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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The scene was filmed. Alex and Tom made a demo for Freaked. Initially, the Butts were going to be the Freaks. But hey, when they got access to a bigger budget, Brooke Shields and Mr T are definite upgrades. Still, the demo reel with that scene is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0RR...

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The Butthole Surfers - Family Style BBQ Movie

YouTube video by grimx5

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I really loved the Big Boys doc. Kind of a similar film to the Butts one. Same era, same Texas, same talking heads. The biggest difference is that Steve Albini says nice things about the Big Boys.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Best 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...

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Our 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.

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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.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Gay, 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.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I believe the Lawndale show was opening for TSOL? That was the last show they played before I joined. They didn't have a drummer, played to a backing tape, and, um, "fun" ensued (there is video). The HBE played the Island in Houston a couple of times.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Yup. Most of the nation is relaxing laws against weed. Yet in Texas, come September 1st, a package of Delta-8 gummies will carry more penalty than a bag of weed that weighs the same. But hey, to help you deal with the stress, they do allow a little bit of ibogaine PTSD therapy, it seems.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Yeah, "less weed, more acid" was a surprising turn for our elected body.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

6 and lastly) Still, the vibe of the first night was horrible. Since everyone but the Swans hated us, we didn't show up the second show in Bonn. We had enough punishment. I think we took the day off and enjoyed ourselves in the Reeperbahn (Hamburg's Red Light district). Culture is important.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

5) The Swans were great and friendly (and like us wearing jeans and t-shirts). As was Brix from the Fall who was lovely, American, and not wearing a suit.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

4) Then the Bad Seeds soundchecked, and I snuck back in. One of their junkie hangers on started dancing and knocked over all the of Fall's drums. It was a weird, heavy, and kind of gross scene with all the Europeans wearing suits.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

3) This was the first time I was kicked out of a soundcheck, but I was kind of honored that Mark E Smith personally kicked me out. Later, when the NME asked Mark E what he thought about us, he called us "spoiled American brats standing around in their underwear" (which is pretty accurate).

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

2) Still, amazing line up. I watched the Fall do their soundcheck from the back of hall. They stopped after 2 songs. Mark E called a roadie over and said a few things. The roadie then walked the length of a football field to where I was to say the Fall didn't want me to watch their soundcheck.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

1) This debacle German show was two years after the debacle Dutch show you are talking about. For the Hamburg show, we showed up early and claimed the (unbeknownst to us) only dressing room in the former train station. The European contigent (ie, everyone) was livid since we refused to leave.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The 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...

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Reissue of the Week: Butthole Surfers Live At The Leather Fly | The Quietus

Sure 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

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

It was a lot of fun. Great turnout, received very well. I think the director did a great job, although it was strange to literally watch my life flash before my eyes. Getting the band back together, but not having to actually play was a bonus.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Here'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/hOAj5

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SXSW Doc Tells the Story of Local Psych-Punk Legends Butthole Surfers

Never sacred, always profane

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Paul 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...

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Of Angel and Puppet: Klee, Rilke, and the Test of Innocence

Built 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...

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Breaking: Gail Butensky said it was taken the second time we played in Chicago, at the Metro. That was one of the biggest venues (that would have punk) in the nation, so maybe that's why Teresa and I look extra fired up.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

No idea. Maybe in Chicago since that Gail's home base at the time (I think?). I seem to recall Chicago, as big of a city it was, didn't have a regular club for punk shows. But it may have been Cubby Bear's. I could be way off base.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

One of my favorite photos of Teresa and I, taken by the great Gail Butensky from a new profile in The New Yorker.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

"Given that @Claudiashein got concessions by giving Trump what Mexico has already given the US, I gotta wonder whether Trump's tantrum was just about shorting the stock market."

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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...

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'Ooof!' Trump mocked for falling for 'trick' in Mexico tariff deal

President 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...

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Not 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/3Cy3Pc6

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Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries

At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Proud 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.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The 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...

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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)

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

My 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/sxdzl

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Donate to Help Tom Rebuild After Eaton Fire, organized by Jonathan Wolff

Our 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

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

OK. 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.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

German 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.

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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

buddy hackett mugshot.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I 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.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

There is a time and place for everything, including sporks. To be honest, it is the perfect utensil for KFC mashed potatoes. Which I think is the only time I've used a spork. But I recognize I am just enabling the Spork Industrial Complex.

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Plus he runs his own label putting out consistently amazing tracks. Hero. futureretrolondon.bandcamp.com

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Merch from Future Retro London

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Spotify 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...

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Tim Reaper - Scorched Earth A1

YouTube video by Future Retro London

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hot 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/...

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Black Friday 2024

$10 Vinyl | Black Friday Exclusives | 2024 Releases Signed | Merch | Christmas

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King Coffey @kingcoffey.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Molly Ivins was right when she said “Texas has always been the national laboratory for bad government. I mean, if you want to see a bad idea tried, we’ve tried it." (see defunding public schools, um "vouchers" coming to Trumplandia). However, sometimes my Texan bad-idea legislators surprise me.

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