Wednesday, June 30, 2021
_Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Cheerleaders
"Few expected the Canadiens to make it this far, so the appearance of a mismatch in the final is hardly surprising."
--ctvnews
Me be stylin' in me jorts
A classic icon of dad style is now a hot designer item, with jorts available at prices ranging from $10 to $850, The Wall Street Journal reports.
"Jean shorts (jorts) are definitely making a comeback for summer 2021," said Janine Chilton-Faust, the global VP of men’s design at Levi's.
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Do you have to iron the little cuffs in place?
Below, red carpet action...
--axios
"If splurging is in the cards, consider an $850 gray-black
pair from French haute-house Saint Laurent or a $595 pale blue pair with
appliqued skeleton bones running up the side from Japanese label Kapital."
Monday, June 28, 2021
-Sunday, June 27, 2021
Kayfabe?
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kay·fabe
kay·fabe/ˈkāˌfāb/
noun
New word to me, but used by...
. A New York Times columnist to describe Tucker Carlson's act for Fox
. Mitt Romney to describe Donald Trump's
election lies and fantasies
I'd add any dubious virtue-signaling tweet or post by showbiz sorts or YouTube influencers
No bang bang
Mayor McFluffy, left
Premier Poobah, right
and
The Great Bird of Covid.
For the second year in a row, the City of Toronto has canceled its Canada Day fireworks display due to COVID-19.
Covid forever.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Do I need a Drume?
I swore that in my retirement, I would learn Portugese and play the piano. Don't ask.
But in search of a used Fender Rhodes keyboard, I come across the Hand Drume.
It's $7,000 cheaper.
And light years simpler.
Every couple of weeks, I look at this video again.
I have a recorder and a bongo drum.
I could be a Drume drummer.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Gettin' jiggy with it
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New York Times headline:
When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That's a Moray
Donato redux
Andy Donato's cartoon, spiked last Sunday by the Toronto Sun.
Too tough for a tabloid?
Make up your own woke joke.
--via TSF/Facebook
How sweet do we stink?
_Do single people smell different from married people? Yes!
The BBC has been sniffing t-shirts.
And stranger still, noses can pick up the difference.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
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Naked and afraid
Politico this morning...
"THAT TIME FAUCI THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE A DEAD MAN — ANTHONY FAUCI was opening his mail at his desk Aug. 27 when white powder literally blew up in his face. According to a new book out Tuesday, previewed by Playbook, Fauci had three thoughts: It was a prank to scare him, anthrax that would make him seriously ill but which he could probably survive, or ricin — in which case he was a “dead duck.” Over the next few hours, his team hosed him down to his skivvies in a chemical lab, making him stand naked in what looked like a kiddy pool as they awaited the results of tests on the substance. He called his wife to warn her before breathing a sigh of relief a few hours later when the findings came back negative for both deadly substances.
"The story leads “Nightmare Scenario” ($24), a book by WaPo’s YASMEEN ABUTALEB and DAMIAN PALETTA that depicts the Trump administration’s hellish response to the pandemic. The duo asks how Fauci, the top doctor steering the nation through the deadliest pandemic in modern history, became a target for death threats and pranks like this. We’ll give you one guess — and yes, he’s the former president of the United States."
And the tales just keep on coming.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Toronto sound machine
New tunes in town.
Listened to some of this Toronto web radio feed overnight, continuous good beatz, ambient hiphop earfood.
LOST SONGS: Rio Dawning, Oscar Castro Neves
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Rio Dawning is on an early Paul Winter Consort disc. Brazilian composer Oscar Castro-Neves wrote and played guitar with the group.
But there's a second recording of Oscar singing his eerie song, live in Tokyo. That he can vocalese the cello part he wrote decades ago is haunting.
That's the version above. One take. Live.
The original instrumental is here...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Brain freeze
The straws are gray-ish color, have a vaguely bark-y taste and the uneasy feel of reed instruments on your lips. Could I get a splinter?
It's like drinking thru Pinocchio's nose.
Timmy's joins the familiar corporate eco-theater: we're here to save the planet.
But the wood-style straws cost four times as much as paper straws. Don't both go into fiber recycling? What is the point?
The straws come in white paper wrappers!
The wood straws may well be part of some industrial plant overstock sale: actually birdhouse chimneys. Elf sewage systems.
I have a dozen of the old, red plastic straws seen in the drink above. Rinse and re-use.
Did you know there's 34 grams of sugar and 34 grams of carbohydrates in each serving of Timmy's "Light" Iced Capp? The milk version?
Maybe I don't need any straw.
Monday, June 21, 2021
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Sunday, June 20, 2021
LOST SONGS: That's What Friends Are For"
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In 1985, Dionne Warwick recorded this song as a benefit single for AMFAR, the AIDs research foundation.
In the next three years, Warwick anchored more than 20 all-star concerts to raise funds and attention, eventually shaming the Reagan administration to a flicker of action.
Dionne's "friends" would join her to sing at the end of each concert. She has a lot of friends join mid-song above, famous faces of 1988.
The song, record and concerts raised millions for AMFAR. It's more than a Pride anthem. It was a force for actual change.
Stevie, Gladys and Elton join Dionne in a re-released studio version below, undated.
As hope grows for the end of another epidemic...
Keep smiling. Keep shining.
Dionne Warwick is 80.
Song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer-Sager.
Toronto Maple Leafs for rent
_ "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Hush, Leafs sadsacks.
For Toronto Maple Leaf fans, famous players will speak YOUR name!
You got a hundred bucks for that?
A bunch of Toronto Maple Leafs are on Cameo, selling their personal high-fives and birthday shout-outs.
You can even write their script...
"Oink?"
"Tennis, anyone?"
"Where are my clubs?"
Dammit, where is the Patreon for Jason Spezza?
Buy him a burger.
LINK: Leafs who'll do you a video
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Your mom's house
Remember the later James Bond films, when Sean Connery would bed actresses young enough to to be his grand-daughters?
In the dreadful amazon prime streamer Younger, Sutton Foster, 44 is knocking off guys whose drivers licences are still damp.
It's still ridiculous.
Indeed, the premise of her tale is that she has to play younger to get a job.
Coming soon: Even Younger. Your mom is the hottest girl at your prom.
Watch the first season of Flacks instead.
Abs ad?
This guy is all over Facebook ad feeds.
Is he supposed to be a "chubbie??
Or in Pride month, is he supposed to be causing them?
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Friday, June 18, 2021
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