"Queens Man Indicted"
--Queens (N.Y.) Daily Eagle
Holy Kahlua, Batman!
Friday, March 31, 2023
Somebody's Got the Indictment Blues
Too many dishes in the sink? Albert Collins scrubs 'em clean in a funny classic.
Too many Mondays? B.B. King & Collins show how to kill a crowd.
Hail two blues masters ...
Clip 1 - Albert Collins, Too Many Dirty Dishes - 1986
Clip 2 - B.B. King & Albert Collins, Beale St. Memphis - 1993
They're Air Buds
Dave Coverly's latest speedbump book offers 300 laughs.
His work appears in hundreds of newspapers, including the Washington Post and the Globe and Mail.
Kiss me you fool
Scientists believer T-Rex dinosaurs had lips.
Perhaps to hide the "king of tyrant lizards'"
60 teeth.
Image: dailyhive / twitter
Sweet dreams, honeybun
_Maybe Grimlock has lips.
*Grimlock is an ancient Transformers warrior who takes the form of a Tyrannosaurus rex. He is the leader of the mighty Dinobots.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Revisit the MuchMusic madhouse
This MAD-like illustration by Al Runt is promotion for 299 Queen Street West, Sean Menard's film documentary love-note to muchmusic,"the Nation's Music Station" of the 1980s and '90s.
The film had its premiere at
Austin's SXSW festival earlier this month.
Director Menard talks about the film
299 Queen St. W. was also
home to CITY-TV.
Monocles, son of Spectacles
SHAZAM = Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury
Captain Marvel kicked Obstacles' ass.
The Wild Corndogs of Ontario
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Wild Ontario Corndogs are the Fiddlehead greens of stuff on a stick.
Image: Ontario Corndog Council
Putting a pin in Postmedia
"Postmedia shoots more hostages to keep debt payments flowing to New Jersey hedge fund
"More bad news could be come soon if Ottawa doesn’t keep the bailout money coming to stop the newspaper chain from sinking..."
Even if you're not in the news business, Marc Edge's new book recounts how Postmedia--the country's biggest print news-corp--came to eternally chew on the government's bailout teat.
Only 36% of Canadians now get news from newspapers. What exactly are we "saving"?
Are we just feeding the buzzards?
The Postmedia Effect is out next week.
Can't wait.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Nick and Relic "offensive and disturbing"?
"The Beachcombers centers on Nick Adonidas (Bruno Gerussi), a middle-aged beachcomber on BC's Sunshine Coast, who teams up with a young Indigenous man, Jesse Jim (Pat John), to salvage logs. Enjoy a selection of episodes from the iconic seaside comedy-adventure series, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its launch on CBC."
--CBC Gem website
Were you triggered by the Beachcombers?
Will moldy 1970s-80s episodes of the "iconic seaside comedy-adventure" trigger you now?
Episodes "ARE" disturbing the CBC title card claims, not "may be". Jeez, the Beachcombers!
Thank god so few can even find Gem.
Arise, my fellow snowflakes!
Contact this blog now to join our class action lawsuit. A CBC WARNING is not enough.
There should be posters in the post office.
Or you could look at the CBC warning and mutter, "Ridiculous."
Cough it up, suckers
Somebody's gotta pay for yesterday's budget promise of free groceries. Pay up. Eat up.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Merry Christmas
Last year's family Christmas card
from Rep. Andy Ogles,
a Republican who represents the district
in Nashville's school shooting.
Monday, March 27, 2023
The Pope's new puffy jacket
_Gangsta chain, puffy parka.
He be stylin'.
It surfaced over the weekend on social media.
But it's fake.
The latest photo was created by
Midjourney, an A.I. program
specializing in pic fakery.
Photos of Trump kneeling
and Vladimir Putin behind bars?
Also A.I. fakes.
Things I learned over the weekend
. The price of crumpets in England doubled in one year. Many folks lost the will to live.
. People who wear sunglasses are trying to keep you from seeing them stare directly at you. This makes them better conversationalists. Uh huh.
. Coddiwomple is a verb. It means to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination. Much like this blog.
. The Eiffel Tower has been repainted 19 times since 1889. It takes 60 tons of paint, but will look spiffy for the summer Olympics next year.
. Cats are the original wet wipes. That's where the inventor got the idea.
. In the 18th century, Mary Toft convinced the medical world she gave birth to rabbits. Seventeen times. This achievement was celebrated in a most beautiful artwork.
PERFORMANCE: TOP SECRET DRUM CORPS
A blog bud shares a clip of the Top Secret Drum Corps, Switzerland's group at the top rung of this awesome drill skills niche.
Drumline routines produce fan fever, when they show up at military tattoos and college games that can't afford a tuba.
This drumline features a fight between the flags and drums. How many were lost in the early rehearsals?
If I could walk forwards as well as these guys walk backwards, I'd consume less tumeric.
The link below is actually the best clip, but can only be seen on YouTube's website.
LINK: Another Top Secret drum routine (YouTube)
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