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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Diane Keaton

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 12d

RIP Sam Sherman, he produced a lot of movies that I enjoyed

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 15d

Today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday) I'm at Fanboy Expo at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida! Come say hi if you're in the area!

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 15d

I gave you a shout out when I did "I shouldn't've bought this magazine"!

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 19d

RIP Claudia Cardinale

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 19d

32 years ago today, I bought my first can of Garfield PizzaOs. I guess they kind of tasted like pizza...

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 20d

I'm performing LIVE in Orlando, Florida this Friday night at LIL INDIES at 9 PM. It's a free show!

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · 26d

I'm performing in Morgantown, West Virginia on Saturday October 4th at 123 Pleasant Street opening for THAT 1 GUY.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Sep 11

RIP Salli Sachse. I've seen all 15 movies she was in.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm on Upworthy today
www.upworthy.com/1988-yearboo...

Man critiques hairstyles from his 1988 high school yearbook and they are beyond epic

Life may have been simpler, but the hairstyles were not.

www.upworthy.com

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Sep 10

RIP Polly Holliday

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Sep 5

Since Flo from Flo and Eddie died today (real name Mark Volman), here's my favorite Flo and Eddie song.
youtu.be/3vYHGM10PI8?...

Strawberry Shortcake - Classic 1980 Theme Song

YouTube video by Strawberry Shortcake - WildBrain

youtu.be

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Weird Paul Rock Band plays LIVE today in Pittsburgh! Saturday, August 23rd at Spirit Summer Recess in Lawrenceville! We play from 3:30 to 4:00 pm - it's an all day and all night event. All ages and admission is $10.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 18

For Valentines' Day last year, my wife and I went to Tara Inn in Clark, PA. It's a "Gone With the Wind" themed bed and breakfast, but they have jacuzzis, unlike the movie!

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thursday night I got to play "Three Little Pigs" onstage with Green Jello in Morgantown, West Virginia! What a great night!

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 14

If I had to pick the most unflattering photo of me ever taken, this would be a strong contender.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hard to believe, but this was once a state-of-the-art color TV

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 12

This past weekend, I got this cool photo with the new Hannibal Lecter mural in Pittsburgh - Silence of the Lambs was filmed here, you know.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 11

THEN AND NOW - two photos of me, 34 years apart...same book, same shirt, same glasses! Can you spot the 6 differences?

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 10

Summer, 1981. The mustache was fake and the wig was my mom's.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 10

E-A-B-E
E-B-G#-A-F#-B
G#-C#-F#-B

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 9

There are no photos of me holding the video camera in the 80s. So the only time you can ever see me with it is in videos where I am looking into mirrors.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 8

In my room in 1990 reading Rolling Stone magazine... check out the Twisted Sister carnival mirror on the wall

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 7

Eating the cake! Unused promo photos from 1991.

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Weird Paul Petroskey @weirdpaul.bsky.social · Aug 6

Around 1980, my sister and I got a photo with the Hamburgler from McDonalds and some guy in a karate uniform photobombed us

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