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Channel surfing with "Coconut" on a Harry Nilsson TV special. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv...

We are in this garbage timeline at least partially because relentless terrorism aimed at abortion providers got the anti-abortion people what they wanted. They murdered and harassed and terrorized and they won and now they want to win even more.

Again, I think a lot about the MCU stan who took a swipe at Killers of the Flower Moon by saying making a period piece was inherently reactionary and then Disney dropped "Refugees Are Secretly Fifth Columnists Who Mean To Destroy Us and Impregnate Our White Women."

My book is out in FOUR DAYS

"Black Velvet," Alannah Myles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnDK...

"Magic Man," Heart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTo...

The Man Who Would be King of the Popes youtu.be/L2xWQr4VaUA

Again, I think a lot about the MCU stan who took a swipe at Killers of the Flower Moon by saying making a period piece was inherently reactionary and then Disney dropped "Refugees Are Secretly Fifth Columnists Who Mean To Destroy Us and Impregnate Our White Women."

1950s medicine was something else

It's Random Shit From Tumblr Saturday again, and here's some old redesigns of DC's Metal Men!

Silent film star Marguerite Clark photographed in costume for SNOW WHITE (1916), in which she played the title role Clark was BOTD in 1883. During the 1910s, she rivaled Mary Pickford in popularity.

I keep thinking about how this administration started with a blood sacrifice of promising young people of color plunging into the Potomac.

Just because R Brand is a dick doesn't mean we should forget Rose Byrne's fabulous turn as Jackie Q in GET HIM TO THE GREEK.

janitorial work is some of the most prosocial and important work anyone can do, and the fact that it is is underpaid and disrespected is a societal moral failure.

The late Marianne Faithfull by John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, London, 1965 #Caturday

Channel surfing with Hotline (1982). A TV movie where Lynda Carter plays a crisis hotline operator who enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with a serial killer. Interesting missing link to the 90s wave of don't-call-it-horror of "psychological suspense." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9DI...

Channel surfing with a special from Music Theatre International where Stephen Sondheim and book writer John Weidman talk about the development of Assassins and the original production. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrK6...

Channel surfing with an episode of the forgotten 80s sci-fi series Otherworld, that's also Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete through an 80s coke TV filter. youtu.be/--uVZGfO4Sc?...

Channel surfing with the 1989 Great Performances broadcast of the 1988 Lincoln Center production of Our Town. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k_E...

Channel surfing with Sunday Dinner, a short lived Norman Lear sitcom from the early 90s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwT0...

Channel surfing with Music Is... a 1977 PBS series meant to teach music appreciation. In this episode we learn about tone color. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4V5...

Channel surfing with a favorite "how things are made" segment from Sesame Street. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_M...

The man is about to get pelted with so many Dunkin' cups.

Happy Birthday, Giulietta Masina.

It was one of those "surprise bitch!" ones and now I'm not sure where, or when, I am.

@dean.bsky.social A friend of mine in Amsterdam sent me this post today. He recognised me in the other glass. My name is Constant Meijers, a Dutch rock writer in the ‘70’s. Not only did I befriend Neil, but also Glenn, Don and the others

Should I take a nap or will it be one of those "surprise bitch! it's five hours later!" ones that fuck me up even further.

Celebrate the Edward Gorey Centennial 🎂💯 📷 Jack Mitchell, 1977 #Gorey100 "There’s an absurdity to Gorey’s work that resonates with people. It helps people deal with the uncontrollable nature of death." - Megan Rosenbloom

Happy Birthday, Giulietta Masina.

Coming soon to the podcast: a two-parter about LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and IN THE CUT

You go from admiring how Frazetta draws booty to admiring how Frazetta draws booty while smoking a pipe and wearing an ascot.

when the Mississippi delta is low key shining like a national guitar >>>>

Avon Sunnyshine Up Lip Gloss, 1970s #popart #egg

Dang. He didn't have a ton of director credits but they were all pretty nifty ones.

Daily bunny no.2873 can never pass up a free drink

Floral entrance in THE PALACE OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (1905) another full-color fantasy from Méliès

A favorite. Tennessee Williams' Desperate Living. And you can watch it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTr...