And a young Paula Abdul!

I posted that before they performed (I am not joking) "The Itty Bitty Titty Committee."

Forget GREASE or HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. This is the greatest school based musical I've ever seen. youtu.be/R4s59ky-HxY?...

Tristan Peters just made one of the catches of the season, but might not get the hype he deserves because he stayed on his feet. Crazy catch.

Dear, MLB. Thank you for Mune Murakami. And for Mike Vasil and his magic wand. Sincerely, the South Side.

I guess if I'm still up at 4:30, I might as well stay up to watch Hearts at Celtic in two hours. Oh, life. Where is thy sting?

Listening to Mike Love discuss the 60th anniversary of Pet Sounds. Six decades on, and he can barely contain his irritation at the celebration of art over commerce. Meanwhile, Bruce Johnston and Al Jardine are perfectly happy being living legends, even if they were foot soldiers on the journey.

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This cover of a panda bear attack is sort of infamous as bad covers go, but you'd sort of hope the interior artist had done a little more research on pandas. No such luck.

From the brilliant @asherperlman.bsky.social Doesn't resonate with me at all, of course....

Guys, I wrote this book. Read it.

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Tony Moore, B. Clay Moore, Jason Aaron, Jeremy Haun and Seth Peck once upon a time. What was the occasion? I think it was just a Thursday. That's how we rolled in KC back in the day.

Now and then while trolling through Golden Age comics, I find something that really grabs me. This story by Bob Boynasky is one of those. The only appearance of "The Grenade," drawn in a dark, grimy style with more energy than finesse. The best Golden Age comics are like weird outsider art.

Everyone else is up at 4:20 am staining a nightstand and drinking wine, right?

Toby Cypress piece for the Proud American back when we were pitching what became BATTLE HYMN (by then with Jeremy Haun)

Nick Dragotta did a pin-up for us in BATTLE HYMN way back in the mid-2000s. Whatever happened to that guy?

Euroasia. (I increased two bands in one)

Whoa. Covers from a book Seth Peck and I planned with artist Greg Giordano for a foreign publisher years ago. I lost so many files in a hard drive collapse, I'm always surprised to stumble across some things. High concept was basically, a mid-60s London Face is chosen to be a Green Lantern(ish).

My favorite Belgian.

This Sal Buscema splash of penguins pondering the Silver Surfer as he does one of his woe-is-me soliloquies is pretty great. (Bill Mantlo scripted)

Jordy's hanging out for a couple of days. He's terrified of other animals, but he'll stalk and fuck up an ice cube.

We would be a lot better off as a country at the moment if more of our institutions had said, "Fuck you, make me" over the past year and a half

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As a fan of great but obscure albums, I might recommend the Winkies' only release, from 1975. I guess it fell through the cracks partly because Brian Eno bailed on producing it, but it's pretty terrific, diverse rock and roll.

It can be hard to convince anyone that anything happens in Kansas when this is reported as "news." That coveted "Who's parking in Kansas?" beat is fiercely competitive.

New Mike D is dense. Fun listen. youtu.be/v0ZGfBWKQLk?...

I forgot how much I loved the Iggy and Tom Waits scene in COFFEE AND CIGARETTES.

It's telling that the only place Trump's approval rating is higher than nothing is amongst foreign bots on Threads.

Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.

I'm not always sure *why* the Stones make new music, but I'm always curious when they do. Two albums in the span of three years is almost shocking. So, as I do, I gave their new single, "In the Stars," a listen. And it's a decent tune elevated by a beautiful chorus. youtu.be/F-F_oHOvBsM?...

I guess if you just spend a game beating the shit out of Viktor Gyorkeres, it's perfectly fine because he's a big lad.

I really need to spend more time paying attention to what's up with new Kickstarter projects. Received the digital copies of SHARP EYE, and it's a beautiful book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

Blocked.

Kacey Musgraves Defies ICE, Brings Detained Mariachi band Onstage in Texas

If Trump could read, he'd ask for the Onion's broadcast license to be pulled.

I'll take the draw. Wanted the win. But even as an Arsenal fan, that second half with so much on the line is why you love the Premier League.

EVERTON, YOU BEAUTIES!

Much of the media is now billionaire owned, but it's remarkable they still haven't figured out how to address Donald Trump's constant trampling of the law and Constitution. That IS the news, but for most media, those issues are addressed only in op-eds, or with input from Trump's criminal empire.

Every middle-of-the-road Democrat who smugly assured me that Trump couldn't cancel elections because the states control elections is now doing a Google search to see how many states are led by racist Republican governors or MAGA loyalist lunatics. Democrats are really good at being wrong.

Some things baffle me. The apartment group my son used to work for just had a renter drive into a unit with his car, panic, and reverse into the unit behind him, ending up in the kitchen. But the kicker is those are the 7th and 8th units that have been driven into in the last TWO MONTHS.

Graffiti standing on business at the Midland in KC.

I missed the episode of Gunsmoke where they flayed the bank robber and made shoes out of his skin. Funny the things we like to ignore about our history.

My kid tells me this is a cat. If so, just barely.

In a just world, this would have shut Bluesky down for good.

Another Jimmy Piersall moment as he comments on Harry Caray's pronunciation of the bat girl's last name. Jimmy wishes Harry's wife Dutchie a happy birthday, and then we meet the bat girl, who looks about 12. Different days.