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Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

People are weird.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

The lights are all blinking red.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

When they say they’re pro-life, they don’t mean yours.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

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Heard this two days ago in the grocery. It was faint at first, while I was checking out the avocados, then when I walked down the spice aisle, I knew what I was hearing:

It’s been banging around my over-sized cranium for two days, and after thirty minutes of fruitless attempts to sleep tonight with this song playing over and over again, I thought I needed to share. There’s just something haunting about the female vocalist singing “All I know—we’ve got to change what’s happening, Something good could happen.” Unlike most ear worms I want to get rid of, I just love this song for some reason, but I felt I needed to share so I could sleep.

I’m a giver like that, you know.

Also, too:

Ahh, Athens, GA. One of the best 5 days of my life. Up there with Madison, WI, and Austin, TX.

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  1. 1.

    Daaling

    B52’s did most of their creative work under the influence of Acid apparently. Some people like Cole don’t need acid to have wierd thoughts floating around in their head.

  4. 4.

    kdaug

    Went to a game dev beer night tonight wearing my FEED shirt.

    First thing, walking in, a girl says “I love that shirt”.

    Twenty minutes later, coming out of the can (had to pee when I got there), another random stranger guy shouts “Nice shirt”.

    At the end of the evening, sitting around drinking and talking, the girl (I’d never met) next to me says “OK, that’s a cool shirt” or something like that.

    I told her it was kind of a Rumplestilskin thing, and that if she could tell me the name of the cat, she’d get all my gold (or at least I’d buy the next round).

    Tunch’s fans are legion.

  5. 5.

    piratedan

    saw them on a split bill out in Carrville, it was them, the db’s and Pylon. Pretty sure I tossed on somebody’s shoes that night from too much pogoing and cheap beer.

  7. 7.

    coin operated replicant

    FSM protect us. If an alien species receives this as their first transmission from Earth, we’re all screwed.

  8. 8.

    Steve V

    Song for a Future Generation will always be my favorite B-52’s song. Dance This Mess Around gets honorable mention. All that Love Shack stuff came when they became more top-40 friendly. But still, such a joyous band and a precious part of my youth. Sigh.

  10. 10.

    piratedan

    @Steve V: i was always partial to Planet Claire myself, but yeah, you could sense their joy from cut to cut on the vinyl.

  14. 14.

    dollared

    And for the B-52s, I saw them one stoned August night in 1979, the only night I’ve ever spent drinking in Georgetown.

    Never had heard of them before. WTF were those women in beehive hairdos doing dancing up on stage? It was just a few weeks before the yellow album came out. Then it all made sense.

  16. 16.

    williamc

    Ah Athens, GA. Best 5 years of my life. At one point you get really tired of all the kids and the constant partying and THE DRINKING, so much drinking…

    I never wanted to go to college in the South, but being poor limits one’s options. I think I made the right choice. No where else in America would you run into a situation in which Michael Stipe tries to steal your boyfriend while out barhopping on your first week on campus and three years later attempt to steal YOU from your boyfriend while you both are both attending an art-house French porno flick.

  17. 17.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    just for fun, i wanted to see what would come up if you searched this site for the title to this song jane’s getting serious

    wow, the post that came up was trippier than going from metal to the b52’s then real punk.

    also the greatest remaining flaw in this blog is that no post has ever been properly titled “jane’s getting serious”, given all that has gone on.

  24. 24.

    piratedan

    @JGabriel: yeah, I kept thinking that the db’s were the ones that were gonna break big, but hey… it was a great show, what I remember of it at least. The southern university independent band loop was hot back then. We had the aforementioned bands, plus groups like Arrogance, The Bad Brains and Four out of Five Doctors that would all make the circuit between DC and Tallahassee.

  25. 25.

    Riilism

    B-52’s RULE! Were my teenage years theme music. Once I heard Rock Lobster, I was hooked. Where the hell I heard it is beyond me. MTV? Goodness knows it was never on the radio, which consisted of roughly two radio stations that ran either classic rock (also good) or country (some of which I’ve grown to appreciate). Thank Gawd for Walkman’s and cassette tapes….

  28. 28.

    Raven

    Deadbeat Club, Dry County and Roam, for my money, are their best songs. I live about two blocks from where Allen’s was but, sadly, they were already gone when I moved here 27 years ago. They come back from time-to-time and even moved back for a few months when they recorded their last album.

  29. 29.

    Rita R.

    @kdaug:

    And so? Did Tunch help you get lucky? John could use that scenario for T-shirt advertising.

    For me, “Love Shack” will always be the winter of 1989, a long-haired drummer visiting NY from Calfornia, a white Camaro and a tiny little house on Long Island. Sigh.

    Also too, “Rock Lobster” is a classic.

  30. 30.

    stibbert

    how ’bout Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson breaking into top-40 w/ ‘Candy’ ?

    but my fave B-52 track is ‘Roam’. ‘cos i want to.

  32. 32.

    RSA

    hh, Athens, GA. One of the best 5 days of my life. Up there with Madison, WI, and Austin, TX.

    There’s something about college towns. I spent five years living near Amherst, MA, and if it weren’t for the weather and job prospects I might be there still.

  35. 35.

    Betty Cracker

    The B-52s were part of my teenage sound track too. I saw them again a few years back when they played after a Rays game. I was sad when I realized I’d gotten too old and dignified for gatoring…

  36. 36.

    becca

    @asiangrrlMN: Galatoire’s food on Bourbon St is beyond sinful and very old school NOLA dining.

    It’s on Bourbon St, if you are so inclined.

  38. 38.

    RSA

    @Raven: Lucky you! I lived in Sunderland for a year, then in Belchertown, but most of my time was spent in Amherst (on the UMass campus), Northampton, and surrounds. Even today I sometimes make new friends online with people from the area–one conversational topic that comes up is whether the Dead Mall is still in existence, and whether it’s still dead. :-)

  40. 40.

    Binky Bear

    But you know you are old when you are looking at the Weather Channel for your local on the eights and they are playing the new wave hits of the 80s one might have been beat up and called a queer for liking at the time. Depeche Mode bringing you the weather for both masters AND servants.

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