One of the connections between Kim Fowley & David Bowie is the line ‘look at those cavemen go’ heard in the songs Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles and Life On Mars?
Though it's too late now, I've thought that there should be a film made with the central characters being George Wendt, John C. Reilly, Colm Meaney, and Gene Hackman.
When a bunch of guys were marching around and proclaiming, many of the Eurovision songs sounded to me something like “Wunderbar“ by Tenpole Tudor, and if it was girls who were singing the melodies the songs tended towards “Beautiful Life” by Ace of Base.
There has just been a story on the news about a man who has developed a new way of collecting urine samples. His name is Nick Burns-Cox. I'M NOT JOKING!
Not that it matters much but the cantina band music in the first Star Wars movie was a contrast to the strange creatures playing it. It’s like when Marianne Faithfull and David Bowie looked so strange singing a duet of “I Got You, Babe”. Both of those moves were clever and worked well and still surprise. I just wanted something different from both, something other than cuteness.
In 1972, Paul McCartney released a song called “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” and in 1992 the Morrissey song “The National Front Disco” has the refrain in it ‘England for the English’.
When listening to the Shadows’ “Kon-Tiki” after reading Bill’s post about it, I was reminded of the Beatles song “Hold Me Tight”. If one imagines “Hold Me Tight” as an instrumental, it sounds like a Shadows track.
When I first heard of Brexit, the song “European Son” by JAPAN sprang to mind. When I first heard that song I told my then-girlfriend that I thought the lyrics might be about human trafficking. She told me that the lyrics were about English existentialism and tourism within the E.U.
Has anyone noticed how useless the weather forecasts in the UK have become? This morning they predicted clear skies and sunshine for msot of the day in London. It's mid day and the sky is resolutely overcast with not a sign of a break in the clouds. They can't even get consistent weather icons for the local and national weather forecasts. The national forecast will show London with one icon and the local forecast will show a different one.
Saw this and thought simultaneously of the line ‘the ghost of the white faced clown’ (from the Gary Numan song “Warriors”) and various stills of Buster Keaton.
I've just seen a trailer for Portrait Artist Of The Year on Sky in which Joan Bakewell utters the line: "You have four hours to capture Dame Judi Dench". Which is just begging to be concluded: "We're giving her a five minute start!"
Here's a new TV game. Before Michael Portillo's great British Railway Journeys come's on, guess the preposterous colour combo of his jacket, shirt and trousers. One point for each item of clothing you get right. If you guess the colour, but get the wrong piece of clothing, score half a point.
Limited edition food products in supermarkets. What kind of twisted, sadistic mind comes up with the idea of making a tasty product, then saying 'you can only have it for a couple of months, then it's back to the usual boring stuff'.
Paul McCartney said that what strikes him about the recording of The Beatles - “All My Loving” is John Lennon’s playing triplets on the guitar. I noticed that also in The Beatles - “This Boy”. I've wondered if maybe this was inspired by Percy Faith’s version of the Max Steiner composition “Theme From A Summer Place”.
Just a few minutes ago my mind created a song not-quite-a-mashup involving Sade - “Smooth Operator” and The Buggles - “Kid Dynamo”. This isn’t the first time those two have joined up in my mind.
I have often thought of a mash up between Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky and Vow by Garbage. It sort of makes sense as the former is about unreciprocated love and the latter is about obsession. I think of Kylie's wistful character morphing into Shirley's psycho.
Has anyone else found the horrendous trailer for Katherine Tate's new comedy where she just caterwauls for 10-15 seconds unbearable? I've actually sent in a complaint as I'm having to endure it two or three times a day. Who thought this would be a good way to draw in viewers?
A Japanese slang term which roughly translates to "Middle School 2nd Year Syndrome". People with chuunibyou either act like a know-it-all adult and look down on real ones, or believe they have special powers unlike others.
This is a common stage in growth; for most people, it happens--you guessed it--around the 2nd year of middle school (Grade 8 in Japan). However, the problem is, there are some grown-ups who have this symptom.
There are 3 main types of Chuunibyou. DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior. Subculture-type prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.
And if you think you have one of these or want more information in the subject, a good idea is to read the "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by Saegami HYŌYA.
“Fille floue” is French for “blurred girl,” as in the John Foxx song. When spoken, “Fille floue” sounds almost like “feel flows.” “Feel Flows,” is a Beach Boys' song that has almost a “Metamatic” sound. It's also one of Bill Nelson's favourite Beach Boys songs.
David Byrne (15 May 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland), Brian Eno (15 May 1948, Melton, Suffolk, England), Robert Fripp (16 May 1946, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England)
All three contributed to the Talking Heads - "I Zimbra"
Have thought before that the Gordon Lightfoot camp could possibly sue the George Benson camp over the similarities between “If I Could Read Your Mind” (1970) and “The Greatest Love Of All” (1977).
Yukihiro Takahashi's vocals on 'Citizens Of Science' (YMO) and Chris Mosdell's vocals on 'Warhead' (Ryuichi Sakamoto) make those tracks sound like possibly they're saying hello to The Fall.
Just watching the F.A. Cup match between Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers on tv. The way the commentator is pronouncing the Sheffield defender Anel Ahmedhodžić's name sounds like 'I'm a sausage'. Imaging my further amusement when he passed to midfielder Sander Berge (pronounced burger). 😁
Guess I thought Jehova’s Witnesses was US-only in light of the tragic shootings in Hamburg, Germany. It reminded me of how surprised I was to learn that Mick Ronson was brought up a Mormon. Have wondered since then regarding the “one-time Mormon” mentioned at the beginning of David Bowie’s ‘African Night Flight.’
Hardly any life in it... bar a (very) small handful who make the odd comment, and then no real heartfelt interaction between members...with the exception of three or four people....It's almost become a grind.
Don't suppose that comment will win me many fans, but that's fine...just another insular nothingness.
Ha!...You mean that massive box at the bottom of every page that you see every time you visit Dreamsville?...that one!...the one I didn't see?!?.. 😂
Oh well, my better half, well she says it's probably just a slight touch of OFS..
(old fart syndrome)
Anyway, thanks for clarifying Jon...It's just one of those things that slipped my real attention..TBH, I've never taken too much notice of the Mailing List signup box (obviously), just cracked on with any posts I make, presuming as a forum member 'that was it, so to speak'..I should know better, I do know better, hair shirt tonight..😉
Below from an e-mail to subscribers to Tom Tomorrow of Apr 30 2022.
His site:
https://thismodernworld.com/
Elon Musk is buying Twitter and is making vague-sounding noises about restoring freedom of speech. It’s not difficult to imagine what his vision of freedom of speech is going to look like — just ask anyone brigaded by Gamergate trolls circa 2015. He’s also gleefully trolling and shitposting memes, such as a cartoon suggesting that the left has moved further left over the past few years, but Republicans have remained rock steady. Yes, the party of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz is exactly the same as it was when Mitt Romney was their standard-bearer. I see no flaws in this logic. On top of that, he’s been interacting approvingly with alt-right influencers like Ben Shapiro and one of the promoters of Pizzagate, Mike Cernovich. And he’s been directing targeted harassment at current Twitter employees. This is all going to work out great!Meanwhile, the free speech warriors cheering his return seem entirely unconcerned by the Republican party’s actual attacks on free expression, some (but not all) of which are mentioned in this cartoon.Oliver Wendell Holmes’ famous line that “the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater” will inevitably be quoted, but be careful about that one. It was actually used in a terrible decision, U.S. v. Schenck, a case deciding whether a prominent socialist could be convicted under the Espionage Act for distributing an anti-war pamphlet. The defendant was sent to prison; the decision was effectively overturned decades later in Brandenberg v. Ohio. The thorny problem here is what I consider the need to protect the freedom of expression of those who would otherwise be brigaded online and often harassed in real life (as seen most recently with the weaponized, targeted harassment of the @LibsofTikTok account. Perhaps the old colloquialism that your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins is the guiding principle here. Twitter has been struggling with these problems for years — often ineffectively, but the site is in much better shape now than it was in the days of Milo Yianopoulos, Pizzagate, Gamergate, and, I would strongly argue, the exhausting reign of @realDonaldTrump. Ironically, to even suggest brigading is bad will most likely get you brigaded. And of course any mention of Musk brings his legions of lunatic fanboys out in force. All of which is going to make for an even less pleasant experience on Twitter, a site which is barely functional as it is. It’s really too bad — the site is useful to me as a news and opinion aggregator, and is also a place to stay in touch with friends, and to make new ones. When I was newly divorced and reinventing my life with single-minded determination, I made numerous IRL friends either as a result of meeting up with Twitter acquaintances or by meeting *their* friends. I’ve dated a couple people as a result of Twitter. For all its flaws, it’s had a very positive impact on my life. But I fear the scales may soon be tilting in a direction that makes it untenable. There is probably an argument to be made that some of the founding fathers would, in fact, be trolling and shitposting if they were alive today, but I'll leave that one to the historians, and beg your indulgence as a simple, hardworking cartoonist who needed an amusing line on which to close out the cartoon.Until next week!Dan
Public Citizen is a US government watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader ca 1970s.
ELON MUSK HAS BLOCKED PUBLIC CITIZEN ON TWITTER
From: Public Citizen <robert@citizen.org>To: Mark Giese <m.mk@...>Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:13:35 -0400Subject: we made Elon Musk furiousElon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter.That means we can’t see — or directly reply to — what the world’s richest person is doing on a communications platform he likes so much he’s paying $44 billion to take it over.But here’s what Musk said just a few days ago:“I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”Were we not critical enough, Elon?Look, whatever anyone might think of Musk — he’s a once-in-a-generation innovator who selflessly wants to use his brains and wealth for the betterment of humankind OR he’s an egotistical gazillionaire who wants to take over the world like some James Bond villain — this isn’t about his personality.It’s about plutocracy.Public Citizen has been standing up to the rich and powerful for half a century, and we’re not about to back down.Not now.Not ever.Thank you for being part of this shared project called Public Citizen.For progress,--Robert Weissman, President of Public CitizenPublic Citizen | 1600 20th Street NW | Washington DC 20009
When people say the word "Again" at the beginning of sentences, during long explanations, it used to make me feel that I missed something, tuned in late or hadn't been paying attention. When I hear it now, I assume it to mean "pay attention."
Can almost always anticipate when someone's going to say, "Again" at the beginning of a sentence. It's a certain angle they've got. Maybe they mean that they don't want to repeat whatever follows "again" again.
Sometimes 'Waiting On A Friend' by The Rolling Stones reminds me of 'Avalon' by Roxy Music and vice-versa, but I can't explain why. They're such different feels.
Is it the saxes?
Is it because the wordless singing that Yanick Étienne and Mick Jagger perform are similar in places?
As much as I liked the opening ceremonies, I would've liked to have seen Tetsujin, taiko drummers, dancing ninjas, Pizzicato 5, Hello Kitty, Ultraman, Cornelius, Godzilla and dancing giant plastic sushi join YMO on stage for 'Behind The Mask.'
Bowie's Suffragette City and Eno's King's Lead Hat have appeared recently as background music to life events, but they've been swapping each other's verses and choruses, mix-and-match.
They're a similar vibe. Don't know if they're compatible enough to create an enjoyable mashup, but there's something similar about them, beat-wise.
@Orphan of Babylon good point. Was noticing that especially when recently watching Rankin/Bass Santa Claus Is Coming To Town recently for the first time in maybe decades . .
One of the connections between Kim Fowley & David Bowie is the line ‘look at those cavemen go’ heard in the songs Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles and Life On Mars?
Though it's too late now, I've thought that there should be a film made with the central characters being George Wendt, John C. Reilly, Colm Meaney, and Gene Hackman.
When a bunch of guys were marching around and proclaiming, many of the Eurovision songs sounded to me something like “Wunderbar“ by Tenpole Tudor, and if it was girls who were singing the melodies the songs tended towards “Beautiful Life” by Ace of Base.
There has just been a story on the news about a man who has developed a new way of collecting urine samples. His name is Nick Burns-Cox. I'M NOT JOKING!
My favourite line from Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip…
‘To this career I been ordained
Doin' things a anthropologist can't explain’
Disinformation….
‘He was born in Arizona
Moved to Babylonia
King Tut’
— King Tut - Steve Martin
‘Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks’
— Cities - Talking Heads
Not that it matters much but the cantina band music in the first Star Wars movie was a contrast to the strange creatures playing it. It’s like when Marianne Faithfull and David Bowie looked so strange singing a duet of “I Got You, Babe”. Both of those moves were clever and worked well and still surprise. I just wanted something different from both, something other than cuteness.
TikTok as a name reminds me of the It's A Small World clock
A yodle is a glide off of a glitch, a warble based on a glottal stop, and is something we share with roosters and goats.
In 1972, Paul McCartney released a song called “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” and in 1992 the Morrissey song “The National Front Disco” has the refrain in it ‘England for the English’.
Didn’t know that the term ‘goth’ was a term in 1919 …
The severed head incident in Edinburgh is gruesome, ridiculous, and timeless.
When listening to the Shadows’ “Kon-Tiki” after reading Bill’s post about it, I was reminded of the Beatles song “Hold Me Tight”. If one imagines “Hold Me Tight” as an instrumental, it sounds like a Shadows track.
When I first heard of Brexit, the song “European Son” by JAPAN sprang to mind. When I first heard that song I told my then-girlfriend that I thought the lyrics might be about human trafficking. She told me that the lyrics were about English existentialism and tourism within the E.U.
Maureen Humphreys’ sampled voice of ‘NO NO NO’ and ‘Seee-cret’ on the OMD songs “Tesla Girls” and “Secret” makes these nice songs naughty earworms.
The backing vocals Fło & Eddie contribute to the T-Rex song “Cosmic Dancer” always remind me of similar in the Beatles song “Octopus's Garden”.
The Latin verb sistere (to stand/to stand for) is pronounced ‘Sister Ray’
In Old Norse, the word 'thing' means court. The German last name Dinger means lawyer. It's a ding thing.
Roddy Frame & Georgie Fame
‘She’ll take a slowcar to China
A little green worm inside my head
She’ll take a slowcar to China
A little green worm inside my head tonight.’ (from “Slow Car To China” — Gary Numan)
Jackie DeShannon - When You Walk In The Room and The Beatles - What You’re Doing have almost the exact same guitar hooks.
Shoe repairs and key cutting - these two services have been in an unlikely symbiotic relationship for decades... why?
"Nightingale” by Roxy Music and “Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles are similar though they're different moods from one another.
I'm watching the African Cup of Nations. One of the South African players has the surname Sithole. So close!
Has anyone noticed how useless the weather forecasts in the UK have become? This morning they predicted clear skies and sunshine for msot of the day in London. It's mid day and the sky is resolutely overcast with not a sign of a break in the clouds. They can't even get consistent weather icons for the local and national weather forecasts. The national forecast will show London with one icon and the local forecast will show a different one.
I only found out this morning that the song “Pac A Mac” by Madness is a ‘safe-sex’ song.
Are there teenage driverless cars? The other night I witnessed two driverless cars that appeared to be drag racing.
Saw this and thought simultaneously of the line ‘the ghost of the white faced clown’ (from the Gary Numan song “Warriors”) and various stills of Buster Keaton.
https://tinyurl.com/ynztkdrd
I've just seen a trailer for Portrait Artist Of The Year on Sky in which Joan Bakewell utters the line: "You have four hours to capture Dame Judi Dench". Which is just begging to be concluded: "We're giving her a five minute start!"
Sometimes I have a hard time telling Vladimir Putin and Phil Collins apart
Especially their drumming.
The Breeders should have released an album titled, 'Cup.'
Las Vegas Sphere
Erm ...
When stepping on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.
Tonight on Channel 5, the Daily Star of TV broadcasting: The Day The Queen Died Minute By Minute. Almost admirably tacky title.
Never noticed how much Donald Trump resembles Don Imus until this mug shot.
Everything you know is wrong.
The South Korean women's football team has a player called Park Eun-Sun, pronounced Parkinson. This mildly amused me.
Here's a new TV game. Before Michael Portillo's great British Railway Journeys come's on, guess the preposterous colour combo of his jacket, shirt and trousers. One point for each item of clothing you get right. If you guess the colour, but get the wrong piece of clothing, score half a point.
Limited edition food products in supermarkets. What kind of twisted, sadistic mind comes up with the idea of making a tasty product, then saying 'you can only have it for a couple of months, then it's back to the usual boring stuff'.
Paul McCartney said that what strikes him about the recording of The Beatles - “All My Loving” is John Lennon’s playing triplets on the guitar. I noticed that also in The Beatles - “This Boy”. I've wondered if maybe this was inspired by Percy Faith’s version of the Max Steiner composition “Theme From A Summer Place”.
Just a few minutes ago my mind created a song not-quite-a-mashup involving Sade - “Smooth Operator” and The Buggles - “Kid Dynamo”. This isn’t the first time those two have joined up in my mind.
The vocalized bass line in Yohji Yamamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi - “Old Step” reminds me of the bass line in Don Ho - “Beautiful Kauai” ….
Has anyone else found the horrendous trailer for Katherine Tate's new comedy where she just caterwauls for 10-15 seconds unbearable? I've actually sent in a complaint as I'm having to endure it two or three times a day. Who thought this would be a good way to draw in viewers?
Wonder when seeing driverless cars driving around will no longer be a shocking experience.
How's this for nominative determinism - the man in charge of the royal fly-past is called Air Vice Marshall Mark Flewin.
Came across the term ‘chuunibyou’ …
A Japanese slang term which roughly translates to "Middle School 2nd Year Syndrome". People with chuunibyou either act like a know-it-all adult and look down on real ones, or believe they have special powers unlike others.
This is a common stage in growth; for most people, it happens--you guessed it--around the 2nd year of middle school (Grade 8 in Japan). However, the problem is, there are some grown-ups who have this symptom.
There are 3 main types of Chuunibyou. DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior. Subculture-type prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.
And if you think you have one of these or want more information in the subject, a good idea is to read the "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by Saegami HYŌYA.
From Urban Dictionary
“Fille floue” is French for “blurred girl,” as in the John Foxx song. When spoken, “Fille floue” sounds almost like “feel flows.” “Feel Flows,” is a Beach Boys' song that has almost a “Metamatic” sound. It's also one of Bill Nelson's favourite Beach Boys songs.
David Byrne (15 May 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland), Brian Eno (15 May 1948, Melton, Suffolk, England), Robert Fripp (16 May 1946, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England)
All three contributed to the Talking Heads - "I Zimbra"
Why is the term ‘bird’ considered offensive in describing a human female and ‘chick’ is not? A bird is the grown version.
All of the Eurovision entries I like about as much as I like this gif
Have thought before that the Gordon Lightfoot camp could possibly sue the George Benson camp over the similarities between “If I Could Read Your Mind” (1970) and “The Greatest Love Of All” (1977).
Yukihiro Takahashi's vocals on 'Citizens Of Science' (YMO) and Chris Mosdell's vocals on 'Warhead' (Ryuichi Sakamoto) make those tracks sound like possibly they're saying hello to The Fall.
I thought this was a nonsense when I first saw it but then I thought it might be true.
A nonsense.
Has anyone from Kiota, Iowa been to Kyoto, Japan or vice-versa?
Why is Cirencester pronounced the way it's spelled instead of just 'ster' at the end like Gloucester, Leicester or Worcester?
Just watching the F.A. Cup match between Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers on tv. The way the commentator is pronouncing the Sheffield defender Anel Ahmedhodžić's name sounds like 'I'm a sausage'. Imaging my further amusement when he passed to midfielder Sander Berge (pronounced burger). 😁
Guess I thought Jehova’s Witnesses was US-only in light of the tragic shootings in Hamburg, Germany. It reminded me of how surprised I was to learn that Mick Ronson was brought up a Mormon. Have wondered since then regarding the “one-time Mormon” mentioned at the beginning of David Bowie’s ‘African Night Flight.’
When you're pulling laundry out of a washing machine, why is it always the pants that fall on the floor?
Could Dreamsville get any duller?
Hardly any life in it... bar a (very) small handful who make the odd comment, and then no real heartfelt interaction between members...with the exception of three or four people....It's almost become a grind.
Don't suppose that comment will win me many fans, but that's fine...just another insular nothingness.
Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested testified yesterday at the January 6 hearings.
Quested’s mum, Barbara Ferris, is the actress who played Dinah, the young woman who eloped with Dave Clark in the movie ‘Catch Us If You Can’ (1965).
World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day (WNAAD) occurs on June 1st every year and was established in 2016.
Apparently the band Muse have gone all heath conscious
and are now called Muesli
Interesting fact:
There has been a majority of Catholic justices on the Supreme Court since Alito joined in 2006
+ It wasn’t that long ago that free-speech champion Elon Musk demanded that Chinese censors crackdown on online criticisms of Tesla.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/29/roaming-charges-50/
https://davidswanson.org/why-im-not-especially-afraid-of-free-speech-on-twitter/
Below from an e-mail to subscribers to Tom Tomorrow of Apr 30 2022.
His site:
https://thismodernworld.com/
Elon Musk is buying Twitter and is making vague-sounding noises about restoring freedom of speech. It’s not difficult to imagine what his vision of freedom of speech is going to look like — just ask anyone brigaded by Gamergate trolls circa 2015. He’s also gleefully trolling and shitposting memes, such as a cartoon suggesting that the left has moved further left over the past few years, but Republicans have remained rock steady. Yes, the party of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz is exactly the same as it was when Mitt Romney was their standard-bearer. I see no flaws in this logic. On top of that, he’s been interacting approvingly with alt-right influencers like Ben Shapiro and one of the promoters of Pizzagate, Mike Cernovich. And he’s been directing targeted harassment at current Twitter employees. This is all going to work out great! Meanwhile, the free speech warriors cheering his return seem entirely unconcerned by the Republican party’s actual attacks on free expression, some (but not all) of which are mentioned in this cartoon. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ famous line that “the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater” will inevitably be quoted, but be careful about that one. It was actually used in a terrible decision, U.S. v. Schenck, a case deciding whether a prominent socialist could be convicted under the Espionage Act for distributing an anti-war pamphlet. The defendant was sent to prison; the decision was effectively overturned decades later in Brandenberg v. Ohio. The thorny problem here is what I consider the need to protect the freedom of expression of those who would otherwise be brigaded online and often harassed in real life (as seen most recently with the weaponized, targeted harassment of the @LibsofTikTok account. Perhaps the old colloquialism that your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins is the guiding principle here. Twitter has been struggling with these problems for years — often ineffectively, but the site is in much better shape now than it was in the days of Milo Yianopoulos, Pizzagate, Gamergate, and, I would strongly argue, the exhausting reign of @realDonaldTrump. Ironically, to even suggest brigading is bad will most likely get you brigaded. And of course any mention of Musk brings his legions of lunatic fanboys out in force. All of which is going to make for an even less pleasant experience on Twitter, a site which is barely functional as it is. It’s really too bad — the site is useful to me as a news and opinion aggregator, and is also a place to stay in touch with friends, and to make new ones. When I was newly divorced and reinventing my life with single-minded determination, I made numerous IRL friends either as a result of meeting up with Twitter acquaintances or by meeting *their* friends. I’ve dated a couple people as a result of Twitter. For all its flaws, it’s had a very positive impact on my life. But I fear the scales may soon be tilting in a direction that makes it untenable. There is probably an argument to be made that some of the founding fathers would, in fact, be trolling and shitposting if they were alive today, but I'll leave that one to the historians, and beg your indulgence as a simple, hardworking cartoonist who needed an amusing line on which to close out the cartoon. Until next week! Dan
Public Citizen is a US government watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader ca 1970s.
ELON MUSK HAS BLOCKED PUBLIC CITIZEN ON TWITTER
From: Public Citizen <robert@citizen.org> To: Mark Giese <m.mk@...> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:13:35 -0400 Subject: we made Elon Musk furious Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. That means we can’t see — or directly reply to — what the world’s richest person is doing on a communications platform he likes so much he’s paying $44 billion to take it over. But here’s what Musk said just a few days ago: “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.” Were we not critical enough, Elon? Look, whatever anyone might think of Musk — he’s a once-in-a-generation innovator who selflessly wants to use his brains and wealth for the betterment of humankind OR he’s an egotistical gazillionaire who wants to take over the world like some James Bond villain — this isn’t about his personality. It’s about plutocracy. Public Citizen has been standing up to the rich and powerful for half a century, and we’re not about to back down. Not now. Not ever. Thank you for being part of this shared project called Public Citizen. For progress, --Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen Public Citizen | 1600 20th Street NW | Washington DC 20009
Dogecoin seems to me a rather dodgy sort of name.
Why would Elon Musk want to own Twitter?
The breaking news that Britain got half its genes from France causes me to think of the John Cale song called Half-Past France.
When people say the word "Again" at the beginning of sentences, during long explanations, it used to make me feel that I missed something, tuned in late or hadn't been paying attention. When I hear it now, I assume it to mean "pay attention."
Can almost always anticipate when someone's going to say, "Again" at the beginning of a sentence. It's a certain angle they've got. Maybe they mean that they don't want to repeat whatever follows "again" again.
Sometimes 'Waiting On A Friend' by The Rolling Stones reminds me of 'Avalon' by Roxy Music and vice-versa, but I can't explain why. They're such different feels.
Is it the saxes?
Is it because the wordless singing that Yanick Étienne and Mick Jagger perform are similar in places?
As much as I liked the opening ceremonies, I would've liked to have seen Tetsujin, taiko drummers, dancing ninjas, Pizzicato 5, Hello Kitty, Ultraman, Cornelius, Godzilla and dancing giant plastic sushi join YMO on stage for 'Behind The Mask.'
Have noticed before that the opening themes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Leave It To Beaver are similar.
What do you think?
City Hat
Bowie's Suffragette City and Eno's King's Lead Hat have appeared recently as background music to life events, but they've been swapping each other's verses and choruses, mix-and-match.
They're a similar vibe. Don't know if they're compatible enough to create an enjoyable mashup, but there's something similar about them, beat-wise.
I look at Stan Laurel sometimes and I see Woody Allen. 😮
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe6KPvhM/