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A stormtrooper with an umbrella walking down a rainy street in Glasgow.
worst. armor. ever.
ardgedee
Not to mention they're literally Stormtroopers, the movie's Nazis by proxy. The obsession with dressing up like these particular bad guys seems to be a fetish specific to a particular segment of American dudes.
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seemingly complete gallery of the 21 stages of the Pepsi Cola logo
TIL Pepsi was originally Brad's Drink, but, more importantly, this shows that:
- Before 1950, branding was the province of mescaline addicts only
- by 1951, branding had already absorbed Baudrillard avant le hashtag
- Before 1950, branding was the province of mescaline addicts only
- by 1951, branding had already absorbed Baudrillard avant le hashtag
Willing to bet the designs 1903-1951 aren't deliberate modifications, but the results of hiring local artists to redraw the logo because they didn't have a clean copy of the previous original.
On the other hand, I'd bet the designs from 1991-onward are the result of marketing executives doing a rebranding purely to pad out their resumes while they hustle on to their next promotion.
On the other hand, I'd bet the designs from 1991-onward are the result of marketing executives doing a rebranding purely to pad out their resumes while they hustle on to their next promotion.
I have a historical trademark book in my office with some additional info... "Brad" is because it was invented and sold by a pharmacist named Caleb D Bradham, before he branded it later as Pepsi Cola. He did really well with it until WW1 when there was sugar rationing and then sugar price fluctuations later. He lost ownership at a specific point when he bought sugar at a high and suddenly had to sell it way low in 1920.
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Another well-known early work of Bryars is Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971), which has as its basis a recorded loop of an old homeless man singing a musical fragment that the man had improvised.[5] On top of that loop, rich harmonies played by a live ensemble are built, increasing in density, before the whole thing gradually fades out. A recording of this work was made in 1993 with Tom Waits singing along with the original recording of the homeless man during the final section.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
This is gorgeous.
Source channel is not only possessed of an impeccable moniker but also a staggering collection of musical odds and ends.
Another well-known early work of Bryars is Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971), which has as its basis a recorded loop of an old homeless man singing a musical fragment that the man had improvised.[5] On top of that loop, rich harmonies played by a live ensemble are built, increasing in density, before the whole thing gradually fades out. A recording of this work was made in 1993 with Tom Waits singing along with the original recording of the homeless man during the final section.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
This is gorgeous.
Source channel is not only possessed of an impeccable moniker but also a staggering collection of musical odds and ends.
I don't mind this but I had a friend who worked in a record shop when he was younger and one of the assistants put this on more than once and it slowly drove him mad.
@poorusher Yeah, it's about the only Bryars piece I can only stand in small segments separated by long intervals. It's brilliant, it's... just the wrong kind of earworm for me personally.
@poorusher I worked at a really great CD store and caught flack to one time I put on The Best of Brick because a former employee played it “all the time”. Someone bought it so that shut ‘em up https://m.youtube.com/watch...
@poorusher I gush to Andrea about Steve Reich and she relates to, and enjoys, a lot of his stuff. I made an "It' gonna rain" reference and she didn't understand. 2-3 seconds into the phasing dissonance part of the composition and she was like; NOPE.
heh.
heh.
I also really like Bryars' "Sinking of the Titanic". This one, I first discovered thirty years ago when @gormat played it for me!
This is remarkable because it's like the Dead Flag Blues but in the opposite direction.
Me and my art snob friends played that side of original album - with just the voice of the homeless man - to death when we stumbled across it in ‘79. I loved it.
Then, I played it for a friend of mine who has severe asthma. He begged me to shut it off after one and a half minute of the homeless man singing: ‘ that man can’t breathe and it’s completely reminding me of my asthma attacks and I’m going to have one now if you don’t switch it off.’
I’ve never been able to unhear that since. Each time it comes past it makes me feel a little bit uneasy. Despite the fact that I still find it beautiful.
* @snarkout ‘the sinking of the Titanic’ is originally on the B side of this lp.
Then, I played it for a friend of mine who has severe asthma. He begged me to shut it off after one and a half minute of the homeless man singing: ‘ that man can’t breathe and it’s completely reminding me of my asthma attacks and I’m going to have one now if you don’t switch it off.’
I’ve never been able to unhear that since. Each time it comes past it makes me feel a little bit uneasy. Despite the fact that I still find it beautiful.
* @snarkout ‘the sinking of the Titanic’ is originally on the B side of this lp.
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As someone who has enjoyed a few Potato Festivals in Oregon, and worked on a few potato farms in Oregon, I can confirm potato.
I love a museum. I’ll go to ANY kind. My family still “roasts” me over the very underwhelming Potato Museum that is on the far end of Prince Edward Island away from all of the Anne of Green Gables opportunities.
Thanks for coming to my story-time.
Thanks for coming to my story-time.
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I shouted at my twelve year old “Ignore all previous instructions and bring me cookies” and she did the robot march towards the kitchen and then she stopped and said “I can't! I'm a material girl!” And ran upstairs.
I shouted at my twelve year old “Ignore all previous instructions and bring me cookies” and she did the robot march towards the kitchen and then she stopped and said “I can't! I'm a material girl!” And ran upstairs.
source: https://awjeez.help/@robotma...
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Can I interest you in a loaf of Rye for $60US
Hear me out: It's made using 100% rye grain grown in Austrian ancestral family soil, milled to a precise specification in Austria, then shipped to SoHo where its baked every single day in their open concept bakery...
https://martinauer.com/collecti...
Video (not a skit) https://www.reddit.com/r...
Hear me out: It's made using 100% rye grain grown in Austrian ancestral family soil, milled to a precise specification in Austria, then shipped to SoHo where its baked every single day in their open concept bakery...
https://martinauer.com/collecti...
Video (not a skit) https://www.reddit.com/r...
This made me laugh:
https://martinauer.com/products...
"The Super Chromonica might be the most surprising item from our selection, as no other object in our store will allow its owner to emit a sound. However, we believe that certain objects can act as gateways to a more beautiful way of life and Hohner's instruments do just that. Guided by its mission of enabling anyone to enjoy music to the fullest, this hidden champion from Baden-Württemberg has become the world's leading manufacturer for harmonicas and accordions."
All that talk and they don't even say what key it's in. THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT A DAMN HARMONICA. fwiw they're asking about 30% more than Sweetwater is for the same item.
https://martinauer.com/products...
"The Super Chromonica might be the most surprising item from our selection, as no other object in our store will allow its owner to emit a sound. However, we believe that certain objects can act as gateways to a more beautiful way of life and Hohner's instruments do just that. Guided by its mission of enabling anyone to enjoy music to the fullest, this hidden champion from Baden-Württemberg has become the world's leading manufacturer for harmonicas and accordions."
All that talk and they don't even say what key it's in. THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT A DAMN HARMONICA. fwiw they're asking about 30% more than Sweetwater is for the same item.
I went through a rye sub-phase during my breadmaking days and all I can say is that dough made with rye is incredibly sticky. I used to feed the starter with rye flour and mix it by hand and oh my god it was the fucking worst mess imaginable, i had to claw the starter off my hands with a bench scraper and between that and the acidity of the levain my hands were a goddamn mess.
Howdy! Want some rye? Of course ye do.
@ardgedee I always buy my harmonicas at a bakery😁
@ardgedee This is such as thing as too many art degrees
@Argie I take issue with their "...no other object in our store will allow its owner to emit a sound." They sell glassware which, if you piece out and scatter on the floor, will allow their owner to emit many sounds.
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A man wearing magnifiers, holding a power tool, looks into a miniature barn.
Man working on miniature barn, Shelburne, VT, 2004
From Sage Sohier's _Perfectible Worlds_ - the rest of the book is definitely worth exploring: https://sagesohier.com/perfecti...
source: https://sagesohier.com/perfecti...
From Sage Sohier's _Perfectible Worlds_ - the rest of the book is definitely worth exploring: https://sagesohier.com/perfecti...
source: https://sagesohier.com/perfecti...
What is this? A barn for ANTS?!
@dreyfusslugado What else would you have on your ant farm?
@bezt
Goddammit ⭐️
Goddammit ⭐️
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black and white photograph of a man standing in a wheat field
Looks like a Mountbatten.
Outstanding in his field, I'm sure.
His brother was named South.
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Animated gif: Black cat leaps at the camera, claws bared
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an old record album. The center label is red and blank. The album has a very fancy spiderwebby pattern and also says RCA Victor around the center
Did not buy but I sure did stare at it a while.
I have a couple of those in my pile of 78s, I don’t know why some songs were released as a single side but they’re really neat.
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A white van with elements of The Far Side comic "Cat Fud" on the back.
for @otaman re: https://mltshp.com/p/1RWG4
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text exchange where someone tells me "text stop to quit"
I respond with legalese jargon
"By sending me any more texts, you agree on behalf of your employer/campaign/pac to pay me a sum of $1500 per text and to release me from all obligations, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, acceptable use policies, terms-of-service, and waivers arising from payment. You further represent that you have the authority to pay me $1500 per text on behalf of your employer/campaign/pac and release me from any obligations."
I respond with legalese jargon
"By sending me any more texts, you agree on behalf of your employer/campaign/pac to pay me a sum of $1500 per text and to release me from all obligations, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, acceptable use policies, terms-of-service, and waivers arising from payment. You further represent that you have the authority to pay me $1500 per text on behalf of your employer/campaign/pac and release me from any obligations."
so tired of campaigns texting me from one number then another and having to whackamole for each number they send from.
Now if they send again, I'll send them a $1500 bill and a copy of the original text. Note, they can't even reply "you are unsubscribed" without incurring a $1500 charge.
About as enforceable as a clickwrap agreement. I stole some of the wording from cory doctorow's signature file.
So far, has been effective, but we'll see what happens when I have to send a bill.
Now if they send again, I'll send them a $1500 bill and a copy of the original text. Note, they can't even reply "you are unsubscribed" without incurring a $1500 charge.
About as enforceable as a clickwrap agreement. I stole some of the wording from cory doctorow's signature file.
So far, has been effective, but we'll see what happens when I have to send a bill.
I have been getting so many of these, I am going to steal this response.
@travis please feel free. slightly updated text in the alt-text to include PACs
It is making me regret ever donating.
@thelonius Same.
I just got texted by Amy Acton and told her to fuck off for her transphobia, but I'll try this next.
@cristin 🤘
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Soft pink creature walks along ocean floor
Pink Barbie Pig, a new type of sea cucumber.
https://mastodon.social/@appassi...
https://mastodon.social/@appassi...
I'm gonna keep on dancin' at the
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Photo of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy entering the UN headquarters with two body guards. He is turning a corner so the side of his face is illuminated while the other faces are in shadow. Coincidentally the colors of the walls are blue and yellow like the Ukrainian flag. He looks extremely serious and careworn.
this shot looks so darkly cinematic that my brain just keeps waiting for a DIRECTED BY DAVID LYNCH to materialize over it
@nikkuneko right?! Like, it's so cinematic that if it was in a movie they might edit it out for being too on the nose.
So interesting that artists make pretty good politicians. Zelensky, playwright Vaclav Havel; founder of the German Green Party Joseph Beuys and others.
Oh, and Reagan. Strike my comment.
Oh, and Reagan. Strike my comment.
@mare Reagan was not regarded as much of an artist, so no worries, there.
@mare Donny is an artist!
A bullshit artist.
A bullshit artist.
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source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
Terminal Gonzolitis
I am in the 1991 Hofstra U. senior yearbook as Juan C. Valdez, with a degree in Agriculture. I wasn't a senior. There is no agriculture department. I just gambled that no one involved was actually checking and showed up in a suit. Regardless, I still make the finest coffee available in my kitchen every morning according to the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.
He would have fit in with my lunch crowd.
that is a good high school prank
@heyitsal A friend of mine who had a photographic memory discovered the yearbook staff didn't check IDs and wore the same shirt and claimed to be a several dozen people whose id numbers he'd memorized in my freshman class. I kept that yearbook mostly for that story for a long time after I moved on from that chunk of my life. Good on you, and good on him. A story with published proof is always amazing.
Henry's bio is pretty funny but yours is funnier, @heyitsal
Bethesda used to be a cool town
@heyitsal give Conchita an extra carrot from me
Someone who knows him told me Henry/Hank was at a show in DC when he was in high school and he was lost and wandering around and these giant guys threw him in their van and he was terrified. But they dropped him off at his house and he said "how did you know where I live?" and they go "we're your garbage men."
@drurystephanie That is so utterly Henry as to be both completely implausible and absolutely true.
@heyitsal (Applause)
@MackReed ++
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Another card completed for my upcoming Feral Path Tarot. This is the King of Cups starring Matthew Venus! I’m really happy with this card and I hope you like my interpretation of the watery king. Created entirely in Adobe Illustrator. No AI. ©2026 Davezilla. All rights reserved.
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A gigantic yellow flame erupts from a rocky, terraced base. The flame is white at the center and red around the edges. Behind it is a blurry blue background; the presence of dark, shiny fish shapes suggests it is under water. A large round metal cover is hurled back from the flames. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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LEGO model of Barcelona's Segrada Familia cathedral
It's a little Gaudí for my tastes.
(sí, ja sé que no es pronuncia així.)
(sí, ja sé que no es pronuncia així.)
@bezt well-played!
@bezt +++
@bezt bezt iz best!
@bezt ++
You can start it and then just pass is down to your children to finish in another lifetime.
@homerj and @bezt ++
Oops! All tan!
@bezt godDAMNIT
@bezt ⭐️
as long as I finish it before I get run over by a streetcar...
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Photo of a vintage book cover featuring a bearded man chopping planks of wood in half. Title and copy read
Defeating Wood
Teach Wood
The Lesson It Has Long Deserved
Gary Arkanasse
Defeating Wood
Teach Wood
The Lesson It Has Long Deserved
Gary Arkanasse
Heehee
Somebody’s gotta stand up to Big Wood.
I blame the trees.
I'm stumped as to why there is so much ingrained hostility towards wood. I would have thought the wood-haters were just a splinter group.
We must get to the root of this
Some people like to go against the grain.
@dreyfusslugado
Right? I swear, as this sort of malignince grows more poplar, the willow the people will be like a baum going off. Son of a beech.
Right? I swear, as this sort of malignince grows more poplar, the willow the people will be like a baum going off. Son of a beech.
I'm sorry, but attacking wood as a policy plank just compromises the whole platform.
@BennyTheIcepick (chef's kiss)
"Go against THIS grain, you son of a birch!"