog, please read this.

Dear 🇬🇧 : We already showed you where this rabbit hole will lead you. See how Americans are being disappeared off our streets right now? How 100’s of women have been arrested for having miscarriages? Look across the pond in horror & don’t let it happen to you.

New song. "From Portland to Chicago...never thought I'd see fascism in America"🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMx...

children’s theater. support it if you can!! www.indiegogo.com/projects/co-...

Today at my blog: a Halloween-themed episode of the 1980s horror TV show Friday the 13th: The Series! #CountdownToHalloween #Halloween meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/2025/10/frid...

I have a story in this anthology. Haven't read any of the other stories yet, but they're all good writers, so will be dipping in over the next few days.

Come see me do some final work on the new hour before i record in November. Share this Id like to sell out (since i wasn’t offered Riyahd;) one of my FAVORITE clubs in the whole wide world. www.madisoncomedy.com/event/jackie...

Zack [Polanski]’s @zackpolanski.bsky.social been really clear that he’ll always work with people who share our values and – again – that will always be strategic and timebound, it’s not a limitless thing.” said @rachelmillward.bsky.social #GreenParty #YourParty leftfootforward.org/2025/10/rach...

They largely want the studios & sports and don’t care about the news org. In fact, they would love it gone. Why? Because rich men, especially tech men, think they deserve no criticism and also need constant fluffing. They value a mirrortocracy over a meritocracy and welcome a mediocrity.

Urszula Dudziak - Papaya (re-recorded version) [Poland/USA, Disco/Jazz-Funk] (1982) https://redd.it/1n53zoj https://youtu.be/2mFInFHZ-zo

You should hear this if you like punk in the mode of Spitboy or the slightly dreamier postpunk noise songs of The Go! Team in that mode... strangemono.bandcamp.com/album/indire...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

A Canadian asked, How can you elect such a willfully ignorant man as your president? Because people who prioritize their resentment of others above all else keep voting for him and his crew. Warren Harding might have been nearly as ignorant, but at least he had a more realistic self-image. (cont.)

Domesticating foxes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFCl...

Remembering the beautiful and talented Anne Bancroft, born on today's date in 1931. She was married to Mel Brooks for 41 years, until her death in 2005. Loved her so many films, including New York Confidential, The Miracle Worker, Nightfall, and The Graduate.

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

On the surface, Melbourne University Publishing says axing Meanjin was “purely financial.” But something doesn’t add up. The numbers look less like accounting and more like creative writing given we can reveal there's been an offer of a cash injection. www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...

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I haven't seen every film he appeared in, but THE CANDIDATE remains my favorite of his films. Rest in Peace, Robert Redford. socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2012/11/tues...

Tune into @TCM for my Film Noir Files pick of the month -- He Ran All the Way (1951), starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. It's airing late Saturday night and Sunday morning. And it's a must-see. Trust me. tinyurl.com/mrxpkedb

huh. i did an interview w this LA site during lockdown and they just emailed me to ask if id do another interview. just re run this. i think the tiniest tweet and we’re golden. voyagela.com/interview/ch...

Who becomes the Avatar for America’s racist Hate & Fear in his place? It’s a big diaper to fill.

"A human version of Bert from Sesame Street. Curséd. Bug eyed." Looks a bit more Zippy than I would suspect a human Bert to do, but definitely suggests his consistent vexation.

Something definitely rotten in Denmark. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

i made a joke at acme in june that i was filming my new special in portland this time and my only requirement was that the national guard had to be deployed against their will in whatever town i was going to - which was not a problem bc, by november, they’d be everywhere.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan… allegations that she helped an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents “I did not hide this migrant in the jury room or my chambers. I had him leave out the back door, which I do when the circumstances warrant it," www.tmj4.com/about-us/lig...