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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sometimes desert island discs are hard to designate, but this is one.

The cover of the 2002 Queens of the Stone Age album Songs for the Deaf. A forked pitchfork stabs downward between the band name and album title.

V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I don't know what would fix the world, but a well-written show about David Lee Roth's time as an EMT would be a healing experience for me and for many, I am convinced.

From Wikipedia: "Roth maintains residences in Los Angeles, New York City and Tokyo.[34] In 2004, he trained as a state-licensed emergency medical technician in New York.[57] In 2012 he said, "I probably have over 200 9-1-1 calls on my ticket in the last six years alone. I live a very different life away from music."[58]

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Near-total Texas coverage by feral hogs. What's going on in the one hog-free stronghold? Catamount? Werewolves with a bbq pit?

Where can wild hogs be found in Texas? According to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension website, data from 2022 indicates that wild hogs have established populations in 253 of the 254 Texas counties.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Holiday feral hogs are baaaaack! From @dallasnews.com

Photo of 3 invasive species feral hogs with black fur in a hilly area covered with grass and brush, reportedly in Coppell and Roanoke, Texas

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Nadja and Laszlo from What We Do In The Shadows

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Hard to pick a fave but watched this recently and his reputation is deserved from just this film alone. Share your favorite black and white movie.

Sir Laurence Olivier as Hamlet holding a book and staring broodily stage left, 1948

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Same, but ditto any degree, advanced study, or experience in any field. Let's not sully every goddamn thing with a *little* knowledge.

A picture of two cakes in a "Nailed it!" meme style - one with three tiers, a subtle turquoise hue, very smooth icing with a stencil design set off by taupe bows and white flowers, made professionally, and the other, an attempt at the same cake, made by a person who did their own research but lacked the advanced training: covered in a garish Frankenstein turquoise colored melting icing, collapsing squashed layers, stuck on black bows and bright yellow and pink flowers marooned on top, clinging for dear life. A visual illustration of, "How hard could it be?"

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Look, I'm not a doctor, but it helped me.

A screenshot of a song being played on a phone, "Fillmore Jive" by Pavement from the album Crooked Rain Crooked Rain. The album cover has a jagged rectangular frame in the center around two multi-ringed hands with long nails holding a paper document.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Same, toilet roll. Same.

A squashed, industrial-size toilet paper roll that is out of its normal place, sitting atop the stainless steel dispenser

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Merle Normans quietly existing in shabby stripmalls since at least the 70s must be mobbed up, no? (Mobbed Norman)

A beige Merle Norman cosmetics outlet storefront

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Speaking of soup, make this, please. It came from the Bad Place, and the source is lost to time. But you won't regret it. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Cream of Red Pepper, Cilantro and Chili Soup
1 tbsp. oil
½ Onion -chopped
2 cloves of garlic - chopped
2 sticks of celery -chopped
3 Red peppers - deseeded and chopped
¼ cup of wine (any kind will do)
1 tsp of chili sauce or sriracha (or 1/8 tsp of pepper))
1 tbsp. cilantro stalks. salt
1 bay leaf
4 cups of chicken stock (cubes or concentrate is fine)
1 cup cream
½ lemon
1 tsp sugar
In a large pot add oil, cook the garlic, onion, celery and red pepper on medium heat until they go a bit soft. Chuck in the wine, then add the chili paste and bay leaf. Cook for another 5 minutes.
Pour in half the stock and bring the pot to a boil, then lower the heat to a gentle boil, cover and let it go until you can crush the red pepper with the back of a spoon. How long this takes is going to depend on how finely you've chopped your veggies.
Remove bay leaf (very important) and take the pot off the heat. Using a stick blender in the pot itself whiz the soup until all the little bits are smooth. Add the rest of the stock and cream. Bring to a gentle simmer.
The salt, lime and sugar may not be necessary. At this point, taste the mixture. Add salt if needed (stock cubes tend to be salty already). You are looking for a nice sweet, hot and tangy combination. So adjust by adding lemon/lime juice and/or sugar to taste Add a little more chili paste if you want it spicier. But do not reboil the soup once you've added the citrus juice as it will kill the freshness of the flavor.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Found some John Donne with my chocolate. Thanks, Chocolove!

Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in Dark Chocolate outer label

Part of a John Donne poem from Elegy XVI: The Expostulation:
Now have I cursed, let us our love revive;
In me the flame was never more alive.
I could begin again to court and praise,
And in that pleasure lengthen the short days
Of my life's lease ; like painters that do take Delight, not in made work, but whiles they make.
I could renew those times, when first I saw
Love in your eyes, that gave my tongue the law
To like what you liked ; and at masks and plays
Commend the self-same actors, the same ways ;
Ask how you did, and often with intent
Of being officious, be impertinent ;
All which were such soft pastimes, as in these
Love was as subtly catch'd as a disease.
But being got, it is a treasure sweet,
Which to defend is harder than to get ;
And ought not be profaned, on either part,
For though 'tis got by chance, 'tis kept by art.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Well into Van Hagar era... For unlawful carnal knowledge etc etc. You know who started strong and just gets better? Michael Anthony. Forever underrated.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Was listening to Brothers by Alex Van Halen and had to stop and listen to Van Halen I all the way through. Should I continue through all the VH albums? #Yes

A photo of the cover of the book Brothers by Alex Van Halen. A black and white photo in the center shows Alex on the left in sunglasses and Edward Van Halen on the right with a quizzical look. Their hair length/youthful appearance seems like maybe the photo was taken between their first album and Women and Children First.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Song of the week* *contains saxophone

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Snake farm, it just sounds nasty. Snake farm, it pretty much is.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Don't sleep on this album. I almost did.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Whoops, fell down a hole.

A "Madchester" playlist: I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses, The Only One I Know - The Charlatans, This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets, There's No Other Way - Blur, Step On - The Happy Mondays etc.

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Listen to this! You will like. Ages well with several repeats.

Strange Overtones, a 2008 song by David Byrne & Brian Eno

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

DJ Randosong (in my head) says it's time for this song again

Twisting by the Pool by Dire Straits playing on Apple Music

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

haha no, why is this an article?

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

Me to online shopping in the new year after looking at the bills: 🎶 This is it - you're going no further... 🎶

Kenny Loggins in a glossy eggshell satin tunic with matching neckerchief, holding a glowing orb that will hopefully keep me from buying another damn thing online for several weeks or hopefully months

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

🎵Cheap wine in a jelly jar 🎵 (choose your tune - Fat Man in a Little Coat or Hot Fun in the Summertime)

California Roots cabernet sauvignon wine in an empty Bonne Maman jar

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Book o' the week 👍🏻

Photo of just released biography My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee of Rush. Geddy stares bemusedly at you from behind his curtain of hair, circa the late 70s I think?

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

If you aren't aware of it already, Handsome Boy Modeling School - So... How's Your Girl? is awesome. Lots of Chris Elliott content also due to samples from his show Get A Life.

Handsome Boy Modeling School - So, How's Your Girl? album cover

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Or not enough vowels in your homophones?

Ad asking if there's "to" much dust in your house

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Almost spelled that as marquis.

The Marquis de Lafayette next to a cartoon chili burger, saying "HARK! It reappears"

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V @violetthunk.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Been considering learning how to screen print lately. Maybe screen print the cover of Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap. Idk!

Keith Richards album cover, Talk is Cheap. Keith is smoking, wearing a silver skull ring and heavy chain bracelet, and glaring Keith-ly into the camera. Keef!!

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