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Art.42

@art42.bsky.social
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Atheist, Music, food/cooking, Zappa, Carnivorous Plants, Orchids, Cannabis, progressive, disabled, retired, California born. #BLM #LGBT

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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#CrankSomeFrank #MusicIsTheBest
"You have the right to be stupid, but you don't have the right to harm other people as a result of your stupidity."

Frank Zappa
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Leukemia Update: Still in remission. Getting injections that tell my bone marrow to make more red, white and platelets cells. Need to get the numbers up before my next round of chemo. The injections are slowly working, but wiping out my energy. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Make this young woman famous. She wrote and played all the instruments on this recording. #DollyParton #MusicIsTheBest
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Tubes on the Cher Special Singing Smoke and Mondo Bondage with an interlude by Dolly Parton. #TheTubes #Cher #DollyParton #MusicIsTheBest
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Cher ... Special (04/03/1978) - Happy Valentine's Day
YouTube video by Cher
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Leukemia Update: Preliminary bone marrow biopsy shows that I am in remission!!!! Starting to make normal red and white blood cells! Doc says I will still have to do a 2nd round of chemo in a few weeks. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer #Remission
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nepenthes naga I grew from seed 10 years ago. Carnivorous plant endemic to northern Sumatra. #NepenthesNaga #Nepenthes #TropicalPitcherPlant #CarnivorousPlant
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Channeling my inner (Julia) Child for dinner. Coq au Vin served on mashed potatoes with broccoli. #FoodSky #HomeCooking
Coq au Vin served on mashed potatoes with broccoli.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fuck Leukemia update: Got home about a week ago. Spending 3 days a week getting transfusions (10 hr/day). I'm feeling good. I SLEPT 11 HOURS LAST NIGHT!!! (15MG thc/10mg CDG) I haven't slept this long in decades. I usually get 6 hours at most before back pain wakes me up. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer
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Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Official Video)
YouTube video by NinaSimoneVEVO
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Freddie Mercury September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991 #FreddieForADay #WeWillRockYou
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Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona (Original David Mallet Video 1987 Remastered)
YouTube video by Freddie Mercury Solo
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Home at last! #NoPlaceLikeHome
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Convinced my doctors to let me go home!!! Might be as soon as this afternoon!!! Tomorrow at the latest. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer #HomeSweetHome
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Ten Years Later - "I'm Going Home" (Live at Winterland 1978)
YouTube video by Ten Years After on MV
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Leukemia update: It's been a crazy few days. Having a bone marrow biopsy in a few hours. Should get to go home Friday depending on the results. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My going home t-shirt arrived today. #FuckLeukemia #FuckCancer
red Fuck Leukemia t-shirt
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Carlos Santana is a ignorant POS. First he goes after trans people now saying, "Grievances cause cancer." Who's next? He and his music is dead to me (from a long time fan). He can fuck all the way off. #FuckSantana
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Carlos Santana Shares Cure For Cancer
Sometimes Carlos Santana makes regrettable comments, like when he dissed Beyoncé and then apologized in 2017. Well, he may have to apologize for this. At Red Rocks on Monday (Aug. 24), the Santana fro...
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just watched GTA VI: An Extended Look. OMG the gameplay graphics are AMAZING. Well worth the wait. It's supposed to be on R* YouTube channel at 3PM PST today. #GTA6 #DaddyNeedsANewDesktop
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stevie Ray Vaughn October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990 Photo from the first time I saw him at the Keystone Berkeley on August 19, 1983 (capacity < 500). Gone but not forgotten. Photo: Clayton Call/Redferns #SRV #StevieRayVaughn #GoneTooSoon #MusicIsTheBest
Stevie Ray Vaughan performs at the Keystone Berkeley on August 19, 1983. Photo: Clayton Call/Redferns
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Curry sat down with Ben Mankiewicz in October 2025 to discuss his memoir, career and medical story.
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From 2025: Tim Curry
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Good news. I have a bone marrow biopsy on Monday. Should go home Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon!!!! Once I go into remission they are going to do a marrow transplant. When that takes I'll be cured!!!! #FuckCancer
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thoughts about recent deaths. The first time I watched @alexwinter.com's Documentary Zappa (about the man) I was sad about what we had lost. The second time my thought's were, "GD I was alive when Zappa was!!!" Mourn, but also celebrate their lives!
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Zappa - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If I don't follow you back it's because I'm avoiding politics while I focus on healing from leukemia. Also If you're following 15M with 3 followers go away.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Cancer update: Will have more chemo as outpatient. Thankfully my chemo treatments aren't brutal. Still going home next week. #FuckCancer
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton #DollyParton #RockAndRoll
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This guy knows his shit when it comes to voter suppression. The GOP would not have won without removing millions from the voter rolls. Make sure you're still registered to vote.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
9 days...
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
remembering Marsha P. Johnson Aug 24, 1945 - Jul 6, 1992 #SaintofChristopherStreet #Stonewall #PayItNoMind #LGBTQ
Marsha P. Johnson in her full glory
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@creativecats.bsky.social boo! I got it this morning. Thanks! #FrankZappa #Arf
Me wearing a Frank Zappa vampire mask
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Annie Lennox talking about performing with David Bowie at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
10 days...
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just got out of the shower after >4 days without!!! Sponge baths don't do the job. Sing along time! #IFeelPretty #JackNicholson #AdamSandler
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Anger Management: I Feel Pretty (HD CLIP)
YouTube video by Binge Society
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Looking for cannabis seeds high in CBGs preferably with Limonene terpenes. Is this a reliable company? #growmies
trilogeneseeds.com
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Fuck Cancer Update. Had the the drain to remove fluid around my heart taken out today. I get to take a shower tomorrow, first one in 5 days!!! Eating hummus, pita chips and string cheese to celebrate! I'm a wild and crazy guy! #ItsTheSmallThingsInLife #FuckLeukemia
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here’s some helpful information from his Wikipedia page.
^ Early life
Hooker's date of birth is a subject of debate; the years 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, and 1923 have all been suggested. Most official sources list 1917, though at times Hooker stated he was born in 1920. Information found in the 1920 and 1930 censuses
indicates that he was actually born in 1912."]
In 2017, a series of events was held to celebrate the supposed centenary of his birth. In the 1920 federal census, John Hooker is seven years old and one of nine children living with William and Minnie Hooker in Tutwiler. Mississippi.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh my!!!
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Happy Birthday @vurnt22.bsky.social. Miss your insightful posts about music on that evil site. Wish you could easily cross post.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In tribute to Jack and Meg White's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 2025
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Twenty One Pilots Cover The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" | Rock Hall 2025 Induction
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Lee Hooker August 22, 1912 or 1917 - June 21, 2001 Passed away right up the road from where I'm at now. Fortunate enough to have seen him live. #JohnLeeHooker #TheBlues #MusicIsTheBest
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John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (from "The Blues Brothers")
YouTube video by BluesyGibby
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And you definitely don't want to use a high-powered 532nm green laser, because it can permanently burn and disable digital camera CMOS or CCD sensors. Green light is absorbed at a very high efficiency by these electronic sensors, meaning concentrated beams easily melt or overload the pixel array.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cancer update: Doctors say I'm responding well to chemo. Should be out in 2 weeks as long as things keep going good. Another note the fluid on my heart was the largest amount they've ever seen. Things could have gone south quickly. I'm out of the woods. #FuckCancer #FuckLeukemia #StanfordHospital
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
diarrhea Taylor Farms, salmonella chicken parm, bags of frozen blueberries that straight-up kill your ass heavy metal sourdough, listeria soup bowl refreshing summer popsicle that's filled with shards of glass we didn't start the fire...
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wow he can play and sing.
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St. James Infirmary - Hugh Laurie
YouTube video by Vitor Siqueira
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It's Only Rock & Roll @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Without People, You’re Nothing" Remembering John Graham Mellor, Born today 21st August 1952, #joestrummer #photooftheday 📸 Josh Cheuse
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nice acoustic version directed by @rob-sheridan.com
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Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have (Still) 2001 - Directed by Rob Sheridan [1080p Upscale]
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When I was unhoused there were about 89 beds for unhoused. Not nearly enough, but you could get a respite from being on the streets. There are none now. There was a cafeteria that served breakfast and dinner. A hygiene with toilets, showers and a laundry room. All gone now. (cont in comments)
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On Coral Street, police sweeps don’t solve homelessness; they make it invisible
On Coral Street in Santa Cruz, the tents are disappearing — but the people who lived in them have not. As Housing Matters prepares to open 120 units of supportive housing, weekly street sweeps are esc...
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hahaha
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
View of my room from my bed. Excuse the mess. Stanford Hospital went all out in the design of their new building focusing on patient comfort.
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Robert Plant’s birthday. Legendary former lead singer of the Honeydrippers. He was an occasional visitor to Helena. Pictured here in 2008. Photo by Gregg Cook.* I was there! *(I’ve seen this photo “reshared” without attribution & mislabeled.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Phil Lynott August 20, 1949 - January 4, 1986 (aged 36) One of the best concerts I attended was Thin Lizzy concert at The Warfield in SF. The only time I put down a @stephenking.bsky.social novel was when he mentioned Phil in an all dead band. #ThinLizzy #GoneTooSoon
Phil Lynott playing bass guitar on stage.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
August 20, 1983 I was there. One of the over 30 times I saw Ronnie. Link in comments with audio from March 25, 1983 show that I was also there. If Ronnie played at the KPA I was there front and center. Small club a with capacity of 420. #RonnieMontrose #MusicIsTheBest #LiveMusic
Flyer for Ronnie Montrose & Mitchell Froom at the Keystone Palo Alto
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The view from my new room at Stanford Hospital's new wing. I'm spoiled. #FuckCancer
View from Stanford Hospitals newest wing. Show hills to the west with sunset.
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Art.42 @art42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Procedure removed about a quart of fluid from around my heart. I have a drain for a few days removing more. Most of the pain is gone. I can breath and talk without major shortness of breath. 😍
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