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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames

@vjbigsuit.bsky.social

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Public radio vet* and trivial music zealot. Averse to fascists, A.I. and high fructose corn syrup (makes me sleepy) he/him|houston 🐧 * mixcloud.com/soundawakeradio

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 5d

If anyone would be interested in four continuous hours of Halloween-themed songs and/or videos, 80s-centric but by no means exclusive, I offer the playback on one of my final Twitch streams from two Octobers ago. The only chatter shall be your own teeth.

VJBigSuit Halloween Video Party 2023.mp4

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 21h

This story has been picked up by multiple news outlets, including the Chicago Tribune and the Fox-owned station in the city.

You know which Chicago outlet doesn't appear to have a story about this on its website?

Brockman's employer, @wgntv.com

WGN's owner? Nexstar

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 21h

Perhaps a multi-variant 45 reissue campaign would give them that elusive boost

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

RIP John Lodge. This was my proper introduction to the Moodies at age eight.

THE MOODY BLUES- Steppin' In A Slide Zone (1978)

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

You misspelled “starring” and Mr. Love will see you in court

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

That novelization was a farce. The characters had dialogue!

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

“It was a great party” sums up any Robert Stigwood venture in the late 70s

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a coincidence. The Dr. Katz in this episode was voiced by Tom Kenny whoever he is

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe one of these though I fail to see the connection

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

One of my all-time favorite stanzas, from @kuntandthegang.bsky.social’s ode to Amy Winehouse:

The night you died
I received lots of texts
Most of them saying
“It’s Pete Doherty next”

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

Why doesn’t it squiggle?

Rocko Screens @rockoscreens.bsky.social · 2d

Rocko's Modern Life - Season 1 Episode 5A - Clean Lovin' - Frame 211

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 1d

Is the rest of the article available anywhere? I’m curious about Gene’s thoughts on No Dice (I have the US editions of both of their albums)

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 2d

Well, we can’t have our fearless leader underdressed for the season.

(cc @jasonhare.bsky.social)

www.discovinnie.live/merch/1582496

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 2d

For the next two minutes and forty seconds my mind is an AM transistor speaker and so is yours

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS DANCING IN THE STREET

It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 2d

That artwork would make a lovely patch on the back of your Liberace vest

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 2d

good morning @jefito.com

Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

“Charm the Snake” by Christopher Cross was a US #68 hit in 1985. ⭐️⭐️ #vinylcommunity #christophercross #EveryHitSongEver

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 2d

A gorgeous album done dirty by repackaging. Queue it up with the original title and cover image in mind. See how it hits.

Steve and Dave's @steveanddaves1.bsky.social · 2d

The Carpenters’ debut lp – Offering – was released today in 1969. Only their version of “Ticket to Ride” got any notice (#54 pop U.S.), but songs like “Eve” & “All of My Life” suggested bigger things were in store for the duo. Their label, A&M, quickly changed the album’s title to Ticket to Ride.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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It’s the Grief Pumpkin, Jeffrey Thames @vjbigsuit.bsky.social · 4d

Keep talking like that and you’ll get the comfy chair

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 5d

MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS debuted on the BBC #OTD in 1969.

“Literally nothing was funny," TV GUIDE’s Cleveland Amory wrote when it aired on PBS in 1975. "And the less funny something was—such as a Spanish Inquisition sketch with three cardinals—the more you saw of it."

#TVSky #ClassicTV