May we never see his like again.

Il Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Finally a positive story about Florida! (Other than the mad gator-stomping skills of our wild horses.)

It's all cyclical, man. The aardvark is born, grows, lives its life, procreates, and, still in samsara, transforms into a zygote.

"You can call me Smimmy." (Goes out to Donna Bowman!)

Happens to me in waves. Most recently, it's been Prince's "Pop Life." Two other common ones are "This Must Be the Place" by Talking Heads and "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells. (Thanks to James Ellroy for that last one, which I hadn't heard before reading Blood's a Rover, where J Edgar Hoover gets increasingly…

The Cunning Little Vixen. I'm not an opera lover,* but I am a Janacek lover, and there is so much fantastic music in that one. Nixon in China is probably the best live experience I've had with opera.

Aww, that makes me miss all the South Park clips on my old PC. Startup: "How are my little crackers today?" Error: Cartman's "Oh, son of a bitch." I forget where, maybe shutdown: "Aw children, what could be so bad? It's Salisbury steak day!"…simpler times.

or ze Zika.

Ugh, yes to that Masters crap. It's what he does in everything, too. Commentating through rose-colored glasses.

Not a baseball fan, and most of my NFL viewing is AFC, so I've been spared.

Jim Nantz - something about this guy has always struck me as a mildly patronizing symbol of obnoxious white privilege, and I swear he must be a child molester—no evidence, just that bland sweater-vest vibe he puts out skeeves me.

Definitely one of those "it can be two things" that Shoot 'Em Up got away with soooo many times it's remarkable.

Thanks for this. I was kind of wondering why Wheatley was making this movie. I mean, I'm gonna see it for its Wheatley-ness, but I'm glad to have more of a sense of where to find it. I can see how the setup lends itself to playing out a realistic chaos, but the glossy retro vibe of the trailer was throwing me. I don't…

I used to teach *music* classes, and I'd get assholes with headphones/ear buds in. Fuck's sake, people.

[sad upvote]

I just keep telling myself it's a negotiating strategy between Netflix & Fox. Bob's Burgers will come back…it will, dammit!

Esp liked for "Marquee Moon"

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Jack White - I Guess I Should Go To Sleep
Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Co - Summertime
Jacob Obrecht - Missa Malheur me bat (Renaissance choral Mass)
Alexander Scriabin - Prometheus, Poem of Fire (symphony orchestra)
Devo - Come Back Jonee
The Who - Substitute (Live @ Leeds)
J.…

That is … such a Florida article. Not just the story, but the headline and the tone. No matter what crazy shit it is, South Floridians have been seeing since at least the 80s.