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bingo gazingo

late poet & all-around eccentric figure who was notable in the 90s for his absurdist, kind of crass ramblings... with the help of R. Stevie Moore, The Smithereens' Dennis Diken & other WFMU DJs, they've produced some crazy improvisational instrumentals backing Bingo Gazingo's bizarre poems -- such as "Up Your Jurassic Park" and "I Love You So Fucking Much I Can't Shit". genuinely a one-of-a-kind lol

@miggy

Jun 14, 2024

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luckyme

lucky me indeed the day i realized Hudson Mohawke & Rustie were more than just two artists i happened to like a lot

@0gs

Jan 3, 2025

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Jonathan Richman (and seeing him live)

New Jersey may have Bruce, but Massachusetts has Jonathan- a guy who has always been unapologetically himself whether it was being totally sober in the 70s, writing pleas for tenderness in a genre known for bravado, dancing in lesbian bars, or driving down to NYC every weekend to be Velvet Underground's biggest fan before anyone else was. a guy who despite being a rock legend, spends his days installing pizza ovens around the san fransisco area. I've seen him live a few times now, and watching him play his sweet silly songs in an unapologetically sincere + sort of autistic way is somehow just as transgressive as the proto-punk he invented with The Modern Lovers over 50 years ago. I can't help but smile ear to ear for his entire set. effortless humor and charm. Something that's also stood out to me after seeing him live a few times now, is the way he recontextualizes the classics. When he played "Old World" in 2022 he changed the lyrics to recognize how some things should be left in the past rather than simply romanticizing it. And last night he played with the iconic "Pablo Picasso" to focus less on the swagger of Pablo, and more on how that type of guy is actually kind of an arrogant creep. Angel Prost (of Frost Children) wrote a great essay on Jonathan's reinvention for her email-only newsletter a few years ago, if you'd like to read it I'm sure I can dig it up for you. From last night- When I was a kid, I wanted to be an oil painter. I was obsessed with colors. Then I heard Velvet Underground and saw you can paint with a guitar Anyways...if more people were a bit more like Jonathan the world would be a better place. A huge inspiration to me!

@tyler

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Mar 8, 2024

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Free stickers at the checkout counter

don’t give me a nasty bowl of mints. i want a free stickie that i’ll never do anything with

@joshkosh

Apr 2, 2024

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Woof

i just say woof when I want to have a fuckin cuss

@joshkosh

Apr 23, 2024

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Severance - ling ma

dystopian/post-apoc easy read! I don’t read a ton of books in that genre, but found it really compelling or Bliss Montage, also by Ling Ma, is a great short stories collection. sometimes short stories are the best way for me to break out of a reading slump 🤌

@joshkosh

Apr 17, 2024