Sexy Friday, Almost the end of the Olympics edition!

I’ve greatly enjoyed the Olympics. I think I’ve enjoyed them more because the coverage is more focused on the action itself instead of all the hoopla around it. I haven’t seen one story about sex in the Olympic Village and I’m really happy about that. Which brings me to this:

Trigger Alert: Old Man Rant

What The Fuck ever happened to “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”?

I understand that we live in a different world than the one that I grew up in, but I think a big part of society changed for the worst when cell phones became cameras with the ability to make a phone call.

God forbid you actually make a phone call on your cell phone these days, though. The only people I’ve seen talking on cell phones are businesspeople and old farts. These kids today use them as entertainment centers and messaging vehicles. Whether they message each other through the text app or through Whatsapp or Snapchat or whatever other social media thing that exists out there for people to communicate, no one ever uses the phone as, you know, a PHONE.

I was thinking about getting old when I read an article in Variety this week (oh, you don’t read Variety? You must not know anyone in the biz…) about the demise of what was once the most influential radio station in the US: KROQ.

I may be writing this directly to SonOfSpam as he is the only one among us that I know of that grew up in Southern California. And I know he grew up listening to KROQ.

It’s become almost cliché (or as some pretentious assholes would call it, a parlor game) to figure out at what point “KROQ died” for different people. I started listening to KROQ in the very early 80s. I want to say 1981 or 1982. The station at the time was located across the street from the Pasadena Hilton on Los Robles Avenue in beautiful Pasadena. Back then, the DJs would pronounce it as Passa-Duhna. I remember DJs like Dusty Street, Freddy Snakeskin, Jed The Fish, Ramondo, and Richard Blade. If you never listened to KROQ in those years, think Johnny Fever from WKRP but playing New Wave and loving being weird on the air. That was every KROQ DJ in those years except they all had their own special brand of weirdness.

Richard Blade’s autobiography, “The World In My Eyes”, tells the story of early KROQ really well. It was a groundbreaking station playing music that no one was playing. It broke New Wave in the US as well as several other styles of music that came out in the 80s. It got to the point that “KROQ music” was its own genre.

And, of course, as time tends to, it rolled on and things changed. First the morning show changed from Ramondo and the Blade to Richard Blade and Poorman and then Poorman left and then eventually Kevin and Bean came in and then Bean left and then Kevin left and I don’t even know what exists in that time slot.

You can also point to changes in ownership. When the station started its revolution, it was privately owned. Somewhere in the mid-80s, it got bought by a corporation. Then that corporation got bought by another corporation and then that got bought by another corporation. At what point did the station lose its soul due to increasing corporate influence? That’s another debate.

At the end of the 80s, the music changed too. Instead of going in the electronic/dance direction as Richard Blade and others wanted, KROQ went with grunge. New DJs came in, new music arrived and time rolled on. Eventually, we got to the 2000s and there was no more grunge and there was no more new wave and there was only “alternative” except no one knew what “alternative” was anymore.

When “alternative” is the mainstream, it’s not alternative.

I discovered satellite radio at some point and never looked back.

I honestly can’t tell you when I stopped listening to KROQ but I’m thinking it had to be sometime in the 2000s. It’s a very weird experience to have something that meant so much to you in your youth become something you ignore.

The program director of KROQ said in the Variety article that they made a conscious decision to let their listeners “age out” and to focus on attracting younger listeners.

That strategy makes sense on paper but it completely ignores the history of the station and what made it great in the first place. The people that grew up on that station loved it because they loved discovering new music. You don’t “age out” of that.

I listen to Sirius XM and, as I shared with you last week, I get excited when I hear a new song I like. The quest to discover cool new shit doesn’t “age”.

What happened with KROQ is that the music they played got progressively worse.

New is not necessarily good.

So, I write this with a bit of saudade.

I also write this as a message to all of you: Nothing, good or bad, lasts forever. The best we can do is enjoy the good things we have for as long as we can and as fully as we can.

That way, when you look back, you can look back with a smile and say, “Man, I lived through some cool shit!”

No sexy today. Instead, I want to focus on music. I’ll provide you some videos with lots of music in them that I hope you will like.

Hopefully, Anthony in TX will come along and share with us another one of his cool playlists with new music. The last time he shared one, I didn’t know a single artist on it and yet I really liked some of the songs.

Discover something new. See the world with fresh eyes. Be open to new experiences.

Jesus, I turned into tWBS so gradually I didn’t even notice…

Nora En Pure
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blaxabbath

Even after all the hating, us takes basketball good.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Godammit!
—Donald Trump

Mr. Ayo

I dug deep, focused, and concentrated. Then I was rewarded by being able to understand this post.

Pro tip: There’s a missing “a”, and an “o” substituted for an “l”.

Gumbygirl

Him talk purty.

TheRevanchist

Pro tips are what you get from male porn stars.

Horatio Cornblower

If you’re lucky that’s all you get.

Mr. Ayo

You’re welcome.

blaxabbath

Got a new phone and it hasn’t learned my typing yet.

TheRevanchist

Best team is baseball is still the Giants. Suck it, Dodgers!

Gumbygirl

This basketball game is embarrassing.

Horatio Cornblower

The important thing is that I’m drunk.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Way ahead of you, pal.

Mr. Ayo

The important thing is that I’m drunk.

Horatio Cornblower

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Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Usually when you play the French in anything a reach-in foul is common courtesy!

TheRevanchist

Just got home from work and am now watching the hugs. About to start drinking.

Gumbygirl

That’s the best way to do it. Less stressful.

Brick Meathook

Buddy Cole is owning the room tonight

rockingdog

lol

The Diamondbacks scored six runs without making an out in the fourth inning.
The worst team in baseball leads the Padres 8-5 after trailing 5-0.

classis Padres baseball

gooooo PADRES!

Gumbygirl

The worst team in baseball isn’t the Pirates? Inconceivable!

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Horatio Cornblower

To be fair, Arizona is trying. The Pirates are just hapless.

Gumbygirl

You spelled hopeless wrong.

Horatio Cornblower

Tomayto, Tomahto.

Horatio Cornblower

16 French turnovers? Sounds like a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So obviously the Vince Carter dunk in the Olympics was the most famous dunk in history. But what’s #2?

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

My fist in Harvey Fierstein’s ass! It’s called a 369!

Horatio Cornblower

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VOILA!

Horatio Cornblower

Buddy Cole’s hilarity aside, (seriously, I laughed so hard I might be in more pain than poor Harvey), this has to be it, even if it isn’t the best dunk ever
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For the record the best dunk was Ray Allen in a losing effort against Syracuse. Can’t find a video, but Syracuse had just scored a crucial basket and Ray came down and fucking slammed down an absolutely vicious dunk. Didn’t change the outcome but it was the first time that I remember watching a UConn game and thinking “Oh shit, this is what it’s like to have a Top 5 player”

litre_cola

Jordan yes. Ray Allen, your Connecticut is showing.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh absolutely. I wish I could find a video of it though; it was a hell of a dunk.

Horatio Cornblower

If there’s a better beer on the planet I’ll fuck it.
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I might not be in a condition to drive.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Tis my fave

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Now I thought the NAACP was for people of color but when I got badly sunburned they would not accept me as a member!

That’s the last time I fuck a deep fryer for woke points let me tell you that.

Anthony In TX

Skipping the Olympics to watch THE Suicide Squad* and it’s actually… pretty good? It’s funny, fun, has solid action, and is an entertaining dumb summer comic book movie.

*No matter how absurd things get, I can’t seem to get enough of the comic book flicks.

Anthony In TX

Also, the soundtrack is really, really good.

Anthony In TX

Also also: Jennifer Holland is in it and I just found out who Jennifer Holland is.
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Mr. Ayo

Hello!

Horatio Cornblower

I dated her when she lived in Niagara Falls.

Mr. Ayo

Am I the only one that noticed and is bothered that the right bracket is missing from the site’s title?

I hope internet dad gets back soon with his cigs and takes care of this.

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Gumbygirl

It’s a test. I failed!

Anthony In TX

Well now I can’t unsee it.

THANKS AYO

Horatio Cornblower

I caved in and put on the Olympic men’s basketball game.

Gotta say, Marine le Pen has to be pretty conflicted watching this French team.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

However Marine Le Penis, her split personality is absolutely enthralled.

Horatio Cornblower

Engorged, even.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

National Front Meat

rockingdog
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Gumbygirl

I don’t remember those, but we had Pong.

rockingdog

my bad

here you go

its cool cause he takes it apart

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1423369057181454339

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Dunstan

Yeah, that was an interesting thread.

Gumbygirl

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Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

A new supervisor at my work was asking people’s names. For shits and giggles I told her my name was that of a black lady in the department. I’m curious to see how long she bought it.

For the record I work with a La’Buddy Cole.

Gumbygirl

Before they got big

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litre_cola

I feel that I have grown up. I have a kid, a job I hate, and currently have a glass of red, smoked a bowl, am wrapping bocconcini cheese in Montreal smoked meat. Back in the day it would be bag wine, shitty stemmed weed, 12 pack of wieners (heh), some Kraft Dinner, and that was deluxe.
In closing, cheese wrapped in meat is good. Fuck so is stemmy weed if you are hard up.

Gumbygirl

Not having to clean the seeds and stems from my legal weed is worth every penny of the tax on it.

Mr. Ayo
Gumbygirl

Gumby still has the Big Bambu Cheech and Chong album with the giant rolling paper in it!

litre_cola

Ok Gumbygirl, as a fellow long time stoner, the best part for me is that I know what I am buying. I hate sleepy weed. I am a functional pothead. I need sativa that keeps me not murderey but happily floating while listening to African pop music and not crashing. We can narrow that shit down now and it is awesome.

Gumbygirl

Weed for every mood! I usually get a hybrid, but I try to have a little sativa for daytime. I try not to get high until the sun is over the yardarm, but some days, it’s required.

litre_cola

Confirmed I can continue to work at home for a long time! Weed futbol and no rage! Shit, that happened today when a higher up called me today to ‘get to know me”. Went 100 times better than I thought. I hate my gig but hate it way less from home. Told him I watch soccer games as a break. Said whatever helps your mental health!

Gumbygirl

I’m not gonna lie, I was designed for a pandemic!

litre_cola

Me too, not the bad me too, I agree….

Horatio Cornblower

I laughed at all the people who were freaking out about being quarantined.

Motherfucker, you can get Netflix and Hulu for $40 a month, and that’s easily less than you spent on cover charges going out. Settle down.

litre_cola

ALL THE FUTBOL!!!!

Viva La Tabula Raza
Horatio Cornblower

Anyhoo, back to more SoCal 80’s punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65aTy-XGDE

Horatio Cornblower

Hey, Clubhouse:

KSKer and DFOer, (albeit lapsed, but whatever), Enrico Palazzo needs your help.

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Enrico Palazzo
@Enrico_Palazzo_

Hello friends. Your love and support has helped my children and I appreciate it beyond measure.

Because of the realties of protecting my children, I’ve set up a go fund me. Please share.

I’m raising money for Lazear Children Legal Fund. Click to Donate

If you’re on Twitter check it out, but it’s a bad situation involving handicapped children and getting them out of a dangerous situation. I’ll be donating and I know others here have. I know times are tough and not everyone is in a situation to help, but if you are in a position to do so please consider helping the man out.

Also if anyone who is more computer literate than I am, (i.e. literally anyone), please feel free to repost in a more coherent format.

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TheRevanchist

Isn’t everyone just listening to K-Earth? Doctor drew and the sidekicks were the downfall of that station.

Brocky

Spanish weightlifter Vidia Valentin

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litre_cola

Yes. That is all.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Her name is actually Lidia, but I watch her videos for scientific purposes.

Did you know baking soda is really good at getting stains off ceilings?

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litre_cola

I have always enjoyed these lads since we are on the topic Horatio. Someone needs to send out the Low Commander signal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SjfKXPMHLM

Horatio Cornblower

San Francisco, but pretty sure KROQ would play them. Maybe late at night, but they’d play them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCiYmCVikjo

Also in honor of the eviction stay being extended.

litre_cola

Anyone else watching Gold medal Hoops?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[raises hand]

Horatio Cornblower

Who’s playing?

I legitimately don’t know.

litre_cola

Yous et les Francais.

Horatio Cornblower

Meh

Mr. Ayo

Oui

Horatio Cornblower

You could say this music is right in my kitchen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ikNYY0JgQ

Somebody please punch me in the face and make me stop.

Doktor Zymm

I saw X perform in Chicago about 10 years back. They still sound great but did not age gracefully

Horatio Cornblower

I went up to Boston a couple of years ago to see their 40th anniversary tour. I had to deliver closing argument in a trial the next morning, but I was not missing that show.

This was probably 2-3 years ago. They sounded fantastic but are continuing to not age well at all.

At. All.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Did you find your wooden leg?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldf7T6TlV-o

litre_cola

Was 100% going to post this.

Horatio Cornblower

They’re one of my most disappointing shows ever. Went up to Boston, (with both legs), to see them on the first day of their week long residence for St. Patty’s Day shows at what was then the House of Blues.

Show was over at 10, no encore. I do suspect that I screwed myself by going to the first show, (because they were easy tickets), and that they were just working some things out, but still. 10 pm is a bit early to call it a night.

litre_cola

They played before Rise Against, Pennywise, and NOFX in Denver. They were 4th by a big margin.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I saw them a few years ago at this weird converted slaughter house on the industrial east side of downtown San Antonio. First time they had played SA that I am aware o. After the show, they were headed up I-35 to their next gig in Tulsa, when some dude in Austin jumped off a bridge on to the interstate right in front of the tour bus. You can figure out happened to that guy. The bus driver was traumatized, and I know the Tulsa show did not go down. Not sure about the rest of the tour, my brain is like a canned stewed tomato.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/17/dropkick-murphys-fatal-crash/19157301/

Horatio Cornblower

Yikes

Gumbygirl

Isn’t Exene or whatever she’s called a total whacko?

Doktor Zymm

Probably, although all I have to go on is The Decline of Western Civilization

Horatio Cornblower

Exene Cervenka, allegedly. I believe she has that reputation, yes. She didn’t look good at the concert I saw, but I think she’s got some significant health issues contributing to that.

She was once married to noted steam-bath-fighting, penis-hanging-out enthusiast Viggo Morenteson, so she’s got that going for her.

Doktor Zymm

really? Good for her!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Seems kind of racist that the commentators for the diving competition keep pointing out how “deliberate” the Mexican diver is, and how he always “takes his time”.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I was not there at the time, but a buddy of mine was and turned me on to these guys, whom I understand were pushed hard by the LA radio stations, for which I am eternally grateful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2LQMElLoLs

Horatio Cornblower

Might even say SoCal punk was the story of my lily white middle-class teen life. So angtsy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8zcbC_Dcw

But the music’s still fucking good.

litre_cola

I got your back on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsoAfiqOmdA

Horatio Cornblower

KROQ? 80’s? Letting their audience go out of sheer arrogance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gYYZw3iYH8

Check, check, and fucking check.

Brocky

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Georgia ellenwood

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh good! Another reason for antivaxxers to refuse to take the vaccine and then hopefully end up on a ventilator.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Not fatal.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Of course not. But these luddites will happily latch onto any excuse.

Viva La Tabula Raza

“VAX SHOT CAUSES PAIN IN UPPER ARM FOR UP TO 24 HRS!”

Gumbygirl

My Grandma had it. Paralyzed some muscles in her face.

Doktor Zymm

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litre_cola

Listen booze exchange enthusiasts there is no need for quarrelling. I mean if I could rock my old Nokia you are damn straight I would.

Gumbygirl

Gumby’s first job in telecom was with Ericsson.

litre_cola

Don’t ask questions.
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litre_cola

Nah Balls when I lived abroad that brick nokia was the best, I think it could get WAP? Not the song but I recall something like that so I could get sports scores while I was overseas. That thing was awesome. The Finns need to do better.

Doktor Zymm

I still have T-Mobile because they always have had the best international options, free international data at 3G speeds? Yes please!

Gumbygirl

My Motorola flip phone was the best…oh bullshit, I’ve got the internet in the palm of my hand, I’m not pining for the good old days.

Doktor Zymm

Well, right now I have a unihertz Titan, since some damn gypsy kid decided to live up to the stereotype of his people and be a thief

Gumbygirl

We have a Vodaphone we bought for Europe, just in case we ran into feral children.

TheRevanchist

I thought balls shaved, no?

SonOfSpam

Thank you for the post. We clearly grew up with similar experiences and influences, which explains our general deviance.

“Kevin” from the eponymous morning show is now doing afternoon drivetime with Sluggo on KLOS, which is just jarring. KROQ is still in my car rotation, with hopes of catching the occasional Tame Impala or Foo Fighters song. Otherwise, yeah, it ded.

We grew up during the best time and place for radio. But things change, people change…hairstyles, change. (Top Secret was fucking great)

Cheers to you for keeping 80s SoCal front and center!

Anthony In TX

I should probably save this for the next CFL post, but thought it was cool:

https://twitter.com/TorontoArgos/status/1423700396401328135

@TorontoArgos: The Boat Logo but make it sand 🌊

How cool is that 🤯

🎨: @fallinginsand https://t.co/Zor9mwD7kD

Brocky

Speaking of pole vaulting

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Anthony In TX

My goodness
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Redshirt

Dirt Bengals are up on the Dirt Steelers by a touchdown and a field goal.

In other news, security just confiscated a dozen beachballs in the stands like they recording the game without the expressed given consent of Major League Baseball.

So to summarize:

Canceling a season due to greed and avarice? Of course!
Using steroids to ravage the Record Books? Silently accepted.
Cheating your way to a World Series Championship? Just a trophy.
Making your own fun during a game that if this was the Little League would’ve been Mercy Ruled after Four Innings? You monsters!

WCS

I wasn’t aware Mike Brown also owned the Reds.

Redshirt

You think Mike Brown would waste money on an active security force?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Those weren’t beachballs. They were the new AlphaOmega mutations of the COVID virus. At least they can’t get through your mask at that size, and are easier to detect.

litre_cola

Or WINE DRUNK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brocky

maria perez vilaplana Spanish pole vaulter

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Brocky

Darn it

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Anthony In TX

Maybe this one will work….
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Anthony In TX

Also: Lawd Jesus

Viva La Tabula Raza

“I’ve got a pole she can vault!”

Redshirt

¡Ah dios mío!

Mr. Ayo

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Brocky

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Brocky

Yep. It’s that much more impressive because theoretically her sport would favor someone with a pancake ass.

Gumbygirl

Ha, I’m not reading it with one!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Perhaps these ladies have figured out a way to thrust that gluteus in a way that actually defies the laws of physics.

Viva La Tabula Raza

When these ladies retire from athletic endeavoUrs, they can get jobs as weatherwomen on Mexican news programs.

Brocky

Good hustle. I tried to wrangle up a new image , but you beat me to it

Anthony In TX

Since we still have a few more days of Olympics, let’s celebrate Alix Klineman, shall we?
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Viva La Tabula Raza

She’s damn near got an “outie.”

Mr. Ayo

I’ve got an outie to give her.

SonOfSpam

She is SIX FOOT FIVE.

And yeah, if she wants you to go up on her…

Anthony In TX

I really like tall women.

My 5’10” wife would look downright diminutive in comparison.

litre_cola

Same boat my internet Texan friend.6’5 would be fun IMO

Anthony In TX

Hell yeah

Viva La Tabula Raza

So maybe you heard of this Jim Ladd guy? I think I remember that Dr Demento was on KMET, Sunday nights. 45 years ago.

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Viva La Tabula Raza

“Silly songs” might make a nice Friday daytime post.

Gumbygirl

He’s alive? Christ, he must be a hundred. I listened to him when I was a wee Gumbygirl!

SonOfSpam

Aw hell yeah.

Getting stoned just reading Jim Ladd’s name.

Brocky

So I’m on vacation this week. Not that anyone cares, I’m an indiana boy visiting his brother and his family, who lives just outside NYC. After a day at the beach, kayaking included, the kids were playing on a playground. I spot an ice cream truck, and being the good uncle I am, offer to get everyone some sweets. While I’m l waiting in line, this car pulls up, and these two older gentlemen get out. The ice cream vendor takes notice of him, said, hey, is that who I think it is?…….

Long story short, this happened.

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(Yes this is actually what I look like, don’t care, this was fucking crazy, i had to ask for a picture)

Brocky

And before you joke “which one are you”, don’t pretend you don’t know I’m a bears fan with horrible fashion sense

Anthony In TX

Man, I had a “You’re Chevy Chase?” joke all locked and loaded!

Brocky

Aint my first rodeo

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Anthony In TX

Well played, friend

litre_cola
Anthony In TX

That’s obviously not blackface, but could it be considered black… hair?

Viva La Tabula Raza

The term we used to use when white people had that hairstyle was “Jewfro.” Probably not the proper nomenclature these days, dude.
That painter guy on PBS had a beauty.

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Anthony In TX

I read somewhere Bob Ross pretty much hated having an afro, but kept it because it became iconic so quickly.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

A friend of mine used that term not long ago but I think he’s Jewish so it’s probably okay for him to do.

Gumbygirl

When I was in 10th grade Algebra, my cousin and I used to demand the teacher stop class a few minutes in so we could go to the door and watch Jimmy Simon walk to the library. He had the most magnificent golden white boy ‘fro the world has ever known. It fucking bounced when he walked, it was mesmerizing.

SonOfSpam

“Bears fan with horrible fashion sense” is redundant, but that is a WONDERFUL pic. Great hustle!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Is that Tommy Chong on the left?

Brocky

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Brocky

My brain kinda short circuited cuz I thought “there’s no way he dressed like that in public”

He was pretty dishevelled and the car was definitely more than 10 years old.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Hope your vacation isn’t as fraught with problems as the ones he took.

Brocky

He was clearly enjoying the attention. Started shooting the shit, and took note of my bears shirt

Viva La Tabula Raza

“Don’t see much Bears gear here in Chicago.”

Mr. Ayo

Don’t sell yourself short Brocky, you’re a tremendous slouch.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Any idea who the second “older gentleman” was?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It was probably like Martin Short and nobody recognized him.

Brocky

I was wondering if he was someone famous., couldn’t place the face, definitely wasn’t an snl alum

Horatio Cornblower

Not Doug Kenney, that’s for sure.

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

I legitimately thought it was Bernie Sanders until I zoomed in.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I can see that.

Viva La Tabula Raza

One other question: Did you pay for his ice cream?

blaxabbath

I hope to hear this story and photo rammed in three times throughout the bears preview.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Curiously enough, I spent my workout today listening to the Roxy Music station on Amazon. Pretty good stuff in there, The Cars, Billy Idol, a Lou Reed song turned up…it was nice.

Viva La Tabula Raza

They play any Roxy Music? I bought the Country Life album before they pulled the albums off the shelves and took the naked ladies off the cover. Wish I still had it, probably worth a mint.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, the stations associated with particular artists will play something by them every 5 songs or so.

blaxabbath

I’m pretty excited for Team Previews. Some fun and interesting stuff lining up for a season of higher than usual dumpster fires.

This is gonna be one of those, “I’m disgusted with this league and myself for following it. Pass me another #upforwhatever” seasons.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Gotta steal something I saw posted on another site earlier today. Someone was bagging on Kirk Cousins for not getting the vax. Someone responded
“Kirk Cousins can’t get a shot because he has no arm.” I larfed out loud.

Anthony In TX

How about some Ariel Rebel?

She’s normally not terribly fond of clothing….
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Viva La Tabula Raza

Looks like she avoids the sun, too. Or uses SPF 750 suntan lotion.

Anthony In TX

Most of the pictures and videos I’ve seen of her involve pretty much every part of her seeing the light, so I’m gonna say it’s a combo of SPF and naturally pale complexion

Viva La Tabula Raza

I understand that Tom Petty was inspired to write this song about a KROQ DJ, I can’t remember the guy’s name off the top of my head, but I think his first name was Jim. I think he has a show on one of the “old folks” Sirius channels like Deep Tracks or Classic Vinyl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Knw_GxXPHg

Anthony In TX

A DJ named JD, you say?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Juvenile Delinquent?

Viva La Tabula Raza

I looked it up on wiki too, and that’s the first time I’d heard that story. Dug a little deeper and found the name of the guy that I had always read and seen (Bogdanovich’s “Running Down A Dream,” worth the investment) referred to a guy named Jim Ladd. He does indeed have a show on Deep Tracks, but I was mistaken about his employment history. Back and forth between KMET and KLOS in the 70s and 80s. “For several years, Ladd worked only on-and-off on the radio because he refused to follow a playlist, as most station owners demanded.” Kinda sounds a bit like the song’s DJ. Interestingly, he actually performed on Roger Waters’ “Radio KAOS.”
He never got a station down in Mexico, so maybe Petty blended the stories of both. I know he was really tight with Ladd.

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blaxabbath

I stand firm that Biden needed to be more vocal about the official line of the US people is that we support our Olympians and their actions and efforts in Tokyo reflect on the nation as a whole.

Molly Seidel works be celebrated as a hero for being some Midwest white girl to hang with the Kenyans and even medal in the Olympic marathon race. I mean. That’s an event we are not built to win and she’s doing it and doing it young.

Instead, the gop is moving on a state by state soft coup and we’re arguing over how to stop their antics in CA.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Trump would be happier if the Rooskies won ALL the golds.

Dunstan

It’s Obama’s birthday today, and Biden wore a tan suit to his morning press session. That’s high quality trolling.

blaxabbath

Trolling is more meaningful when the suit is the only thing he’s done.

Viva La Tabula Raza

“Governor Who?”

Gumbygirl

It was the 4th, same as my mom’s. My dad shared his b’day, August 29, with fucking McCain.

Dunstan

Another bites the dust!
And another one’s gone, another one’s gone, another one bites the dust!

Cambridge-educated anti-vaxxer dies from Covid | Evening Standard

blaxabbath

Nope. All stupid people hear is: Stupid Science Bitch dies because he must have had preexisting conditions and was too dumb to properly evaluate his decision to not get vaccinated which isn’t the problem I have because I’m tough and he’s a nerd.

Viva La Tabula Raza

All these “just desserts” stories we’re seeing are going to become torrential, then tsunamic. Off to Sturgis with you idiots!
If I owned an equipment rental company, especially in the South, I would be buying the shit out of Cat D-8s and D-9s to rent to the govt for the digging of the mass graves on the horizon.

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blaxabbath

I don’t get how we’re still way under last year’s numbers and it’s by and large going after the slowest in the herd — and this isn’t just kind of….nature?

This is going to be a real life pandemic in the history books and we’re going to have come through it going, “There was nothing we could do! We spent the entire period pleading with them to not die but they just hate us for some reason and spited us by dying! It made no sense! But, yeah, so then kind of getting themselves out of the way, that is why we were able to cut down school violence and address the climate……what’s that?…..oh, yeah they’re total retards; you’re generation ain’t missing anything. “

Viva La Tabula Raza

Don’t forget Mr Potato Head’s genitalia and the culture-canceling of Dr Seuss!

Gumbygirl

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blaxabbath

All of America looking sideyed at Kevin Durrant.

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