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Joe Fray
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In the wild (I absolutely adore the skull and crossbones)
Parking funeral sign
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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They have flyers, too (not sure that last email address goes anywhere now)
HELP SAVE PARKING ON BRADDOCK ROAD Hi Neighbors, On February 23, the Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board will consider a proposal to ELIMIN ATE PARKING ON THIS BLOCK OF BRADDOCK ROAD and LANES AT THE BRADDOCK/RUSSELL & BRADDOCK/COMMONWEALTH INTERSECTIONS Far from being improvements to our neighborhood, this il-conceived proposal will- Make parking near our homes impossible for visitors and those who have no driveways: Slow ambulances, fire trucks and police vehicles that use it as an emergency route: O Increase traffic volume and road rage when cars are limited to one lane at intersections; and Make our neighborhood less safe for pedestrians when - without any turn lanes -cars speed . through intersections so that more than 1-2 can get through each green light If you agree that this will seriously harm our quality of life and property values, please write the Traffic and Parking Board no later than noon on February 23 and CC all City Council members at the email addresses below. You can also attend the public hearing in person to share your Views on February 23rd at 7pm in City Council Chambers, Room 1305 at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center 4850 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA. Thank you! iraficandeankingboard@ elexandriava.goY alvia caskins @alexandriava. goy sarah baoley@alexandiava.goy iohntavor cthanano alerandtavr.Ioy canek aauire @ alexandiava abdel.elnoubi@alexandriava.gov jacinta.greene@alexandriava.goy kirk.mcpike.@alexandriava.gov
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Today's album of the day is Dreamboat Annie by Heart, released on this date in 1976
Ann and Nancy Wilson facing apart with a heart between them. Photo by Toby Rankin
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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I'm not sure about that Heathcliff, but he does mention a mattock at one point
Kindle cover of "Wuthering Heights"
February 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Today's album of the day is We Mean It, Man by Gogol Bordello, released on this date in 2026
Pixelated, black-and-white Eugene Hutz with green tape around the border
February 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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This email from The Onion was disappointingly not about Alex Sarr
Email from The Onionati: Tall Wizard Seeks Love
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Any excuse to post my favorite Harvey Birdman gag where the National Terrorism Advisory System continued beyond red to peak at the cover of Moving Pictures
National security advisory system with the levels above "high" being pink polka dots labeled "really high" and plaid labeled "pee pee pants" Higher levels including blackwatch plaid labeled "scary" and the highest level is the cover of Rush's seminal album "Moving Pictures"
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Today's album of the day is Moving Pictures by Rush, released on this date in 1981
The cover was designed by Hugh Syme who estimated the artwork cost $9,500 to produce. Anthem Records refused to cover the entire bill, leaving the band to pay for the rest. It was photographed outside the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park, Toronto. The pictures that are being moved are the band's Starman logo featured on the reverse cover of 2112 (1976), one of the Dogs Playing Poker paintings entitled A Friend in Need, and a painting that shows Joan of Arc being burned at the stake.
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Guy sitting forward meme
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Today's album of the day is Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell by Social Distortion, released on this date in 1992
The cover art features frontman Mike Ness mid-jump, while playing one of his Gibson Les Pauls. The cover is reminiscent and possibly an homage to Joan Jett jumping with her Gibson MelodyMaker over a canary yellow background on her third album, Album.
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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So psyched
You Got ‘Em. Let the Anticipation Begin. Gogol Bordello General Admission Ticket Information GENERAL ADMISSION Sun • Mar 22, 2026 • 7:00 PM Washington, District of Columbia — 9:30 CLUB
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Today's album of the day is Tapestry by Carol King, released on this date in 1971
A&M staff photographer Jim McCrary took the cover photograph in the living room of King's home at 8815 Appian Way, Laurel Canyon, California. It shows her sitting barefoot on a cushion on a bench beside a window, holding a tapestry that she had hand-stitched, with her cat Telemachus, named after the mythological son of Odysseus, near her foot.
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Getting ready for spring break
A copy of the Brazil Reader
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Today's album of the day is Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand, released on this date in 2004
"Franz Ferdinand" in white on a black background
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Otto unimpressed
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Look how happy she is
Becky covers her mouth excitedly
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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A very excited Becky
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Y'all ready?
Becky Hammer's jam
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Today's album of the day is Marquee Moon by Television, released on this date in 1977
The front cover photo was shot by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who had previously shot the cover for Patti Smith's 1975 album Horses. His photo situated Verlaine a step in front of the rest of the band, who were captured in a tensed, serious pose. Verlaine held his left hand across his body and extended his slightly clenched right hand forward. When Mapplethorpe gave Television the contact prints, Lloyd took the band's favorite shot to a print shop in Times Square and asked for color photocopies for the group members to mull over. Although the first few copies were oddly colored, Lloyd asked the copy worker to print more "while turning the knobs with his eyes closed". He likened the process to Andy Warhol's screen prints. After he showed it to the group, they chose the altered copy over Mapplethorpe's original photo, which Fred Smith subsequently had framed and kept for himself.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Today's album of the day is Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges, released on this date in 1973
Shirtless well-made-up Iggy Pop at a microphone stand, photographed by Mick Rock
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Today's album of the day is 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul, released on this date in 1989
The album's artwork was designed by Toby Mott of the British art collective the Grey Organisation (GO), who had relocated to New York City after their attack on Cork Street's art galleries and subsequent prosecution. De La Soul's "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" concept inspired the design of the album cover, as Mott describes in his essay "Hip Hop in The Daisy Age": We have come up with the 'Daisy Age' visual concept. De La Soul visit our loft where we lay them down on the floor facing up, their heads making a triangle. We photograph them whilst hanging precariously off a step ladder, one idea being that the cover would not have a right way up. CD's [sic] have yet to be the dominant musical format so the vinyl album sleeve is our most effective way of making a statement. We layer the brightly-coloured hand drawn flower designs made with Posca paint pens on acetate over the black and white photographic portrait print, which is rostrum camera copied. This is well before the time of Apple Macs and scanning etc. [...] The intent of the design of De La Soul's, 3 Feet High and Rising LP cover is to be new and bright, with the overlaying of the fluorescent flowers and text reflecting a synthetic pop cartoon look [...] This is a move away from the prevailing macho hip hop visual codes which dominate to this day. Group member Trugoy has stated that De La Soul was not originally interested in the flower-adorned cover that the album ultimately featured; instead, he said the group had wanted an album cover that featured "an elevator halfway up with just our faces".
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
Chapter ending "This was the begining of my delirium" and the next Chapter called "The delirium" (this is from The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Today's album of the day is Bad Brains by Bad Brains, released on this date in 1982
The cover art depicts DC's Capitol Building being struck by a bolt of lightning.[5] The original cover art, (created by seminal zinester/skatepunk/icon Donna Lee Parsons)
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Onion headline: Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
February 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Today's album of the day is Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, released on this date in 1977
The front cover art features a stylised shot of Fleetwood with his foot raised on a stool, and Nicks dressed in her "Rhiannon" stage persona, taken by Herbert Worthington. Fleetwood sports a pair of lavatory chains with wooden balls hanging down between his legs, and holds a crystal ball in his left hand.
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM