skullguise

Happy Belated!! Enjoy the weekend...!

RIP Lorna.....never kept up with the Germs after Darby died....it was good to see she kept doing what she loved. And Fuck cancer.....

Last I heard it was going to be less snow, but more sleet/freezing rain....then a massive chill coming Monday..... My wife and mother-in-law were supposed to fly to FL tonight, when we first saw the snow delaying until later Saturday night, she decided not to try and get an earlier flight. She just found out this morning it was cancelled. They are now tentatively going out Monday morning....hoping the roads will be OK and they can make it....

More awesomeness! Congrats (and thanks) Jacob!

RIP George, indeed sounds like a neat guy!

Happy Birthday! And Dusty, do I need to remind you again? Tickety-boo!

She was a beautiful woman, in every way, for all her years! RIP......

That's awesome, too many adult cats and dogs don't get adopted....enjoy!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

I guess a while in coming....RIP Daryl.... The whole family history is quite interesting, with 2 brothers and both parents also in the music business (my favorite brother Dennis Dragon was in the Surf Punks, but was in a couple bands with Daryl and Doug in the 60's and 70's). RIP to Bob Einstein too....did not watch Curb Your Enthusiasm, but knew him as Super Dave and even remembered him from Smothers Brothers and Sonny & Cher show re-runs....didn't realize until somewhat recently that he and Albert Brooks were brothers!

RIP to Ray....always liked Dr Hook, even if I didn't own a lot of their music. Couple of Science-related deaths of note: Lawrence Roberts, one of the creators of Arpanet: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/obituaries/lawrence-g-roberts-dies-at-81.html Nancy Roman, "Mother" of the Hubble Telescope, one of the first Women Leaders in NASA: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/obituaries/nancy-roman-dies-at-93.html

Hope you and family are doing OK, Steve!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!

Very much this. A wonderful and talented person, lost too early.....

It was actually a couple weeks ago, but Karen and I went to The Simon And Garfunkle Story A band, fronted by S&G somewhat-look-alikes, plays a bunch of their songs and tells some of their story as well. All backed by a mix of still photos and videos on a screen behind them. I would definitely recommend it, with one caveat: the performers we saw (they have multiple across US and the world) were technically incredible. But they lacked that last emotional grab, that would have made it fantastic. From the website, not the performance we saw. But very similar....

Thanks all! The actual day sucked, I had a TON of work to do, my wife was out for the day and early evening at a conference, and then I had a nighttime work call with colleagues in Korea. Tonight should make up for it, going to have my "birthday meal" at a local fish-focused restaurant. They took the specific dish off the menu last year, but they still made it for me. Hoping they can do the same this year, but if not they have other nice options. EDIT: Nate, thanks for the extra wishes. We are fine, we got our gas back less than two days after I shut it off....no issues at all

Oh, man, what a major sad.....he and the Buzzcocks were a pretty big part of my youth....saw them twice (after they broke up the first time) and loved the shows....they made some of the best punk-pop ever.

Ian, were you at the Case/Lang/Veirs show in Lowell last summer? That was fantastic..... Al, they asked the same of the crowd then (as well as on Neko's solo show I saw the year before); indeed it made it a better experience.....

Never was much of a Gomer Pyle fan myself, though watched a few. McHale's Navy, oh yeah....and Wild West too..... And Space 1999....now THERE come some memories! I now have that theme song going thru my head. And Craig, Addams Family and Munsters were right up there with me as well. I loved Carolyn Jones! Goth Girl before Goth was Goth. As for CGAW, Dusty, that's great that she looks younger.....you should find a nice (and non-creepy) way to tell her that! I hope things are still comfy enough with her.

4AD reissues of This Mortal Coil - 24-96 of two of their albums. I adore Caroline Crawley! Love her cover of Mr. Somewhere....

Funniest thing for me is that I've seen that Koala hat before, when I went to Australia earlier this year! Yeah, kinda creepy, but I liked it (at least the guy i saw wearing it was smiling!).

RIP to Ken Berry I have lots of fun memories of F-Troop growing up, watching that with my brothers.....

RIP Mr. President. "Dignity" is a very good word to use.... The bond he created with a one-time "enemy" in Bill Clinton is something that politicians all over the US can learn from....