Great songs with horrible people presented as sympathetic characters. #music 1. Goodbye Stranger, Supertramp. A man pursues a series of meaningless one-night stands regardless of the feelings of his partners in order to maintain an illusion of youth and sense of freedom youtu.be/u8pVZ5hTGJQ?...
Goodbye Stranger (Remastered 2010)
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This is what I've been saying for years, decades even. The ones who insisted upon voting third party rather than going through the work of actually getting involved in the party locally and taking it over infuriated me. Meantime, the Tea Party and MAGA types successfully did just that with the GOP.
Robert Fischoff@rfischoff.bsky.social · 5d agoRahm Emanuel may be representative. But that’s not the problem.The problem is that there’s a lot of Rahm Emanuels & they control the Democratic Party.Since the 3rd Party option is a nonstarter in the US we have no choice: take over the Democratic Party & evict the Establishment. Storm the barricades
Isn't this just a slight reworking of an old racist joke about why so many Black soldiers died in Vietnam?
Feena van@feenavan2099.bsky.social · last mo.If niki Minaj had any self respect she would not support Donald Trump especially after he said this about her.
Beyond the Fringe, the comedy revue from 1960 that started the British satire boom and directly or indirectly influenced UK political and social humor (sorry, humour) to this day. (Allan Bennet, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore) youtu.be/KUd1OxPbKk4?...
Beyond the Fringe (Complete)
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The best that we can hope for is to move on from it
Luke Ontario@coolhand.bsky.social · 2w agoWe aren’t ever coming back from this, are we 🤣
We've all listened to true crime podcasts and/or read books in the genre, and yet people who stage murders to look like interrupted robberies are STILL NEGLECTING TO TAKE WHATEVER CASH AND JEWELRY ARE LYING AROUND. If you want it to look like a robbery, then it has to BE an actual robbery!
I'm reading my great-grandfather's memoirs (he died a couple of years before I was born), and what's surprising is just how warmly I, a progressive Californian living in the 21st century, feel towards this deeply religious Texas country doctor of the early-mid 20th century. He's just likeable.
And now Tim Curry, also 80 years old. Goddamn it.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I'm Going Home
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Michael Okuda was once asked how the Heisenberg compensators on starships work. His response was "Just fine, thank you."
GolgariGlenRoss@golgariglenross.bsky.social · last mo.I have serious questions about how pattern buffers work (i.e., they shouldn't).
Some really good atmospheric stuff for Mage and VtM, especially scenes or chronicles taking place around the late 60s-mid 70s when this type of music was being used in a lot of genre movies.
Vintage Obscura Radio@vintageobscura.net · last mo.George Martin - "Eary Feary" [UK, Electronic/Atmospheric] (1971) - Dark, droning synth music with background piano melody. https://redd.it/6m24b9 https://youtu.be/8KdPPMWV8m4
I can only dream of what it would be like to get under this administration's skin enough for Steve Cheung to pick up his phone and furiously type a post on social media calling me a cuck loser
I just heard the line "Billy Joel writes showtunes for straight guys," and it explains so much of why I like him and my spouse hates him.
Goodbye Stranger is an absolutely gorgeous song about an absolutely pathetic person, and I love it for that
Just checked my last three months of Amazon purchases and everything was either for the house, for my spouse, or for something lost, broken, or worn out (e.g., headphones, slippers) My spouse checked theirs: the same We have reached the boring and practical era of our lives, and it's a blast.
I am absolutely willing to talk with moderates in order to find areas of common ground and mutual interest. His is not a voice that should be in that conversation.
Ernest "Dead" Penfold@penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 2mo agolol lmao even
Similar vibe to me telling Southern Lost Causers that General Sherman should have finished the job.
Dragon Cobolt@dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 2mo agoevery time a nazi whines about Dresden I am going to get closer and closer to "Bomber Harris was right, we should have dropped more"
One of my earliest takes on Musk after getting to know more about his beliefs and stated goals was that he was one of those guys I knew who read a *lot* of Heinlein in high school and college, and missed the point entirely.
Aeon Magazine@aeon.co · 3mo agoTech billionaires like to claim their work is inspired by science fiction, but in truth, they are using its ‘chrome-plated aesthetic’ as a fig leaf to further what the social theorist Ali Rıza Taşkale labels ‘reactionary futurism’
Confession: I started getting into art films back when I lived with my parents who didn't have premium channels, and finding a deeply symbolic European film playing on basic cable late at night meant a decent chance of catching some nudity. That was my introduction to arthouse cinema.
merr-itt came from outer space@merrittk.com · 2mo agotoday's youth will never have the experience of scrolling the 40 or so channels you had at 1 AM on a friday night looking for something interesting or horny and catching the back half of eXistenZ without having any idea what it was
Most couples I've seen on bodycam videos being questioned, one of them will be utterly hostile to the point of resisting arrest and assaulting the officers, and the other one will be attempting to calm them down. If you're in a relationship, you know which one you are.
My man looks like he's making a point of enunciating the hard r.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy man looks like Pat Boone being tased
Cop uniforms that include cowboy hats are hilarious, and I should probably avoid Texas because I would not be able to take them seriously during any interaction
"Dad, why did you take me to a gay steel mill?"
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 3mo agoName your fav quote from The Simpsons.
Ruin a movie with a tiny change: In Star Wars lightsabers come with a little lanyard that loops round your wrist.
This is true. I quit smoking years ago, and while I can detect cigarette smoke quite easily, I cannot detect drug sniffing dogs by smell alone.
A-Aron@aaronfrizzle.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhen you quit smoking you can detect cigarette smoke better than drug sniffing dogs.
The National Hot Dog Council says that no one over the age of 12 should put ketchup on a hot dog, Fuck the National Hot Dog Council. Remember, kids: It's YOUR hot dog. You can put whatever you want on it from chocolate sauce to caviar. Ignore the gatekeepers and follow your personal tastes.
