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Flash Strap @flashstrap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

there are a lot of calypso singers who sing popular calypsos, but to be a calypsonian you have to write your material. it's a beautiful word I agree

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tangent: I love the term “Calypsonians” So much better than “calypso-ers” or “calypsos”, very regal sounding, implies that they are inhabitants of a place called Calypso which would be quite magical indeed

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ

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average scottythered @scottythered.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mind blown -- Melody Maker in the UK reviewed "The Crusher" by Minnesota's the Novas:

THE NOVAS: The Crusher / Take 7 Menden IMO 0940
All about hammerlocks and other wrestling crushing. with a hoarse-voiced Mick McManus-type taking the lead, Droning backing. Obviously amusing; but with a tremendously compulsive best and feel. Could prove a biggie.

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Computer Rage Marinette, WI

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: The Commitments will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

Picture of the semi-fictitous Dublin soul band The Commitments from the 1991 movie of the same name. The band is dressed formally with a derelict building in the far background

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horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

William Marshall owns it as the African Prince turned vampire with soul. Nicely nostalgic, a wonderful snapshot of 70s culture thats so uncool it's cool. 1972. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fun day in Riverwest today—huge multi-street rummage sale plus a quirky not-so-little Ren Faire only a block away. My neighborhood keeps finding new ways to fly their freak flag high while squeezing in a few more outdoor events while we can.

Down the street view from a multi-block rummage sale with many different vendors

View of Argren Faire, a multi-block, Renaissance fair. There’s a park with a variety of activities—LARP combat, blacksmiths, dancing, vendors, etc along with some cosplayers.

Feats of strength competition here with a man dressed in black holding a sword at arms length for as long as he can hold it up.

A father and daughter engaging in LARP combat (maybe not the right term?) with two others a little more suited up behind them doing the same

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, Little Eva of Loco-Motion fame did a song about Magilla Gorilla and if that’s not enough, it’s got a beach party setting

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Little Eva - Making With The Magilla

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average scottythered @scottythered.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

in December 1968, 16 Magazine's "Teen King" centerfold went to [checks notes] 33 year old Jonathan Frid

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I miss not knowing who CEOs and executives were

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just off the shores of Lake Geneva, the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI, holds the largest refracting telescope ever built (40-inch lens, 1897). Known as the birthplace of modern astrophysics, Einstein visited in 1921 and called it “wunderschön” [absolutely beautiful].

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Package tours of the ‘60s were nuts—here you could go see 5 RnR Hall of Famers (the first five listed), 1 nominated (Marvelettes), plus oddly enough, one WWE HoFer for $25-$85 in today’s dollars.

Sound-Blast ‘66 poster for a concert of The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, The Byers, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Butler, The McCoys, The Marvelettes, The Gentrys, The Cowsills at Yankee Stadium with ticket prices from $2.50-$8.50

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026

I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

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Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 01/09/2026

Chime School are playing a live set on WFMU today! Catch them on the Evan “Funk” Davies Show, 3pm-6pm EDT. www.wfmu.org @chimeschool.bsky.social @efd.bsky.social @wfmu.bsky.social

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

celebrate the King’s birthday by posting your favorite Jack Kirby image No way I can post just one! So here’s four from my camera roll which show Jack’s range—humor, pathos, action, and weird shit #jackkirby

The Thing opens a package and out pops a spring-loaded boxing glove that hits him with a loud “WHAP!”

Ben brushes back a tear while he holds Franklin Benjamin Richards.

“NOBODY... EVER NAMED NOTHIN...
AFTER ME BEFORE!”

“NOW... ALL OF A SUDDEN... I FEEL LIKE PART OF...A FAMILY...'STEAD OF A FREAK SHOW!”

Baby Franklin has his arms around Ben.

Huge action panel with the original X-men are fighting the early Avengers—Iron Man considers attacking Iceman who has Giant Man encircled with ice. Marvel Girl is using her telekinesis to catch the Beast who warns her about the Wasp swooping in. Angel squares off again Thor, Cap lifts up Cyclops who is shoot is eye beams hitting some rocks.

Caption: “STRONG BEAMS OF ELECTRICAL FORCE STAB INTO THE CORE OF NERVES..”

I think this is Ikaris of the Eternals with two electrodes embedded just above his eyes. His face looks skull-like and there is a very large sound effect in scary letters “EEAAAAA!”

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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy birthday Jack Kirby

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J.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If anyone in the history of comics deserves to be called a genius, it's Jack Kirby: artist, writer, visionary. We all stand on his shoulders. Happy Birthday, Jack—wherever in the cosmos you are!

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dolly Parton wrote so many wonderful songs, if you want an earful of her music you may want to check out the @wfmu.bsky.social show Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky, yesterday's Dolly tribute is archived at wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Dolly Parton album cover for "Jolene/Coat of Many Colors"

Album cover for Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton's record "Always, Always"

Album cover for Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again"

Album cover for Dolly Parton's "The Fairest of Them All"

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Matt Wild @bymattwild.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly Parton. Everyone go home. National day of mourning.

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Autumn Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Your reminder that the English Beat icon "Beat Girl" is a transgender woman named Brigitte Bond from a photo of her dancing with ska musician Prince Buster at Heathrow in 1964 and none of us will be as cool as she was.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Jerry Dammers' original sketches and designs for 2 Tone Records, currently on show at The Music is Black: A British Story exhibition at the V&A East in London

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Forget about God Only Knows, Good Vibrations, and Wouldn't It Be Nice. Let me introduce you to The Beach Boys’ masterpiece: “The Monkey’s Uncle”. youtu.be/oRTlfFlJ4o8?...

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The Beach Boys & Annette Funicello - The Monkey's Uncle

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Patrick McGoohan in THE PRISONER in one of the medical corridors shown in the series, lit up with a deep red light and there are straps spaced apart along the corridor. Number Six, bathed in a very contrasting green/bluish light, is grabbing two of the straps with a stunned, dazed, and confused look on his face

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Had no idea Alex Cox (REPO MAN, SID & NANCY, etc.) wrote a book on THE PRISONER! Happy to have tracked down a used copy, it’s jumping the reading queue since I recently finished a rewatch of the series.

Cover of I AM NOT A NUMBER- Decoding THE PRISONER by Alex Cox. The cover features a black and white photo of Patrick McGoohan with a large red “6” superimposed over his face. The book title has the word “NOT” faded somewhat so it can alternately read “I AM A NUMBER”

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Am I to understand that the co-writer of ‘60s pop classic “Red Rubber Ball” actually used a rubber ball to get in the zone for songwriting? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

One of the images that always comes to me is Paul in a room with a rubber ball - bouncing it, bouncing it, bouncing it - to get into Zen-like state where lyrics start to come," Kahn said. "He's already thinking about songwriting. The lyrics are there. He just needs silence all the other shit that's in one's mind."

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ceej @ceej.online · 20/08/2026

they put up a dada center just outside of town and life has been unbearable ever since. thing looks like a fucking fish

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today John Cazale would have been 91. A great actor, gone far too soon, with the highest batting average in film history.

Cazale as Fredo, in an especially fetching dinner jacket

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

After the Circle Jerks/Repo Man event, I decided I’m going to stay in the western US punk world for a bit with the Dead Kennedys 33 1/3 book plus LOCAL UNREST which covers the Hawaiian punk and indie scene

Circle Jerks, Repo Man soundtrack, and Dead Kennedys records plus a 33 1/3 book on the DK’s Fresh Fruit LP plus LOCAL UNREST a book on Hawaiian punk and indie music scenes

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My friend @bethdean.bsky.social makes a great point. If you are trying to get off Substack OR if you know how to get people off Substack you should absolutely come to this. I WILL BE MATCHMAKING! It’ll be like Dunkirk and shit—everyone helping everyone escape the Nazis!

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Ageism* in the workplace and Batman gets replaced by AI-enabled robots in The Brave and The Bold #113 June 1974. *jfc Bruce, be a little more sympathetic to Gordon fer chrissakes

Commissioner Gordon is forced to retire by the new mayor, Batman is less than sympathetic but he’s outraged when he’s told step aside as well

The robotic Metal Men are named as his replacements. Their leader Gold mentions that he’s been programmed with every detail of Batman’s career plus he’s electronically connected to a variety of law-enforcement agencies

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Any day’s a good day to post this gem of a back cover ad, c. 1974.

“Ideal presents the exciting adventures of Evel Knievel, Daredevil Stunt Cyclist”

Toys - so many cool toys! Stunt cycle, Scramble Van, etc.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The return of Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, or GTFO

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Excellent job on the cover art selection for this DC Finest collection #dcfinest #dccomics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying_...

Roy Lichtenstein's 1964 porcelain enamel entitled Crying Girl

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Was fortunate to see THE ODYSSEY today in 70mm and I think I’ll do the Tom Holland-Zendaya double and take in the new Spider-Man move tomorrow. (Is Spider-Odyssey a thing yet? 🕷️🗡️)

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Happy 65th Birthday to Laurence Fishburne

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sorta knew about this but there was more or less (with exceptions) a two year gap in recorded music in the US from 1942-1944 due to a musicians union strike against the record companies over royalties. This Wikipedia entry touches on it but the mind boggles at what must have been lost.

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1942–1944 musicians' strike - Wikipedia

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Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Can’t help but mention Retrospekt, a local-to-me company that refurbishes quite a few retro tech items like Walkman plus they have their own fairly affordable house portable cassette player retrospekt.com/collections/...

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Cassette Players

The best in vintage Polaroid instant film cameras, cassette players and vintage gaming, faithfully refurbished and restored to original working condition. Polaroid 600 and SX-70, Walkmans, Game Boys, ...

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