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"War Pigs"
"Spiderwebs"
"Magical Mystery Tour"
"Maggot Brain"
"Baba O'Riley"
patrickbromley.bsky.social Patrick Bromley @patrickbromley.bsky.social · 1d
Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Today's album of the day is Phrenology by The Roots, released on this date in 2002
The album is named after the discredited pseudoscience of phrenology, the study of head shapes to determine intelligence and character, which was used to rationalize racism during the 19th century in the United States. Its cover art was created by artist/printmaker Tom Huck.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This picture undersells how awful the floor looks
NBA Cup floor at Capital One; it's red
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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It's finally the week where I play "Little Birdie" by the Vince Gauraldi Trio from "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" on repeat until Becky threatens to throw me out of the house. Happy Thanksgiving
Vince Guaraldi - Little Birdie
YouTube video by Concord Records
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November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Today's album of the day is I'm in Love Again by Patti LaBelle, released on this date in 1983
Patti LaBelle in a fur coat on the arm of a gentleman in a tux walking down the street. The phot is blurry with lots of light artifacts. Credits: Patti LaBelle – stylist Bill Novenger – dress Christi Brothers (New York City) – coat Norma Harris – hair Michael Robinson – make-up
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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This is verging on elder abuse
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Today's album of the day is Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde by The Pharcyde, released on this date in 1992
Artwork by Slick KS2 showing the members of the Pharcyde on a roller coaster headed towards a tunnel that should probably be censored
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer, but yeah, I'm thinking I'm back, Charlie Brown
whetmoser.com whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3d
you’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill, charlie brown
sarahweinman.com Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 3d
I didn’t come here to fuck around, I come here to smoke, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Mr freeze with a speech bubble
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Today's album of the day is Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on this date in 1993
The artwork was done by the late artist Darryl "Joe Cool" Daniel, Snoop Dogg's cousin, who died in July 2024. The artwork represents the themes covered in the album and the style of implementation of those ideas. In this interpretation, the cover art and lyrics convey what they refer to as the self-indulgent "gangsta" lifestyle: drugs, cars, sex, and money. The artwork uses several quotes from the 1982 George Clinton single "Atomic Dog". The quotes come from the dogs at the top of the brick wall on the album cover, which say, "Why must I feel like dat?", "Why must I chase da cat?" and "Nuttin' but da dogg in me"
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Batman got on my nerves
He was running me amok
He ridiculed me, calling me a bum
The Chicago pope singing into a microphone
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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"Saturday, in the park, I think it was the fourth of July"
oconnell.bsky.social Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 4d
“We are the Bears Shufflin' Crew.
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
We're so bad, we know we're good.
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Introducing the kid to high art
The title screen of Beautiful Katamari The King of All Cosmos explains to the prince that "This is where We come in. We always save the day!"
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Today's album of the day is Más Futuro Que Pasado by Juanes, released on this date in 2019
A purplish image of the sun over some mountains. Magenta, cyan, and yellow bars below
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Just saw @alexgoyette.bsky.social scoping out Ewald to make more comments
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This was second on my list of greatest days in Chicago history behind the DMB tour bus incident, but has it fallen behind the day Bob from Dolton became the pope?
abstracttruth.bsky.social David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 4d
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
screen grab from video of the incident. Dude dressed up like Max Headroom wearing sunglass is laughing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Today's album of the day is Gaucho by Steely Dan, released on this date in 1980
The album's cover art is based upon a low relief sculpture by Argentine artist Israel Hoffmann. Entitled "Guardia Vieja – Tango" (Old Guard – Tango), the original is located in a street museum known as Caminito in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It appears held above a record player holding the record
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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How many Rosemont people, including you Del Ray dual members, can I get to show up at the January meeting to support my motion that "The members of RCA declare their support for the pronunciation of 'ParkMobile' like 'automobile'"?
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Today's album of the day is Emerson, Lake & Palmer by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on this date in 1970
A painting of a bird by an ear. The album's cover is a painting by British artist Nic Dartnell.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Alexandria, it's that time again. Come yell at me about shave ice, request bathrooms in a field, or make further comments on Ewald. The choice is yours
City of Alexandria, Virginia PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting Charles Houston Recreation Center 901 Wythe Street Thursday, November 20, 2025 7 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order: Dana Colarulli, Chair 2. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items 3. Commissioner Reports & Announcements a. Staff Report – Commissioner Comments 4. Action Items a. Approval October 16, 2025 Minutes 5. Items of Information a. Northern Virginia Conservation Trust Jose C. Ayala, Principal Planner, Park Services b. Powhatan Park Improvements Daniel Unkle, Urban Planner III, Park Services 6. Next Meeting: January 15, 2026 a. Location to be Determined 7. Adjournment For reasonable disability accommodation, contact Jack Browand at Jack.Browand@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5504, Virginia Relay 711. We request that you provide 48-hour notice so that the proper arrangements can be made.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Well, at least the Wizards can't lose as bad as the bike lane supporters lost that vote at our civic association tonight
[Touches earpiece] what's that?
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Today's album of the day is Audioslave by Audioslave, released on this date in 2002
The cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson (with Peter Curzon and Rupert Truman) – who, as leader of Hipgnosis, was best known for work for Pink Floyd. "The music of Audioslave struck us as brooding and sultry, carrying a sense of threat as if about to burst asunder or erupt in fury, much like a volcano. We knew therefore the setting against which some thing or some act would either appear or take place… [The flame is] the eternal flame, or the flame of remembrance, embodying the memory of two previous incarnations: namely Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine. [It is] a large sculpture of metal like a sounding brass, which pilgrims or slaves of sound (audioslave) were duty-bound to visit and pay homage with their beater. The location is the volcanic island of Lanzarote, a truly remarkable place." – Storm Thorgerson
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Today's album of the day is Achtung Baby by U2, released on this date in 1991
a multiple image scheme was used, as U2, Corbijn, Averill, and the producers thought that "the sense of flux expressed by both the music and the band's playing with alter egos was best articulated by the lack of a single viewpoint". The resulting front sleeve is arranged as a 4×4 square grid. A mix of Corbijn's original images from Berlin and the later photo shoots was used, as the band wanted to balance the "colder European feel of the mainly black-and-white Berlin images with the much warmer exotic climates of Santa Cruz and Morocco". Some photographs were used because they were striking on their own, while others were used because of their ambiguity
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Today's album of the day is Americana by The Offspring, released on this date in 1998
Artist Frank Kozik was hired to do the artwork for the album, as Holland found that his concert tour posters "had all the connotations we associated with Americana: very glossy, innocent and 1950s, but with a twisted aspect." Kozik, who had known the singer for a long time, was reluctant to work for the band due to the reception his fans would have, eventually demanding $75,000 to do the Americana illustrations. The album's cover art features a blond boy with an orthopedic boot seated on a swing holding a sand flea. From out of the frame, a tentacle reaches toward the boy. Kozik had originally done said illustration for a Nebraskan band, Ritual Device
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Hell yeah?
postsports.bsky.social Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 10d
In a matchup of one-win teams, the Wizards fell to the Nets for their 11th straight loss.

A positive? The defeat could prove helpful in May’s lottery.
Wizards are stuck at single win but help Nets double up
Washington’s losing streak is 11 after a 129-106 loss to almost as hapless Brooklyn.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM