"smokey stevenson"
@kurtblumenau.bsky.social
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It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
Pinned
bought a sixer of gently skunked Yuengling and it’s 1979 all up in my mouth
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
bought a sixer of gently skunked Yuengling and it’s 1979 all up in my mouth
dooby dooby doo...
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
dooby dooby doo...
things I did not know or had perhaps forgotten: Ernie Banks served on the board of the Chicago Transit Authority during the last years of his Cubs career. He's shown here in the CTA's 1971 annual report.
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
things I did not know or had perhaps forgotten: Ernie Banks served on the board of the Chicago Transit Authority during the last years of his Cubs career. He's shown here in the CTA's 1971 annual report.
off work today. went out walkin' in the cold with the petite crapcam.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
off work today. went out walkin' in the cold with the petite crapcam.
the first/undated clip here is marvelous AM-hazy late-night spacey jazz; shame it's not longer. Haven't checked out the 4/18/73 clip yet but am guessing (hoping!) it's more of the same.
1973 WRTI 90.1-FM Freedom Sounds Philadelphia Jazz : WRTI : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
1. April 18th 1973 WRTI 90.1-FM Freedom Sounds - Philadelphia, PA aircheck of DJ Bruce Flowers Wednesday Night Connection2. ~1973 Saturday night WRTI...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
the first/undated clip here is marvelous AM-hazy late-night spacey jazz; shame it's not longer. Haven't checked out the 4/18/73 clip yet but am guessing (hoping!) it's more of the same.
phrases appearing in the SABR Games Project draft story I am currently working on:
- "David and Goliath went to extras"
- "the damn weather's against us"
- "locally beloved burger business"
- "severe case of poison ivy on both ankles"
It's epic, lemme tell ya.
- "David and Goliath went to extras"
- "the damn weather's against us"
- "locally beloved burger business"
- "severe case of poison ivy on both ankles"
It's epic, lemme tell ya.
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
phrases appearing in the SABR Games Project draft story I am currently working on:
- "David and Goliath went to extras"
- "the damn weather's against us"
- "locally beloved burger business"
- "severe case of poison ivy on both ankles"
It's epic, lemme tell ya.
- "David and Goliath went to extras"
- "the damn weather's against us"
- "locally beloved burger business"
- "severe case of poison ivy on both ankles"
It's epic, lemme tell ya.
A six-minute "Roll Over Beethoven"? yeah, no.
(Ackshually, it's worth a moment's listen to hear how the song loses about 10 mph when the drummer comes in. As a "guitarist" it is my instinct to feel the drummer's too slow; a drummer might think the guitar intro is too fast.)
(Ackshually, it's worth a moment's listen to hear how the song loses about 10 mph when the drummer comes in. As a "guitarist" it is my instinct to feel the drummer's too slow; a drummer might think the guitar intro is too fast.)
The Raspberries live at the Palace Theatre, New York City (11/7/1973) https://archive.org/details/RaspberriesliveinNewYork
The Raspberries live at the Palace Theatre, New York City (11/7/1973) : The Raspberries : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Here's a bootleg of The Raspberries live on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, November 7th, 1973.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A six-minute "Roll Over Beethoven"? yeah, no.
(Ackshually, it's worth a moment's listen to hear how the song loses about 10 mph when the drummer comes in. As a "guitarist" it is my instinct to feel the drummer's too slow; a drummer might think the guitar intro is too fast.)
(Ackshually, it's worth a moment's listen to hear how the song loses about 10 mph when the drummer comes in. As a "guitarist" it is my instinct to feel the drummer's too slow; a drummer might think the guitar intro is too fast.)
what skill did you master that you will never ever use again?
Pressing Silly Putty firmly and evenly onto the comics page of a newspaper to get a clean print of one frame.
Pressing Silly Putty firmly and evenly onto the comics page of a newspaper to get a clean print of one frame.
What skill did you master that you will never ever use again?
Blowing the dust out of an NES cartridge
Blowing the dust out of an NES cartridge
what skill did you master that you will never ever use again?
10-key typing
10-key typing
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
what skill did you master that you will never ever use again?
Pressing Silly Putty firmly and evenly onto the comics page of a newspaper to get a clean print of one frame.
Pressing Silly Putty firmly and evenly onto the comics page of a newspaper to get a clean print of one frame.
Town special election to authorize (or reject) a tax override to pay for high school renovations.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Town special election to authorize (or reject) a tax override to pay for high school renovations.
An essential component of childhood. Of course, we'll probably find out someday that Nerf crumbs are toxic, and schoolyards and front yards all over America were poisoned forever in the '70s and '80s. But it was great fun at the time.
25 Days of Christmas - Day #7
If there was a NERF Football under your tree Christmas morning, it didn’t stay there long. Even if it was too cold to go outside, you could always play inside, much to Mom’s dismay.
”Run to the recliner and cut left, Timmy!”
#25DaysOfChristmas
If there was a NERF Football under your tree Christmas morning, it didn’t stay there long. Even if it was too cold to go outside, you could always play inside, much to Mom’s dismay.
”Run to the recliner and cut left, Timmy!”
#25DaysOfChristmas
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
An essential component of childhood. Of course, we'll probably find out someday that Nerf crumbs are toxic, and schoolyards and front yards all over America were poisoned forever in the '70s and '80s. But it was great fun at the time.
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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just misread the “movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif” meme as “movie you’ve watched more than six times with a girl” and trying to figure out if any qualify.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
just misread the “movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif” meme as “movie you’ve watched more than six times with a girl” and trying to figure out if any qualify.
Weekend cooking music: been some ‘75 Faces discourse on my feed lately so let’s check ‘em out.
(Lots of food prep to do so I have a second, sorta Faces-adjacent thing to put on if this runs out.)
(Lots of food prep to do so I have a second, sorta Faces-adjacent thing to put on if this runs out.)
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Weekend cooking music: been some ‘75 Faces discourse on my feed lately so let’s check ‘em out.
(Lots of food prep to do so I have a second, sorta Faces-adjacent thing to put on if this runs out.)
(Lots of food prep to do so I have a second, sorta Faces-adjacent thing to put on if this runs out.)
first thought, best thought
.really boring pretty ... us cool to fans waving girls topless two with sun the in cushions our on sit we while fingernails our trimming and gin drinking
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
first thought, best thought
photo of the day: your man getting keel-hauled by a guy pushing a double stroller. Oh, the indignity.
(he had a nice kick!)
(he had a nice kick!)
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
photo of the day: your man getting keel-hauled by a guy pushing a double stroller. Oh, the indignity.
(he had a nice kick!)
(he had a nice kick!)
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Felt slow the whole time … so of course I beat my time from Thanksgiving, when I felt good. (And on a hillier course.)
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Felt slow the whole time … so of course I beat my time from Thanksgiving, when I felt good. (And on a hillier course.)
AND DID THOSE FEET
IN ANCIENT TIME
WALK UPON ENGLAND’S MOUNTAINS GREEN
IN ANCIENT TIME
WALK UPON ENGLAND’S MOUNTAINS GREEN
Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s ambitious album – Brain Salad Surgery – was released today in 1973. It’s full-on ELP – with plenty of bombastic virtuosity. It’s difficult to imagine anyone other than Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer throwing themselves into something akin to “Karn Evil 9”
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
AND DID THOSE FEET
IN ANCIENT TIME
WALK UPON ENGLAND’S MOUNTAINS GREEN
IN ANCIENT TIME
WALK UPON ENGLAND’S MOUNTAINS GREEN
In which Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin declares that December 8, 1941 (the day the US declared war) will go down as one of the nation’s most important and remembered dates.
#swingandamiss
#swingandamiss
#onthisday in 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Here is Mayor Tobin's address at a city-wide meeting after the attack.
Image 1: Mayor Tobin's address after the attack on Pearl Harbor printed in the City Record.
Image 2: Page 2 of Mayor Tobin's address printed in the City Record.
Image 1: Mayor Tobin's address after the attack on Pearl Harbor printed in the City Record.
Image 2: Page 2 of Mayor Tobin's address printed in the City Record.
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In which Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin declares that December 8, 1941 (the day the US declared war) will go down as one of the nation’s most important and remembered dates.
#swingandamiss
#swingandamiss
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December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Packaging images, trade catalog
Brite Star Manufacturing Co.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1965
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Brite Star Manufacturing Co.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1965
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December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning and it is ... not really top of mind.
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning and it is ... not really top of mind.
Pro baseball umpiring didn't agree with this poor gent: he started work June 10, 1963, and was released on June 26.
(News clips indicate he got into a flap on June 25: while working the plate, he got the ball-and-strike count wrong on his indicator.)
(News clips indicate he got into a flap on June 25: while working the plate, he got the ball-and-strike count wrong on his indicator.)
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December 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Pro baseball umpiring didn't agree with this poor gent: he started work June 10, 1963, and was released on June 26.
(News clips indicate he got into a flap on June 25: while working the plate, he got the ball-and-strike count wrong on his indicator.)
(News clips indicate he got into a flap on June 25: while working the plate, he got the ball-and-strike count wrong on his indicator.)
Green chile chicken soup tonight, from a recipe by @newmexiconomad.com. I don’t do loads of dairy-based soups but this one’s a keeper - comforting and modestly spicy.
December 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Green chile chicken soup tonight, from a recipe by @newmexiconomad.com. I don’t do loads of dairy-based soups but this one’s a keeper - comforting and modestly spicy.