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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 1h

Yesterday I did a horrible task I'd been putting off and finished the first page of this Coldpoint and had a nice walk and everything was good. Today that first page looks like shit to me and I am suppressing at least two (unrelated) rants and everything stinks and I don't want to do anything.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

Customer: "I'm looking for comics by Sergio...Argones? Agrones? Have you heard of him?"

Me [leaping over counter]: "SERGIO ARAGONES, YES, THIS WAY TO THE ARAGONES WING OF MY SHOP, SIR"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Reposting myself immediately to keep the thread threaded, and so that if you're coming in from the top you can click through and read the posts in post order. Whee. This is my second rodeo.

Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Hey folks! Wanna play a game? Need a little distraction? Of course you do.

I'mna post videos of seven songs from my formative years. They have something in common. When you figure out what it is, buzz in. But you only have until the last one, because that gives it away. 1/8

Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

That's right! All of these videos were directed by Godley and Creme, who IMO were better directors than performers, though they did have one hit that holds up. The three faces holding the isolated high "cry"s at the end are Godley, Creme, and Trevor Horn. 8/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMn...

Godley and Creme - Cry

YouTube video by STARCK CLUB MUSIC

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Surely you've gotten it by now. If not you better hurry, the answer's in the next post, and I cued up all these clips in advance so these posts are comin' fast 7/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOG...

The Police - Every Breath You Take (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Some people get freaked out by this video. If you do, just close your eyes and enjoy the sound. "If this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead" 6/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD...

Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video)

YouTube video by HerbieHancockVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Now we're getting to the really good stuff. This Yes album was hated by old-school Yes fans -- for good reason -- and loved by everybody else -- for equally good reason. 5/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...

Yes - Leave It (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by yesofficial

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

The one track in this set which is not from Col's formative years, so no, that's not what they have in common either. 4/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVu6...

George Harrison - When We Was Fab

YouTube video by GeorgeHarrisonVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Coincidentally, this is also one of the songs on the "Ashes to Ashes" soundtrack. No, that's not what they all have in common. 3/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjM...

Duran Duran - Girls On Film (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by DuranDuranVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Did you ever see LIQUID SKY? The whole film looks pretty much like this. That's neither a plus nor a minus, nor is it germane, just an observation.

I didn't know this track existed until the "Ashes to Ashes" soundtrack years later, BTW. Visage was a UK thing. 2/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZHk...

Visage - Fade To Grey (Official Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)

YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos

www.youtube.com

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 18h

Hey folks! Wanna play a game? Need a little distraction? Of course you do.

I'mna post videos of seven songs from my formative years. They have something in common. When you figure out what it is, buzz in. But you only have until the last one, because that gives it away. 1/8

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 20h

YouTube thinks I want to watch the video for "Tusk" about once every four days, on average.

However, I can't say that YouTube is mistaken about this.

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 20h

I rather liked Legacy, though it's worth noting that I didn't feel any urge to see it more than once. I don't say it was a BAD film ... but I got the impression that they weren't clear on wht they were trying to do and throwing anything against the wall to see what stuck. (The soundtrack was great.)

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 20h

My goodness, Gracie is getting old, isn't she? That's an old cat face, there.

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 21h

END OF LINE.

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 21h

All the TRON discourse is kinda making me want to trot out my OG TRON DVD, as I do every couple of years just to remember a time when Jeff Bridges was a Charming Cocky Asshole, David Warner was still alive, Bruce Boxleitner was the squarest human on earth, and Cindy Morgan still had a film career.

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Slate @slate.com · 23h

The new Tron is like if a Terminator movie wanted you to cheer for Skynet. slate.trib.al/XZ9iQq4

One of Our Oldest Sci-Fi Franchises Is Back. The New Movie Is Woefully Out of Step With Our Moment.

Every generation gets the Tron movie it deserves. That’s bad news for the new one.

slate.trib.al

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 21h

PSA: any post from me that has an unexpected s in the middle of a word, it’s probably an a. Lowercase a and s get fat-fingered a lot (the tip of my index finger is the size of four phone keys) but look similar enough with contacts in (they’re not meant for this range) that I don’t always notice.

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 21h

Oof, yr gonna drive a car there? Do be careful. (The biggest problem is remembering which wsy to look at an intersection, especially when you’re tired and driving on body habit.)

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JokerSince 2022 @fansince09.bsky.social · 23h

Parents across Philadelphia had to have The Talk with their young kids today. And by The Talk I mean “Our teams usually never win, that Superbowl isn’t an every year thing. Last night is basically how it’s gonna be for most of your life”

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Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 23h

Extra walk?

I think extra walk.

Wish there were better coffee options in this place.

Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com · 23h

Re LRP: I mean, go Portland! Resist any way you can. Not knocking that.

But I had to gently tell a co-worker the other day “I’m not worried about my friends in Portland. I’m worried about my friends in Chicago.”

The fascism is not, shall we say, evenly distributed by race, or had you noticed?

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Ima Being @quiltomancy.bsky.social · 3d

In Chicago they are shooting priests in the face and zipping little kids and loading up parents in vans separated by race.

In Portland they can be held back by inflatable costumes.

Chicago is 35% white
Portland is 70% white

Men in full war gear, masks and helmets, shoot an unarmed clergy member with a pepper bullet in the face.

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