King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Best sentence I've read today: "Our bodies are home to more bacteria — on our skin, up our noses, in our guts and mouths and around our genitals — than there are stars in the Milky Way. " www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/m...nytimes.comOur Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying. (Gift Article)The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists still know very little about it. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain. 1124
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026“To call Ken Paxton ethically challenged is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.” — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), quoted by the New York Times, on the new Republican nominee for Senate in Texas. 060
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Gay, sure. But "Punk royalty?" Ha. If anything, I am a Pretender. A Usurper. An Imposter. But as the former King Vitaman (my pen name when I had a fanzine in high school), I do have a bad ass Crown of Spoons. 1214
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I chatted with Jeremy Hinks for @instinctmagazine.com instinctmagazine.com/king-coffey-...instinctmagazine.comKing Coffey from the Punk Band 'The Butthole Surfers' | Instinct MagazineHaving been a fan of the Texas based punk band The Butthole Surfers once I heard them first in '86, and several shows over the years, they are one of the most 1102
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Texas commits $50M to research psychedelics" was not on my bingo card for 2025. tinyurl.com/bdf5vz7atinyurl.comTexas commits $50M to research psychedelic treatments for PTSD, opioid addictionAbbott signed Senate Bill 2308 on Wednesday, stating it will position Texas at the forefront of making ibogaine accessible to U.S. veterans and first … 8272
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The Butthole Surfers have a new live record out today (double live, of course) and one nof my favorite music writers, on one my favorite music sites, breaks it all down. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...thequietus.comReissue of the Week: Butthole Surfers Live At The Leather Fly | The QuietusSure the idea of the Buttholes as the penis surgery band who might shoot you is exciting but this live LP reminds you how great they were 1407
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Here's a preview by @joegross.bsky.social of the Butthole Surfers documentary debuting Wednesday at SXSW. Come for the full frontal nudity, stay for the watching old guys debate how much acid they actually took. Also, puppets. shorturl.at/hOAj5shorturl.atSXSW Doc Tells the Story of Local Psych-Punk Legends Butthole SurfersNever sacred, always profane 311020
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Paul Klee is one of my favorite artists. Witness these hand puppets he made to entertain his son. With names like "Ghost of a Scarecrow, Electrical Spook, and Mr. Death", I bet they told a scary story with more humor than reading Grimms Fairy Tales ever could. publicdomainreview.org/essay/of-ang...publicdomainreview.orgOf Angel and Puppet: Klee, Rilke, and the Test of InnocenceBuilt for his son from the scraps of daily life — matchboxes, beef bones, nutshells, and plaster — Paul Klee’s hand puppets harbour ghosts of human feelings, fragile communications from a world most a... 1367
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025One of my favorite photos of Teresa and I, taken by the great Gail Butensky from a new profile in The New Yorker. 38810
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025"Surging 10,000 troops to the border is something Biden got them to do in the past w/o tanking the stock market." "Oh you want 10,000 troops?' says world leader who already deployed 15K. 'Great 10k it is.'" www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff...rawstory.com'Ooof!' Trump mocked for falling for 'trick' in Mexico tariff dealPresident Donald Trump temporarily backed down on his tariff threats against Mexico after reaching an agreement with his counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo — which prompted a range of reactions.The t... 190
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Not that DEI had anything to do with this, during a national crisis, Trump found the courage to blame Obama. "Trump decried the fact that FAA hired controllers with a range of disabilities that he listed at the news conference. But that program was launched during his first term." wapo.st/3Cy3Pc6wapo.stAnalysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decriesAt a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019. 1130
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 26/01/2025☠️ I died from “Spotted Feaver” in the week of May 23rd, 1665 vole.wtf/death-roulet...vole.wtf17th Century Death Roulette ☠️See what you might’ve died from in 1665 London, using real mortality records. 4170
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Proud of my homie Tom. He has been making this documentary for 5 years. And then his house burned down this month, destroying all his personal belongings. Yet the film survived, debuting this March at SXSW. 1538
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Happy Jonzun Crew January everyone! youtu.be/4GqM6OuyU_U?...youtu.beJonzun Crew - We Are the Jonzun Crew (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Tommy Boy 1111
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The NY Times ran a nice remembrance about Lady Java, who died last November. She was a pioneer "female impersonator" in a time before there were words for "trans" or even "drag queen". We all walk in the steps of people of those who trailblazed a path before us. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/a... 1100
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025“I recommend old age. There’s just nothing as wonderful as knowing you have done your job.” - Nikki Giovanni (2020) 0170
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 11/01/2025My friend Tom Stern, close to finishing his years in the making Butthole Surfer doc, lost everything on Wednesday. His house and studio burned down in Altadena while Anderson Cooper was broadcasting live on CNN. He is okay but lost all of his possessions. Please give him a hand. shorturl.at/sxdzlgofundme.comDonate to Help Tom Rebuild After Eaton Fire, organized by Jonathan WolffOur names are Peter Orth and Jonathan Wolff, and our old friend Tom Stern lost his ho… Jonathan Wolff needs your support for Help Tom Rebuild After Eaton Fire 13114
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 17/12/2024OK. I'll address the elephant in the room. "We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's and "Totally Wired" by the Fall is basically the same song with different lyrics. 45311
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024German text on the back of a pinball machine. I imagine German spelling bees are marathons that last days, with Blixa Bargeld screaming at poor kids for incorrectly spelling SICHERHEITSVORSCHRIFTEN. 2182
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I play drums for this combo. It is the densest, heaviest music I have ever been involved with. Since it was a live recording, I feel like I should apologize to the nation of France somehow since it was kind of an assault on our part. But, hey, the cover is pretty and accurately reflects Paris. 2328
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Best sentence I have read today: "The spork is a prime example of the debasement of our species." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comSoup drips through and you stab yourself: the spork is the worst utensilYou can’t really stab your food with it like a real fork, and you can’t really scoop your soup 191
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Spotify is telling me what I already know, that my most listened-to artist this year is Tim Reaper. He is a UK junglist (yes that is a word) who is making amazing drum and bass records as if the last 20 years never happened. Banging stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH4A...youtube.comTim Reaper - Scorched Earth A1YouTube video by Future Retro London 1101
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Hot tip: New West Records is having their Black Friday sale now. I picked up the first two Pylon albums on limited edition colored vinyl for $15 a pop. newwestrecords.com/collections/...newwestrecords.comBlack Friday 2024$10 Vinyl | Black Friday Exclusives | 2024 Releases Signed | Merch | Christmas 030
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 22/11/2024My state of Texas (checking notes, yes, Republican Texas of all places) will potentially spend millions of dollars on dementia research. I'm shocked but pleased. As the article notes, every family is affected by dementia. I lost my husband to early-onset dementia. shorturl.at/uOirCtexastribune.orgCould Texas do for Alzheimer’s research what it did for cancer?Modeled after the state’s $6 billion cancer research fund, the dementia fund — a legislative priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — could pump hundreds of millions of dollars into Texas researchers. 281
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 11/11/2024My friend figured out one can host panels from the National AIDS Memorial Quilt @ aidsmemorial.org. I'm helping him. We found that many of our younger LGBTQ brothers/sisters have no idea how bad the crisis was. Or what the quilt even means, since living with HIV has been the norm in their lives.aidsmemorial.orgThe National AIDS MemorialHEALING, HOPE, REMEMBRANCE, AND HISTORY ABOUT THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA By sharing the story of the struggle against HIV/AIDS, we remember, in perpetuity, the lives lost, we offer healing and hope ... 1112
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 08/11/2024My Austin homies and labelmates Water Damage are touring Europe at the moment. Which is damn impressive considering there are 27 people in the band. And they are impressive. See this band now! Anyway Thor and Nate took a moment to let me know Amsterdam hasn't forgotten about me. 0142
King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 07/11/2024In these dark times, I'm reminded what Jeff Pinkus once told me, trying to console me when the Rangers lost the World Series (for the first time). "Well, bacon will still taste good in the morning." 1121