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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 3h

I had that Indy poster as a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle in 89. I did it so many times that I close my eyes and see it on the back of my eyelids. What a legend.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 7h

Hilariously, one of my friends was in that band and I didn't know it for about the first 6 months I knew him. Just saw him at the comic shop every week like nothing special was going on.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 7h

Presuming you live in Portland and "a certain age" means "middle aged", then 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 7h

Your DMs (probably):

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 12h

The Sex Pistols only ever made Never Mind the Bollocks and a film soundtrack (and few people like the soundtrack).

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 12h

That's true. If he didn't have a banger, D'Angelo stayed quiet.

Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 12h

I definitely don't agree. Their next two albums were artistically better and still had sizable hits. After that, it's more hit or miss.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 12h

Booooo! There are at least two other CLASSIC De La Albums and a few other pretty good ones.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 13h

Apparently, the population will just magically shrink when there aren't places for people to live.

Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 14h

'“We are for affordable, and against high-density,” Ghassali says.' is a real 'no throw, only fetch' kind of admission.

Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 14h

"New Jersey’s problem isn’t that it’s building too little housing, Ciattarelli says: It’s that it’s building too much." www.governing.com/urban/why-ho...

Why Housing Density Has Become a Key Issue in the New Jersey Governor's Race

A new law in New Jersey requires cities to plan for a share of the state’s housing needs. The Republican candidate for governor is tapping into local frustration about it.

www.governing.com

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 1d

Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed.

Doctor says “great clown pagliacci is in town. Go see him. You’ll feel better”

Man says “but doctor, don’t you mean great magician clown *throws smoke bomb on floor and when it clears he is in full clown getup* PAGLIACCI!”

Doctor:

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think there's any conspiracy/mystery at all in Inherent Vice. I think Doc got so high that he just imagined a million connections where there are none.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 1d

Danger Street wasn't just random characters; it was specifically characters with an issue in DC #1 Special (which is an idea awe-inspiringly stupid *and* awesome). So while Space Cabby would have been dope, he wasn't really in-theme.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously this isn't the point, but do you feel like Popeye is "unmistakably Altman"?

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 2d

I only know the SNES one. How's that one compare?

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 3d

Every day is a great day to ask this question to those what can answer it. Anyone have a spare $200 mil they don't care much about?

Wade Black @wadeblack.bsky.social · 5d

Buckaroo Banzai reboot when?

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 3d

The year end Rolling Stone review of Evil Empire said "even Ronald Reagan might find himself in the mosh pit". I didn't know that was so damn literal.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 3d

It's funny to think about, but they'd have to be awfully big PJ fans to have ever heard WMA or to have thought about it in at least 20 years.

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SKEETer Dinklage @darqdad.bsky.social · 3d

Unsolicited SliCk pic

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 3d

So so good; there's just nothing else out there quite like it.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, have mercy. Please don't hurt 'em.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sorry that you're sad now, Q. You would be a great Mom, and still will be if you're still trying. Aly and I lost one baby before we had our boys, so we know that those feelings are really tough.

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Fat Tom of Brewerytown @fattom23.bsky.social · 4d

I think it's Bakshi's best film by a very comfortable margin. Well worth the quest.

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 4d

90% of Wolfmans give up right before they meet Frankenstein

Diamond mine meme but the bottom give up guy is del tor wolfman and the top is lon Chaney jr. The diamond cache is Frankenstein and wolfman fighting

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