Birthdays are great and all, but *every month* is #jackkirbymonth

© David Frazer. 'The Tangled Wood.' Wood engraving, 2018. 80 × 90 cm.

even now, she's still teaching us

Sunny Day Real Estate - Novum Vetus (2024)

Sunny Day Real Estate - Novum Vetus - Live at London Bridge Studio (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Sunny Day Real Estate

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An epic new series of #Taskmaster starts tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 and around the world on YouTube at 10pm.

So, is every episode of Strange New Worlds this season based around some gimmick? Because the silliness is really wearing out its welcome.

Cover by Morris Gollub.

H.C.McEntire - A Lamb, A Dove (2018)

H.C. McEntire - A Lamb, A Dove (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by hcmcentireVEVO

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Death Cab For Cutie - Your Bruise

Death Cab For Cutie - Your Bruise (Live In Studio)

YouTube video by Sal Paradisum

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Like Swimmers by Dash Shaw, 2026

Waxahatchee - Light of Clear Blue Morning (2021)

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

YouTube video by Waxahatchee - Topic

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Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

John Renatus Kilaka (Tanzania, b.1966), Untitled, nd; photo: TingaTinga Art. #art #arte #africa #africanart #tanzania #tingatinga #modernart #contemporaryart #animals #animalart #museum #artgallery

Tiger Bear Wolf - Hands Out, Honey (2026)

Tiger Bear Wolf - Hands Out, Honey (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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"Nancy" creator Ernie Bushmiller was born on August 23, 1905. Here’s the essay he produced for the National Cartoonist Society’s yearbook:

The Waggon Tracks https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-waggon-tracks

Patrick Caulfield, Pottery, 1969 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124095

Esteban Maroto covered Vampire Tales 5 (1974).

Digiable Planets - Examination of What (1993)

Digable Planets - examination of what (no outro)

YouTube video by 6 Trillion Miles

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Das Racist - Shorty Said (2010)

Das Racist - Shorty Said [OFFICIAL YOUTUBE SHOUTOUT VIDEO REEEEEMIIIX]

YouTube video by bobweiszsucks

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Justin Townes Earle - Maybe A Moment (2017)

Justin Townes Earle performing ‘Maybe A Moment’ | Paste, 2017

YouTube video by JustinTEarle

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He took this one too :)

Graeme Swanson@swansonian.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s world photography day and I was thinking about my favourite photographs and I keep circling back to this one by Elliott Erwitt.

They did well but didn’t become a household name until after they’d already made a catalogue of stuff so distinct they could’ve gone away forever in 81 and still been immortal in some people’s minds. So check out Tres Hombres & Tejas & Rio Grande Mud. Singular stuff. Safe travels home Frank Beard

RIP, Frank Beard of ZZ Top.

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's hard-shuffling drummer who performed with the group for more than 55 years, has died at age 77.

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Something a bit more abstract than usual. A watercolour and ink wash with a bit of gouache for detail. A field of flowers (I think!).

Hergé

Jeru the Damaja - Mental Stamina (1994)

Jeru the Damaja - Mental Stamina

YouTube video by Big Sherm

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