Richard Butner
@richardbutner.com
Writer, occasional performer, shipwrecked jester (ghost mixologist, Eagle Scout).
Neko Case, getting it done re: G. Hansard.
socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d agoI despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
I saw the new Spider-Man movie a few hours ago and the main thing I remember about it was that the person sitting next to me was wearing a scent I can only describe as Vanilla Musk Explosion. And not a fancy Vanilla Musk Explosion. We're talking dollar store Vanilla Musk Explosion.
Thanks to a friend I got a ticket & ride to the Cat Power show last night in Saxapahaw. Dear ol' Chan is still in possession of all her mighty powers, even when dealing with cyclosporiasis! And still the kind of person who made sure all the little kids up front got set lists after.
What a monster of a song, "Lost Boys" by Phoebe Bridgers. I had missed this video when it came out a couple weeks ago. Crushing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KXn...
Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys (Official Video)
YouTube video by PhoebeBridgersVEVO
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The Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter is live. You know what do do.
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3w agoPLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/Gab1zWu
Sitting at Logan waiting on a delayed plane. I am full of gratitude for Readercon and the folks there: good friends, friendly acquaintances, and all the folks working behind the scenes to make it happen. Always nice to find a pocket universe where words and books matter.
My Readercon 35 schedule is simple: I'm reading Thursday night at 8, stop on by! Other than that I am looking forward to hanging with friends and friendly people.
Maybe you watched this a few dozen times when it was released. Maybe it's time to do that again.
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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It is absolutely amazing that Hillary Dawa Sherpa crawled down from the Yellow Band and through the Khumbu Icefall after they'd taken out the ladders. This story is only just beginning to come out. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mount Everest: Sherpa guide found alive after going missing for six days
Cleaners found Dawa Sherpa crawling towards Base Camp six days after he went missing at a higher altitude.
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If your site just got upgraded to WordPress 7.0 and you don't want to fiddle with ssh and config files and so on to turn off the Those Two Letters junk, this plugin does what it says: wordpress.org/plugins/turn...
I wish that I could use "House of Eats, Shoots & Leaves" as the title of the story I'm working on, but sadly I cannot. Saving it for later.
It'd be nice if Bluesky implemented blocking the way Discord does, so you could click a Show control to see a post that a friend of yours is responding to but you've got blocked (and you don't know why). Probably there's a downside to this that I'm not thinking of, shrug.
For decades my favorite headline has been "Drink Beer, Lose Weight!" but now I see in the NYT "A Creamy Salad Dressing That Will Change Your Life" and that's a strong second place. Probably would've taken top honors with an exclamation point.
The absolute first one was probably Sidney Aptekar aka Thomas Mario, but it was Paul Harrington's HotWired columns in the mid-90s that really cracked open the world of drinks writing for me.
Chris J. Zähller@chris.zahller.me · 6mo agoPost the first drinks writer you became aware of: For me, it was @cocktailchron.bsky.social at his Cocktail Chronicles blog in the early aughts.
Two hotshot Islay stillmen hide their growing passion for each other while competing to produce whisky with the highest possible phenolic PPM. Peated Rivalry.
Chris McLaren@chrismclaren.com · 6mo agoTwo hotshot Calgary cowboys hide their growing passion for each other while competing in Barrel Racing, Steer Wrestling, Bareback (😅), and Tie-Down Roping (🥵). Stampeded Rivalry.
Make a List of the 150 People You Feel Most Closely Connected To Dunbar's Number Challenge!
When the legend becomes fact, print the fact and also print an extensive historiography of the legend, with footnotes.
I was thinking about watching this new show "Landman," but honestly that sounds pretty boring, a superhero with all the powers of a plot of land.
I wonder if Eudora Wetly is already taken as a burlesque/drag name...
Words I just typed and sent to some friends: "God = rock. Christ = scissors. Holy Ghost = paper."
How old were you when you realized that "the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing" were mostly tedious assholes?
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Chris McLaren@chrismclaren.com · 7mo agoPost a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
It is well worth a couple minutes of your time to read "Linus Shows Up," by Scott Huler. precedenteddays.substack.com/p/linus-show...
Linus Shows Up
Which Turns Out to Be Pretty Much the Whole Deal
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Sure, 20. Also, for at least ten of these, I could write a post about how they're still worth using. (Also, as my pal Monica pointed out: MIX TAPE not mixed tape.)
audge⁷⊙⊝⊜ -- an armpit sommelier@btsaudge.borasky.com · 8mo agoShow your age 17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
You'll be visited by 3 spirits The three spirits
Chris McLaren@chrismclaren.com · 8mo agoYou’ll be visited by 3 spirits The three spirits
Lotsa Small Beer Press books (including mine) 25% off for the rest of 2025 when you use coupon code SBP25 at Indiepubs. smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
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It strikes me that some of y'all might not have seen the video for "I Do the Rock" lately. Time to remedy that. "It's very stimulating." www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPC...
Tim Curry Official Music Video - I Do The Rock
YouTube video by Tim Curry
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"You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke"
Madison Metricula@metricula.com · 9mo ago“You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke”
