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Paul Hébert

@paulinraincity.bsky.social

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Stage lV colorectal cancer guy. Failed academic. Comics, illustration, old books, old music. www.readingdoonesbury.com

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · Sep 5

New on my Doonesbury blog: "An Experiment in Holy Fascism": The Iranian Revolution Comes to Walden College.

#Iran #Comics #ComicStrip #Doonesbury.

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“An Experiment in Holy Fascism”: The Iranian Revolution Comes to Walden College

In November 1978, as protests against his regime escalated, the Shah of Iran instituted military rule and clamped down violently on street demonstrations. In an interview with The MacNeil/Lehrer Re…

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 12h

Should I?

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 12h

Watching "Shifty," the newish Adam Curtis doc about Britain in the 1980s.

Really love this guy's style.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 15h

Shit like this is why I'll never give up on the internet. This is real love.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 15h

Here we all are, watching baseball again

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 20h

Looking forward to listening. One of my favorite pods!

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

This is starting to feel like a cricket match.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out they all did pretty well at the end of the thing.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · Sep 14

I have found my favorite characters on Game of Thrones and now l'm sad because in all likelihood something horrible will happen to both of them.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not even really a baseball fam.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Wheeeee!

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great ball game.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, it's "National Read About My Problematic Cultural Touchstones Day."

Thanks as always to Vancouver's best independent, brick-and-mortar @pfbvan.bsky.social.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Aw, excellent!

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Northwestern has a few.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Jack DeJohnette was maybe my favorite drummer.

Hell of a run.

Aw, man.

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John Abercrombie Dave Holland Jack DeJohnette - Homecoming

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 2d

I was really underwhelmed and ultimately bored by this movie.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 2d

Listening to the new Zappa Halloween 1978 box.

Gotta say, without Ike Willis, this band in demonstrably weaker than previous or later incarnations with him.

Also: Dennis Walley's slide playing is off the hook.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

Scroll down to the "Major Events Timeline."

Then start scrolling horizontally.

It's a whole fucking trip.

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The White House Building

Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 5d

We did it before, and we'll do it again.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

I literally thought you were another guy l knew named "Daniel Elkin," but decided to stick around.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

Ladies and gentlemen, the Grateful Dead.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

This trio is a peak experience for me. Some of my favorite music.

I don't really go for Jarrett's solo piano stuff, except that one standards record he did as a Christmas present for his wife after shaking off CFS.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

The Eagles are fine. Decent songwriting & playing, basically well-crafted records. Nothing I'd rush out to add to my collection, but no reason to rush and change the channel on the car's FM radio.

(which is probably the only place I've heard them in 30 years besides as background music at the pub)

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

Related, kind of.

Reddit post on Black Flag wanting to open for the Grateful Dead.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 6d

The fellows I knew in the Navy got tattoos of their wife’s name, or their mother. Maybe a hula girl. An anchor.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 7d

So today l learned something about a Dire Straits song....