So Fat Bastard is giving Iran everything it demands, while we get nothing, and lose plenty. Is this the "winning" that fat fuck never shuts up about ?
Wrecked Czech
@czechwreck.bsky.social
Music geek, movie geek, politics geek, food geek, happily engaged to the unicorn-haired Queen of the G Dimension, retired state droog and all-around Irascible Old Fart.
Drumph is threatening to sue Trevor Noah for a joke Noah made at Drumph's expense last night - But Drumph will settle if Kendrick Lamar gives Drumph one of his Grammys.
"Art is art. Everything else is everything else." - Adolph Frederick "Ad" Reinhardt, abstract painter and art theorist, b. 1913, Buffalo, NY
Today in History, December 24th, 1955: Aldous Huxley drops acid for the first time; He had already tried mescaline in 1953, which inspired him to write "The Doors Of Perception".
Cover Of The Day: "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" (Ennio Morricone), released 12/23/1966 Low Cut Connie did this while on Covid Lockdown, as part of a the "Tough Cookie" series of "home concerts" youtu.be/OrfelkMCilI?...
Theme from THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY - Low Cut Connie (Ennio Morricone tribute)
YouTube video by Low Cut Connie
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Today, in Musical History, December 23rd, 1940: Git-picker extraordinaire Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, solo work), b. Washington, D.C. Can't resist posting this: youtu.be/yKQacQ9LugE?...
Jorma Kaukonen - Christmas Rule
YouTube video by clauzikowski
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"The system does not choose the best, it chooses the most compliant - and that is dangerous." - Albert Jacquard,, geneticist, essayist, and science popularizer, b. 1925, Lyon, France
Today in History, December 23rd, 1938: On the set of "The Wizard Of Oz", Margaret Hamilton suffers 2nd-degree burns when a pyrotechnic stunt goes wrong, igniting her copper-based green make-up. She returned after 6 weeks of healing. Is it ironic that no water was used to put out the flames ?
Wicked Witch Actress Seriously Burned Filming "Wizard Of Oz" (1939)
YouTube video by Porfle Popnecker
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Cover Of The Day: "Telstar" (Joe Meek), #1 Pop, 12/22/1962 (the Tornadoes) Cover by Thurston Moore and Don Fleming. from a 1997 single youtu.be/iceY07zZxBw?...
Telstar - Thurston Moore & Don Fleming
YouTube video by Music Without Borders
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Today, in Musical History, December 22nd, 1980: Stiff Records releases an album in the UK, "The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan". The album is 40 minutes of complete silence.
"Life is full of horrible things that will eventually get you and everything you care about. Laughter is a universal way to lift up your head and say, 'Not today, you bastards'." - Anthony Jeselnik, b. 1978, Pittsburgh, PA youtube.com/shorts/gRTh6...
Anthony Jeselnik's Most Problematic Joke Yet
YouTube video by Laugh Lifters
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Today in History,December 22nd, 1964: Lenny Bruce and Howard Soloman, owner of the Club Au Go Go, where Bruce's allegedly "indecent" stand-up routine took place, are convicted of obscenity, and Bruce gets 4 months in a workhouse. Bruce got the first posthumous pardon in New York history in 2003.
Cover Of The Day: "In My Room", #23 Pop, 12/21/1963 (the Beach Boys) Cover by Shovels & Rope, w/ Sharon Van Etten, from their 2021 third covers album "Busted Juicebox, Vol. 3" youtu.be/wbsA-CICx3M?...
Shovels & Rope - In My Room (ft. Sharon Van Etten)
YouTube video by Barzán Bazaar
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Today, in Musical History, December 21st, Ornette Coleman records "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation" at A&R Studios, NYC youtu.be/iPDzlSda8P8?...
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961) (Full Album)
YouTube video by Jazz Time with Jarvis X
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"Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future." - Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and Prime Minister, b. 1804, Middlesex, England
Today in History, December 21st, 1989: Vice President Dan "Dumbo" Quayle sends out 30,000 misspelled Christmas cards. His wife, Marilyn, who has a law degree from Indiana U, hand-wrote the contents of the card, and misspelled "beacon" as "beakon" - and nobody at the print shop caught the mistake.
Cover Of The Day: "Leavin' On A Jet Plane" (John Deutchendorf), # 1 Pop, 12/20/1969 (Peter, Paul & Mary) Cover by Drivin' n' Cryin', from their 1997 album "Too Late To Turn Back Now". youtu.be/gV0N9YYllFQ?...
Leaving On A Jet Plane
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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Today, in Musical History, December 20th, 1975: Joe Walsh joins the Eagles bringing fun, class and gonzo-ocity to the most joyless, tight-assed and self-important rock band in Los Angeles.
"In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face, and live with, the truth about itself." - Sidney Hook, philosopher, pragmatist, historian and educator, b. 1902, NYC, NY
Today in History, December 20th, 1990: The world's first website and server go live, at CERN; Initially operating strictly internally, it opens to the public 8 months later.
Cover Of The Day: "Come See About Me" #1 Pop, 12/19/64 (the Supremes) Cover by the Afghan Whigs, a b-side to "Uptown Avondale", 1992 youtu.be/YldOmKacoq4?...
The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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Today, in Musical History, December 19th, 1940: Phil Ochs b, El Paso, TX youtu.be/CjRwMgHvrhQ?...
Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
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"The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong." - Carter J. Woodson, historian, author, journalist, and founder of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, b. 1875, New Canton, VA
Today in History, December 19th, 1732: Benjamin Franklin, the clever old fart, publishes "Poor Richard's Almanac". Sales quickly reach 10,000 per week, averaging that for 25 years - Quite a feat for a largely illiterate population that was increasing by 30,000 a year, from a base of around 630,000
