I’m harkening back to that glorious day When I first felt the pull of the scene. On the gallery wall, I unlatched a door Setting something inside of me free Can you recall that wondrous day when The magic first fell on your ears? The record’s slow turn, the joy in its throw Like aContinue reading ““You Only Need One””
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“Still Life with Shoe”
Went on a morning walkabout and passed this unusual tableaux featuring a shoe, a plastic fork and some uncertain green vegetable material. I just snapped the pic and later, using my iPhone, had fun fiddling around with it. Here it is in black-and-white. I’ll let you judge which has more reach… Next, I used Chat-GPTContinue reading ““Still Life with Shoe””
“NERF: You’re Never Too Old”
“Jump in, the water’s great..!!”
I have more and more friends who are contemplating retirement, and I’ve dropped to 80% myself. There comes an inflection point in life wherein time is more valuable than money. Many consider the Medicare birthday, age 65, to be a natural stopping point (in finance, the age is closer to 40, but think of allContinue reading ““Jump in, the water’s great..!!””
“Carnival Life (with Tommy Treacle)”
Host: Great Exudations has the supreme pleasure to welcome back Tommy Treacle, our timeless troubadour, with his tales from the backroads of America and thoughts on the present state of our culture. Tommy, how have you been since — was it Christmas? TT: It was the Yuletide! Well, I’m mostly on the diagonal of late.Continue reading ““Carnival Life (with Tommy Treacle)””
“The Limitations of A.I.”
And coming soon to your area: A.I. Shakespeare Theater Company A.I. Philharmonic Orchestra A.I. Improv Comedy Festival (though how much worse can improv get, am I right?) A.I. Cocktail Lounge A.I. Karaoke (sounds just like the real thing!) A.I. Art Festival (sadly, this has already happened…) A.I. NCAA Tournament (well, college hoops is basically professionalContinue reading ““The Limitations of A.I.””
“FUCK YOU, YOU MOTHERFUCKING SELF-DEALING WORTHLESS SACK OF SHIT!!”
It’s hard to imagine the Grifter-in-Chief lowering the bar any further, but he’s done it. Yesterday, Trump 2.0 announced a new Swampland Slush-Fund to fraudulently reward people who beat-up cops and tried to overturn an election (based on Trump’s own brazen lies and disgraceful failure to acknowledge defeat). These are people who pled-out or wereContinue reading ““FUCK YOU, YOU MOTHERFUCKING SELF-DEALING WORTHLESS SACK OF SHIT!!””
“Mythological Inversion”
Film remakes have long been with us. A Star Is Born has been done four times (1937, 1954, 1976, and 2018), and no doubt it will be revived again. I’ve seen recent previews for the third retelling of both Lord of the Flies (1963, 1990, and 2026 on Netflix) and Cape Fear (1962, 1991, andContinue reading ““Mythological Inversion””
“A.I. or Bust”
With artificial intelligence and a few targeted prompts, anyone can become an armchair cartoonist. This one was inspired by a steakhouse wall that boasted multiple clocks, all bearing important destinations like San Fran, NYC, and Paris. The idea hit that it, instead, could be Fresno and Missoula and Ft. Wayne, as there are so manyContinue reading ““A.I. or Bust””
“DEMAGOGUE Records presents…”
… the complete back catalogue of the incomparable and highly consequential musical artist COVFEFE. The sound of an entire socio-political movement that broke like a category-5 tropical (septic) cyclone. No graphics required. He neither asked permission nor forgiveness. No shits were left to be given — it was all there in the music. The highsContinue reading ““DEMAGOGUE Records presents…””
