Kudos to whoever picked this picture for the intro to a piece about the Hegseth all-call. I award it 5 eyerolls. From the Tuesday evening national news on Finnish tv.

I’m pretty sure that was the first time I’ve walked out of a show saying “How fucking great was that trombonist?” #Spiritualized #musicsky

At the Orpheum LA for tonight’s Spiritualized show. My 12th time since they blew my mind opening for the Jesus & Mary Chain in 1992 (eek!). Picture is from my fave of those, a 2016 show at the London Barbican playing the best album of 1997 in its entirety.

Garrett from community was on Jeopardy tonight?!?!

Trump needs to get the National Guard to Memphis ASAP. The Jumpsuit Liberation Front apparently hit Graceland and released this into the wild:

I have to admit that, until today, I hadn’t wondered whether Tom Homan is named in the Epstein File. Thanks to the news about that bribe and the administration’s reaction to it, I’m starting to suspect.

The model for the rest of Kimmel’s ABC contract should be how Norm Macdonald doubled down on OJ Simpson jokes when (allegedly) facing pressure from NBC execs friendly with OJ. Always brutal and willing to make audiences very uncomfortable.

BINGO (as if I went out on a limb with that prediction)

It feels weird to say I’m ”eager“ to watch Bill Maher tomorrow night, but I really want to know how quickly he’ll make Jimmy Kimmel’s situation about him. I guarantee he’ll remind us that he’s the original victim for his 9/11 controversy, and that his fall opened up the ABC slot for Kimmel.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way“ is ridiculously unprofessional language for a supposed public servant like Brendan Carr. Even worse, any regime toady would cry and call the cops if someone said it to them in opposition.

It’s fitting that Andor is the last show I finished on Hulu/Disney+ before this Kimmel news. Service cancelled. #IHaveFriendsEverywhere #JeSuisJimmy #VivaGuillermo

Feels like the set-up to a Yakov Smirnoff punchline. But worse.

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

I don’t know who I miss more, Leslie Nielsen or Diefenbaker (the wolf-dog, not the long-ago Canadian PM)

Timeline cleanse, melting heart edition: While a friend and I chat, my dog Ruska (left) and her dog nap with their rear feet touching.

How long until Dear Leader sends Special Forces to Brazil to extract his buddy?

I’ve only just started reading it, but the opening line grabbed me. It’s the type of opening line that I usually only get from fiction: “He was a strange child.”

Yes, that explains why he first went after the much more culpable Sackler family in the same way. Amazing how the entire clan was extrajudicially wiped out by that drone strike on their yacht when they were enjoying a 4th of July jaunt off of Rhode Island.

Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr. Even though MC Stephen Hawking himself pointed out “Dr. Dre can suck my dick, that bitch got no PhD.”

So the messages seem to be: 1. Trump is coming for Chicago’s supply of potato chips 2. Trump’s body converts chips into napalm farts. “Smells like victory.” I assume the helicopters will blast “It’s Raining Men” instead of “Ride of the Valkyries.” Godzilla had better self-deport!

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it? Uh-oh. McGruff the Crime Dog. Does it mean I’ve been the victim of stranger danger, I’m the stranger danger, or I’m budding vigilante seeking psychological training for taking a bite out of crime?

Although I’m hugely skeptical of Netanyahu’s rationale for attacking Iran, I wouldn’t be sad about any degradation of Iran’s ability to help Russia in Ukraine.

Replace one word in a famous quote with "potato". “You see the potato is reminding a fuck machine what is once like to be a virgin. Hence, ‘Like a Virgin.’”

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

At a Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan show in the mid-2000s at the Pantages (I think) in LA, I went to the men’s room between their sets. While at the trough, I broke etiquette and looked around. Peeing next to me was Elvis Costello.

I couldn’t put my finger on who Stephen Miller resembles. Not Dr. Evil, young Vladimir Putin, or a Talosian from the original Star Trek. Finally realized it’s the henchman from Beverly Hills Cop. Played by Jonathan Banks (better known as Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul).

This article really stuck with me back in 2013. The visualization itself is now at chenalexander.com/Beach-Bells

I already posted one, but then I remembered this unbelievably detailed and loving parody of Brian Wilson. From the criminally underrated movie Walk Hard… #MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 129) RIP Brian Wilson

God only knows why Mike Love outlived Brian Wilson.

#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee (Day 129) 🎶 RIP Brian Wilson

The scene at Fort Bragg yesterday had to be full of paid actors: 1. “Paid actors” is such a frequent MAGA talking point about Democrats that it must be a confession; 2. Real warriors have self-discipline; and, 3. Copying Dear Leader’s “jerk off two guys at once” dance must violate anti-DEI orders.

I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom 6/5 Happy When It Rains by the Jesus & Mary Chain

#Stunday #Photography Sunset hit in just the right way and I unintentionally ended up with a tribute to the Charles Foster Kane side of Scrooge McDuck. The piggy bank is ~45 years old, a giveaway of the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP, a Finnish bank long ago subsumed into the current Nordea brand).

The infamous, unwinnable Cuckbayashi Maru test.

Add a letter, ruin a state Fluorida

The introvert urge to stay up far too late because it's the only time you can be alone

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only TNG in their name and Drake ready to roll as Pike

The GOP: stealing from poor people in rich blue states to give to rich people in poor red states

Call it what it is, in terms that will make them recoil: Christian Sharia. “Christian Nationalism” is too weak a label simply because they will say “Fuck Yeah!” to it.

Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless

Jake Tapper, that ass

#MusicChallenge #MindMelodies May 22 Motivation Little Room by The White Stripes

Ah, I see that Eric demanded a background with the motto from his business cards: “International, Hung”

#MusicalAnswer #MusicChallenge #Torille Category: Country: #Finland Sä veit mun levyt kirpputorille (You Took My Record Collection to the Flea Market) by PÄÄ KII (Shut Up) The POV of the woman is sung by Kaisa of Maustetytöt (one of my other band suggestions in this challenge).

#MusicalAnswer #MusicChallenge #Torille Category: Country: #Finland Rusketusraidat (Tan Lines) by #PMMP Reminds me how the Beastie Boys 1st hit was catchy & terrible. The blonde singer was married to someone from Lordi. Translation (English #2 is better): lyricstranslate.com/en/rusketusr...

#MusicalAnswer #MusicChallenge #Torille Category: Country: #Finland Kiviä Sukkiin (Rocks in my Socks) by #Maustetytöt (Spice Girls) It’s my favorite of their songs, but probably not attention-grabbing. See comments for more. Translation of lyrics available at lyricstranslate.com/en/maustetyt...

#blueskymonday #photography evening blue hour, Hakaniemi Market Hall, Helsinki, August 2024

I prefer to look on the bright side: when Trump officials make suggestions like this, I believe they’re also pleading with us to spice things up when they appear on Nuremberg: The Next Generation.