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@monkeyfluids.com

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Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Hey, remember websites? Remember personal websites? I still have one at monkeyfluids.me - it's got links to pretty much everything I've ever done on the internet. And now it's been remade as a properly hosted site instead of the jury-rigged Tumblr blog it used to be! Marvel.

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Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Quite the trip back in time. I should say that my phone's camera is helpfully adjusting the colour grading on the photos - the actual pages are a lot more yellow.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Page 12, the back page, consists entirely of death notices and ads for senior citizen cruises, which seems well-targeted, if a little mean. "This will be you soon, oldies - better have fun while you can..."

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Top of page 11 had the good stuff - what was on at the movies in 1975?

Capone, 3 Days of the Condor, Ben-Hur, and Earthquake in Sensurround!

Alfie Darling, Midnight Cowboy, Tommy and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

We then jump to pages 9 and 10, which are all classifieds. Anyone want to buy a section of land for under $10k?

New sections on sale in Manukau - $9600 to $15,500

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

(The Waring article starts by saying how pleased her parents are that her daughter "has a job again". They presumably cut out the bit where they continued "hopefully she won't spark a constitutional crisis in about ten years - that would be a pain.")

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Page 4 takes us into the Women section, and by section I mean half a page. This being just after the 1975 general election, we have an article on PM Rob Muldoon's wife, and an article on the election of 23-year-old Marilyn Waring.

Most Famous Girl In the Waikato

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Pages 1, 2 and 3 are just horse racing and advertisements. What ads go best with a nation's collective gambling addiction? Investments, hair product and a good 2/3 of a page devoted to Jim Beam.

Invest with Pacific Syndicates!

Grey Hair Makes You Look Old. Heaven forfend.

That's a big ass Jim Beam ad

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

The front page features the only splash of colour, in this advertisement for the 1985 Holden Torana.

The mighty Holden Torana.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

I have two sheets from the New Zealand Herald for 1 December 1975. They're from section 3 of the paper, which is of course the Racing, Women and Classifieds section.

Section 3 - Racing, Women, Classified

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

I'm really not sure what to make of this. I saw a few bits of newspaper on our lawn that I figured blew in from the street, or fell out of the delivery truck that had just dropped something off. I was about to throw them out when I saw they were FROM DECEMBER 1975. Let's take a look...

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

I think it was basing its marketing off of Batman the year before - that film was hyped in a way I've never seen since. St. Luke's mall had a shop that sold nothing but Batman movie merch. By the time it arrived in NZ, the hype had been so much that we were sick of it and there was a backlash.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 1d

Hey, remember websites? Remember personal websites? I still have one at monkeyfluids.me - it's got links to pretty much everything I've ever done on the internet. And now it's been remade as a properly hosted site instead of the jury-rigged Tumblr blog it used to be! Marvel.

monkeyfluids.me

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 4d

The r/badcomicbookcovers/ subreddit has had to ban Rob Liefeld covers. Again.

If you know why that's incredibly funny, we can be friends.

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Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 5d

Did someone else mention Ed Gein recently, or is @jasonkpargin.bsky.social taking over Wikipedia as well?

The top read topics for Wikipedia at the moment. Number 1 is Ed Gein, number 3 is an Ed Gein documentary and number 5 is Ilse Koch, the female Ed Gein.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 5d

I don't keep up with American politics, but from what I understand, this is Portland at the moment?

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 10d

It's a shorter filter episode this week, looking at a conspiratorial story from the world of professional wrestling. Good thing the wrestling world is always on the level and unambiguously real, or it might have been tricky getting to the bottom of this one.

Filler Episode - The Montreal Screwjob by @Em Dentith

Circumstances conspire against M and Josh for another week, but rather than deplete The Can any further, Josh records a filler episode covering an infamously conspiratorial incident from the world of ...

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11d

Pete Davidson just became the only victim of 9/11 to get reparations from the Saudi regime.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 14d

Nah, I'm just kidding. This was her exhibit:

"A Perfect Milker"

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 14d

Went to the New Plymouth museum last week. Found the exhibit on Your Mum.

The Delight of Every Small Boy in Town

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 20d

I'm a few episodes in and so far the only thing that bugs me is the insane levels of plot armour given to some of the characters.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 25d

Smash two movies together:

Animal House of Sand and Fog

Ryan Sproull @ryansproull.bsky.social · 25d

Smash two movies together:

Time Cop Land

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 25d

Smash two movies together:

Demolition Mannequin

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 25d

Smash two movies together:

Demolition Mannequin

Ryan Sproull @ryansproull.bsky.social · 25d

Ten Things I Hate About U-572.

BlueShiftNZ @blueshiftnz.bsky.social · 25d

Smash two movies together:

The Notting Hills Have Eyes

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 26d

Trans rights are human rights, but the bad news is people also hate human rights.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · 29d

I'm quite proud of the fact that, even after this weekend, I still don't know what a groyper is and I refuse to learn.

Josh Addison @monkeyfluids.com · Sep 12

Remember: it's only political violence if it comes from the left-wing region of politics; otherwise it's just sparkling murder.