Overnight Open Thread [05/18/2026]

I knew that the Yukon River was long, but almost 2,000 miles long? Pretty impressive! I first learned about the Yukon River from Jack London in The Call of the Wild, and White Fang. And because I was a kid, I dug into a lot of his other stories, which were chock full of the Yukon River. It has been awhile, but one collection of short stories, called Smoke Bellew, still resonates.

I think I wanted to be a gold prospector in Alaska for a few years, and of course have a dog just like White Fang!

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[Hat Tip: TC]

That has certainly morphed into communist and communist-adjacent, although their end game is just the same. One day American schools will once again teach the evils of communism, and we will be much better off as a country.

Maybe I am naive, but I am genuinely puzzled by people who are true believers. As a political philosophy, it is so transparently false that it is difficult to comprehend the suspension of logic and the discarding of knowledge of the human condition that is necessary to believe in it.

The bosses are a different issue. They want power, and are willing to do anything to get it and exercise it. THAT I understand, because it is sadly part of the human condition.

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German Tourist Killed by Cobra Bite at Egypt Hotel Snake Show

According to PEOPLE, the 57-year-old man, from the Unterallgäu region of Germany, was traveling with two family members when the incident occurred. The resort had staged a snake show for guests featuring two cobras, during which the snake charmer moved through the audience encouraging guests to handle the snakes and drape them around their necks.
During the show, the cobra found its way into the man’s clothing and struck him in the leg. The venom took effect quickly — he needed emergency resuscitation at the scene before being rushed to a hospital, where doctors were unable to save him. He has not been publicly identified.

This is me being naive again. Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?
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It's small and tough to read, but damn, it is funny!

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Train collides with sewage truck in a shitty turn of events in Chesapeake,VA.
No fatalities reported just a lot of nausea. pic.twitter.com/aNhttnmgTd
— Iron Horse (@ironcanary) May 14, 2026

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Bob Dylan is widely described as Rock's greatest poet.

Bullshit.

In the real world, Paul Simon should be considered modern music's best bard, simply because he is slightly less pompous. Add in a tremendous number of fine songs with fine, poetic lyrics, and little Bobby is merely a pretender to the throne. And his enthusiastic participation in politics, while probably good for his career, is grating. Plus, "Hurricane" is a terrible song, and Ruben Carter was a thug, and my guess is that he did the crime.

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Mrs. Robinson
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The Boxer
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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And yes...FIGHT ME!
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And in other music news:

An early look at Bono's pomposity...

Maybe one more...

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1 Mars is coming within 6.5 arcminutes of Uranus, almost plugging it dead center.

yeah, baby

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2026 10:13 PM (Mb4p6)

2 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

3 hola

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 18, 2026 10:13 PM (van9r)

4 Arf!

Posted by: Sandy at May 18, 2026 10:13 PM (6C3mT)

5 Shebang!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 18, 2026 10:14 PM (YlWIZ)

6 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at May 18, 2026 10:15 PM (6C3mT)

7 >>> The bosses are a different issue. They want power, and are willing to do anything to get it and exercise it. THAT I understand, because it is sadly part of the human condition.

Virtually every single one thinks they are going to be a boss or, at the very least, thinks it will be a net gain for them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

8 I think I wanted to be a gold prospector in Alaska for a few years, and of course have a dog just like White Fang!

... and then you learned just how fcking cold it gets in Alaska?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 18, 2026 10:17 PM (Ra+Eb)

9 ITS FUNNY BECAUSE SNAKES DONT EAT AT THE DINNER TABLE

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBURGER at May 18, 2026 10:17 PM (oq9dX)

10 My joy in cartoon captions is restored. So, fuck off, New Yorker.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 18, 2026 10:18 PM (YlWIZ)

11 Virtually every single one thinks they are going to be a boss or, at the very least, thinks it will be a net gain for them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

The only good thing about communism is that if the commies win, most of the true believers will get bullets in the head.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:18 PM (iERP6)

12 >>I knew that the Yukon River was long

Deep too.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

13 ... and then you learned just how fcking cold it gets in Alaska?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 18, 2026 10:17 PM (Ra+Eb)

Pretty much!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:19 PM (iERP6)

14 I get that the guy watching the train hit a honey wagon was excited, but it's just annoying when people's entire vocabulary comes down to three words: holy, f***ing, and s***. I guess that makes me a snob.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

15 Honey Wagon hit by train -
How many times can one guy say "Shit"?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

16 Bob Dylan is widely described as Rock's greatest poet.
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Rappers are the true poets

Posted by: C Nolan at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl)

17 12 >>I knew that the Yukon River was long

Deep too.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

Water's cold.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (QaH55)

18 Shoot em up at Muslim center in socal?
Moose out front shoulda told you.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (Kt19C)

19
This is me being naive again. Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?

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I was in Egypt around 2003. It was a thing back then for the local impresario to drape a barely breathing cobra over the necks of tourists for a magical photo moment. I felt sorry for those sad wrung out cobras.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (6C3mT)

20 The only good thing about communism is that if the commies win, most of the true believers will get bullets in the head.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:18 PM (iERP6)

Ironically, Stalin killed more commies than anyone in history.

But he was still an evil asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

21 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (w3u3d)

22 The only good thing about communism is that if the commies win, most of the true believers will get bullets in the head.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yes. Communism has no room for the greedy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)

23 That one videographer's vocabulary is ... somewhat small.

Though, the first two words out of his mouth were the most apropos.

Posted by: GWB at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (kU0PQ)

24 Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (Kt19C)

Ask me if I give a shit...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:22 PM (iERP6)

25 I'm aging in dog years here tonight

Game 7 ... OT ...

C'mon Sabres !!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 18, 2026 10:22 PM (3sXRv)

26 Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

And when you click play, it can be heard all over the house. Wife sure liked hearing it....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 U2 most overrated band evah.

I'd rather listen to a Nickleback album on a loop than a couple of U2 songs once.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (qrzX6)

28 Beautiful crescent moon tonight with Venus very, very close.

Posted by: Ripley at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (PTDkx)

29
Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?

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Absolutely!

Posted by: Church of God with Signs Following at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (HdYcL)

30 Are we sure the top pic isn't a Polynikes or MisHum original?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

31 My music teacher in high school circa 1970 said if Paul Simon had been born in a more civilized age, like the baroque, he might be considered a genius.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (ndZc7)

32 I'm thinking Charles Bingham shoulda hung back a little.

Posted by: wth at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

33 I spent the day in the back yard trying to figure out what the fault is in my washing machine, and why it is not spinning or agitating. I got it to work in the back yard and I even ran a couple of loads of laundry hooked to the garden hose. Then I moved it back into the laundry room, where it failed to function again.
Getting that machinery to work would make me feel like I had accomplished something. All I have learned so far is how to disassemble a washing machine and put it back together.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

34 22 The only good thing about communism is that if the commies win, most of the true believers will get bullets in the head.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yes. Communism has no room for the greedy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)

For an ideology that is supposedly based on sharing, they ain't big on sharing what they got.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (QaH55)

35 I hope the cartoons don't tick off the hamsters driving AoSHQ. of course, he wouldn't let cobras near them, so it might be a wash.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

36 hat one videographer's vocabulary is ... somewhat small.

Though, the first two words out of his mouth were the most apropos.
Posted by: GWB

The visual was one thing.... and then the smell hits you.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)

37 I just put a batch of CCCs in the freezer. They will get baked this weekend.
My new split king adjustable bed has finally been correctly delivered. Now the bases need to be lowered because the mattresses are so thick.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

38 Country songs are all about the lyrics.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (qrzX6)

39
Haloo! I am back from taking down systems of oppression ... and the stack of landscaping edging stone that arrived on a pallet on Saturday!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (s9VOe)

40 Are we sure the top pic isn't a Polynikes or MisHum original?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yes...we are sure.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (iERP6)

41 For an ideology that is supposedly based on sharing, they ain't big on sharing what they got.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (QaH55)
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They are quite keen on gathering for themselves what other people have, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)

42 >>> 33 I spent the day in the back yard trying to figure out what the fault is in my washing machine, and why it is not spinning or agitating. I got it to work in the back yard and I even ran a couple of loads of laundry hooked to the garden hose. Then I moved it back into the laundry room, where it failed to function again.
Getting that machinery to work would make me feel like I had accomplished something. All I have learned so far is how to disassemble a washing machine and put it back together.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe there's a level "safety" switch that flaked out?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (Ra+Eb)

43 Now the bases need to be lowered because the mattresses are so thick.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 18, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

Ah yes! Climbing into bed becomes a chore as we approach 29!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:26 PM (iERP6)

44 Maybe there's a level "safety" switch that flaked out?

I rate this as Plausible.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

45 Are we sure the top pic isn't a Polynikes or MisHum original?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yes...we are sure.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (iERP6)

It has a very painterly look. Did think it was a photo, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

46
Ah, I see we have an apt representative from the twattery wing of contemporary music joining us this evening. Keep your opinions to yourselves, eh, boys?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:27 PM (s9VOe)

47 BREAKING NEWS
Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley.

Now they're hoping to make buses and trains that run on thyme.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:27 PM (qx7Zg)

48 Rappers are the true poets
Posted by: C Nolan

Listening to Move, Bitch, Get Out Da Way is like like listening to the angels singing in Heaven.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

49 My AC was out last night. Got to 83 in the apartment. Would not drop for fans or open windows.

Got it fixed this morning but last night was sweaty- and not in a good way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)

50 Your Berkeley roots are showing, dear Dildo.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 18, 2026 10:27 PM (A5RD0)

51
Hell, I missed it, but speaking of Uranus conjunctions, Mercury just got close to Uranus yesterday. Too close to the Sun to see anything, but it happened.

And you can't see Uranus with the naked eye anyway (unless you're in very dark skies with very good, non-29 yr old eyesight).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

52 CBD, I'm with you on Paul Simon. An excellent wordsmith and a good singer, too. The Boxer is one of my favorites.

Bob Dylan wrote some OK tunes, but the man CANNOT sing! My baby sis loves his stuff and still laughs at my impersonation.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)

53 Are we sure the top pic isn't a Polynikes or MisHum original?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

It does come off as a painting at first glance.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:28 PM (qrzX6)

54 All I have learned so far is how to disassemble a washing machine and put it back together.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Probably the dogs.
Hang on, don't go away, I have a couple of links that may be of interest to you re: mystery Ford.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (Mb4p6)

55 BREAKING NEWS
Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley.

Now they're hoping to make buses and trains that run on thyme.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Rosemary could pull a rickshaw.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)

56 Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?

Well, not as many as there used to be.

Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (LLQU7)

57
We know that the top photo is not of the catalogue of either Polynikes or MisHum because there is a body floating on the water. Rank amateurish, that.

Those fine citizens know that one disposes of corpses in and among the trees, buried under a log or two.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (s9VOe)

58 That painting seems familiar...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)

59 BREAKING NEWS
Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley.
......

Now make 'em run on kale so we know what to do with that shit.

Posted by: wth at May 18, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)

60 Maybe there's a level "safety" switch that flaked out?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (Ra+Eb)

I will check the door switch and have the start capacitor checked. Chances are, however, that the clutch on the motor is gooey and sticks, which means tearing it all the way down.

This is not a standard machine, I think it is a Frankenstein made from multiple junked machines. If it were a car it would have four different tires. The problem is that it is a better washer than buying a new one from Lowes.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR)

61 Well, not as many as there used to be.
Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (LLQU7)

Darwin never sleeps.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 18, 2026 10:31 PM (zZu0s)

62 When I'm in the mood for pompous, I check out the Sunday food thread.
Or maybe that should be pamplemousse.

Posted by: Dagwood at May 18, 2026 10:31 PM (CC0N1)

63 MTL @ BUF Game 7 OT now

Posted by: Don Black- ever stalwart at May 18, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

64 >>> 56
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Well, not as many as there used to be.
Posted by: t-bird at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (LLQU7)

That's what I said.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at May 18, 2026 10:31 PM (Ra+Eb)

65 Got it fixed this morning but last night was sweaty- and not in a good way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Plastic sheets.
At least make it fun like a slip-n-slide.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 18, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

66 Country songs are all about the lyrics.

He said, "I'll love you 'til I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:32 PM (Jr+re)

67 Gloria is a great song. Thanks for the ONT CBD

Posted by: 496 at May 18, 2026 10:32 PM (Vryyy)

68
Not a good day. Not a good evening. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2026 10:33 PM (HdYcL)

69 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

70 A merry Monday evening to alla y'all. I'm sure you'll all be glad to know my back molar got successfully crowned this afternoon. Hooray for modern dentistry.

I met Paul Simon once during his Graceland tour. Great show and nice guy. Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder at May 18, 2026 10:33 PM (cz4n2)

71 Then I moved it back into the laundry room, where it failed to function again.
Posted by: Kindltot

Electric circuit or breaker problem? I had a weird vacuum cleaner problem years ago, and replacing the breaker fixed it.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 18, 2026 10:33 PM (9DUBn)

72 it's just annoying when people's entire vocabulary comes down to three words: holy, f***ing, and s***.

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Well, call me a hog and butcher me for bacon!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)

73 Country songs are all about the lyrics.

He said, "I'll love you 'til I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:32 PM (Jr+re

They say time heals all wounds
But time's standing still

They say you gotta move on
But I'm spinning my wheels

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (qrzX6)

74 Yukon, huh?

How about the marge of lake Lebarge?

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (MEtvx)

75 Good evening morons e grazie CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

76
Listening to Move, Bitch, Get Out Da Way is like like listening to the angels singing in Heaven.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

As the backing soundtrack to that traffic impeding creature getting hit on the head with a thrown traffic cone, the entire Universe vibrated with pure righteousness.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (s9VOe)

77 Thanks for the lively Overnight Open Thread, CBD!

The Yukon is over 2,000 miles long?!?!? That's amazing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (D/6p1)

78 Or maybe that should be pamplemousse."

Of love?

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:35 PM (MEtvx)

79 "Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?" I dunno, there are people who pose next to bears in national parks. One of my aunts went to, I think it was Yellowstone, and was just flabbergasted at the stupidity.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 18, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)

80 it's just annoying when people's entire vocabulary comes down to three words: holy, f***ing, and s***. I guess that makes me a snob.
Posted by: Archimedes

I feel both judged and seen...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (9DUBn)

81 It's been over a year since we've had a Pat Condell video. Hope he's okay. Excellent fellow.
https://youtu.be/TjPY9dtBBDY

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of convenience at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (cz4n2)

82 I spent the day in the back yard trying to figure out what the fault is in my washing machine, and why it is not spinning or agitating.

All I have learned so far is how to disassemble a washing machine and put it back together.
Posted by: Kindltot

So, it is agitating.

Posted by: mikeski, running serpentine at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)

83
The Orange Infundibulum of Righteousness!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (s9VOe)

84 Boobs!

Sorry, I’ve nothing else to contribute.

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

85 So, it is agitating"

Golf clap

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:38 PM (MEtvx)

86 So, it is agitating.
Posted by: mikeski, running serpentine at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)

I was waiting for that.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:38 PM (qrzX6)

87 >Country songs are all about the lyrics.
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bird, bird, buh buh buh bird

Posted by: Don Black- ever stalwart at May 18, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

88
Thanks for the lively Overnight Open Thread, CBD!

The Yukon is over 2,000 miles long?!?!? That's amazing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient

... and it only reeled out enough to win the bet!

-- Just the Punchline

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 18, 2026 10:38 PM (s9VOe)

89 I was waiting for that."

It's just spin...

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:38 PM (MEtvx)

90 Country songs are all about the lyrics.
Posted by: LRob in OK

They'd all be the same, otherwise.

Posted by: mikeski, still running serpentine at May 18, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

91 Boobs!
Sorry, I’ve nothing else to contribute.
Posted by: Bulg

Two thumbs up!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 18, 2026 10:39 PM (9DUBn)

92 "Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?" I dunno, there are people who pose next to bears in national parks. One of my aunts went to, I think it was Yellowstone, and was just flabbergasted at the stupidity.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 18, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)

How many people silhouettes did the bear? You know, like fighter pilots on their aircraft.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

93 Gloria is a good representative of the Christian themes that were prevalent in the first few U2 albums.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

94 Country songs are all about the lyrics.
Posted by: LRob in OK

They'd all be the same, otherwise.
Posted by: mikeski, still running serpentine at May 18, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

Heh. Though I meant you don't need a lyric sheet to understand what's being said.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:40 PM (qrzX6)

95 How many people silhouettes did the bear? You know, like fighter pilots on their aircraft."

Bear Ace?

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:40 PM (MEtvx)

96 Yesterday's airshow crash in Idaho: All four Navy crew members are reported in "stable" condition, with "non-profit threatening" injuries. They must have had one Hell of a ride when they ejected.

The Air Force Base is in a rather isolated area, and there aren't a lot of roads in the vicinity. The aircraft wreckage managed to fall directly on top of one of the few paved roads in the area. Fortunately, it wasn't the main highway to the base that sees thousands of trips per day, but several hundred people who live at the other end of the road will now have to made a 30 minute detour for a few days.

https://shorturl.at/MblQc

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 18, 2026 10:41 PM (N9LdK)

97 Well, call me a hog and butcher me for bacon!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)

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Whatever happened to, "slap my ass and call me Nancy"? That was a classic.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 18, 2026 10:41 PM (6C3mT)

98 CBD, really great interview with the guy from Nevada. He sounded normal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

99 I met Paul Simon once during his Graceland tour. Great show and nice guy. Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder

Simon is one of my favorite musicians and like another of my favorite musicians, Yo-yo Ma, is not afraid to take a risk on something new. For Simon, I'm thinking particularly of Graceland and for Ma, his "bluegrass" albums. In my opinion, not all such experiments are successful but without them, we would've missed some great music.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:41 PM (ndZc7)

100 So, it is agitating.
Posted by: mikeski, running serpentine

I was waiting for that.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Even the slow rollers to the shortstop need to be fielded correctly.

Posted by: mikeski, bronzed glove winner at May 18, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

101 slap my ass and call me Nancy"

Paul says what?

Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (MEtvx)

102 93 Gloria is a good representative of the Christian themes that were prevalent in the first few U2 albums.

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Van Morrison's version was best.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (6C3mT)

103
This is not a standard machine, I think it is a Frankenstein made from multiple junked machines. If it were a car it would have four different tires.

One piece at a time!

Johnny Cash song glorifying theft.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Cqx++)

104 Kindltot,

It’s referred to as a G.E.M module, it rides on top of the dash fuse box (referred to as the Power Distribution Box) that’s on the left side of the steering column.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yKyjW6EcDA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZTuG6j7zA

Not going to do the full dissection, get it open enough an drown it in CAIG D5S-6 CAIG DeoxIT. Then discover a way to protect it from potential new drips.
Also bought a windshield molding tool and will fill every rusty hole with epoxy or bondo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Mb4p6)

105 Johnny Cash song glorifying theft.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Cqx++)

-----------

GM wouldn't miss just one little piece.

Posted by: Johnny Cash at May 18, 2026 10:44 PM (6C3mT)

106 >>>One day American schools will once again teach the evils of communism,
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Better dead than red.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2026 10:44 PM (Mb4p6)

107 While you may not like Bob Dylan, he's responsible for one of the greatest covers in Rock history, which just might be the greatest song in rock history.

Or should be in the conversation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 18, 2026 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)

108 fill every rusty hole with epoxy or bondo.

American automotive craftsmanship!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

109 Mets and Nats were tied 5-5 after 9. Both scored a run in the 11th.

Then the Mets scored 10 runs in the 12th. That was unexpected.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)

110 While you may not like Bob Dylan, he's responsible for one of the greatest covers in Rock history, which just might be the greatest song in rock history.

Which is?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 18, 2026 10:46 PM (Riz8t)

111 Read a funny Deep Thought today

' I've never really been satisfied with any of the windshield wipers speed '

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:46 PM (qrzX6)

112 @107 - All Along the Watchtower?

Posted by: 496 at May 18, 2026 10:46 PM (oOhQ4)

113 Country songs are all about the lyrics.

-
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
I love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold
And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:47 PM (ndZc7)

114 Paul Simon is indeed the better writer. He went on to very expansive music career that some say was better than his time with Art.

FYI, Scarborough Fair / Canticle was a rare piece created by both of them. These two songs were old folk songs. Beautifully put together.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters is a better third choice.

Off to the rest of the content.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 18, 2026 10:47 PM (w3u3d)

115 Someone may want to review the tail end Charlie comments on the Massie thread. They are quite stinky.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

116 I never thought Johnny Cash was a very good singer but he had some funny songs.

Posted by: Case at May 18, 2026 10:48 PM (b2ADL)

117 How many people silhouettes did the bear? You know, like fighter pilots on their aircraft."

Bear Ace?
Posted by: man at May 18, 2026 10:40 PM (MEtvx)

That's better than taking a photo of a Bear Ass.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)

118 Get On the Bus Gus is deep.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:49 PM (qrzX6)

119 Better dead than red.

Posted by: Braenyard

Better to serve on your knees
Than die on your feet.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 18, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)

120 It has a very painterly look. Did think it was a photo, though.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Either way, it would make a good jigsaw puzzle.

Posted by: mikeski fits in at May 18, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

121 Sure it's not the motor coupling at fault in the washer. If you can hear the motor running, but it won't spin, that's the most common faulty part. Most of them are 5 bucks.

Posted by: Your Lonely Maytag Repairman at May 18, 2026 10:50 PM (oftw2)

122 BREAKING NEWS
Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley.

Now they're hoping to make buses and trains that run on thyme.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Rosemary could pull a rickshaw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)

Would a herbal conveyance be referred to as a sage coach?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 10:51 PM (nbLIj)

123 Sorry browndog.

Great season.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)

124 FUQ ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 18, 2026 10:51 PM (3sXRv)

125 Bookends is my favorite S&G. Save the Life of My Child

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 10:51 PM (Cqx++)

126 CBD, what the heck are you doing up at this hour?
Ace better have a great dental plan.

Posted by: RI Red at May 18, 2026 10:52 PM (iB8Z+)

127 Canadiens win

Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)

128 Robert Hunter was the best lyricist of the second half of the 20th century. Oscar Hammerstein was the best of the first half. Maybe tied with Cole Porter.

Posted by: Edelweiss at May 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)

129 And whatever you think of Dylan's politics and his horrible singing voice he's by far the best modern songwriter and it's not particularly close.

Look at how many people have covered Dylan. It's incredible.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

130 Bridge Over Troubled Waters was (is) a great song.

Posted by: Case at May 18, 2026 10:54 PM (b2ADL)

131 Robert Hunter was the best lyricist of the second half of the 20th century.

Hoyt Axton.

I just posted that because he was an Okie!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

132 Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley.

Now they're hoping to make buses and trains that run on thyme.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Rosemary could pull a rickshaw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 18, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)

Would a herbal conveyance be referred to as a sage coach?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 10:51 PM (nbLIj)

If you powered a sage coach with allspice, you're guaranteed to attract the pumpkin spice latte crowd.

Hearses, on the other hand, should be powered by garlic. Keeps the vampires from rising.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)

133 I did a renovation in the office/studio of a pretty fair lyricist, Sammy Cahn. He had nice digs in a corner office at Faberge Co. in the mid 70s. He made it a long way from the poverty of the Lower East Side.

Posted by: Carpenter's Local 257 at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)

134 Karen Carpenter is my patron saint of the 70s. What a gorgeous voice that woman had. She was the vocal version of Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

135 Read a funny Deep Thought today

' I've never really been satisfied with any of the windshield wipers speed '

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 10:46 PM (qrzX6)

I had a 1988 Mitsubishi Starion back in the day. The wiper speed was somehow triggered to the moving speed of the car. So if you set the intermittent speed to perfection at a stop light, it would speed up to match the speed of the car so you didn't have to manually compensate and fiddle with the switch. It worked great. I thought that was a pretty cool thing for 1988. That car had a bunch of little shit like that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

136 Regarding the Pat Condell quote, if you want to know how fu**ed up the UK is, read up on the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal from a little over ten years ago. 1400 young girls victimized by Pakistanis. It went on for years with officials looking the other way because they didn't want to be accused of racism.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 18, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

137 130 Bridge Over Troubled Waters was (is) a great song.

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It's no "Fernando"

Posted by: ABBA, We're Swedish at May 18, 2026 10:56 PM (6C3mT)

138 Berserker, did you catch the Jersey song above? Looking for your viewpoint here!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr+re)

139 >>>In the real world, Paul Simon should be considered modern music's best bard, simply because he is slightly less pompous.

My reasoning would be that he nailed Carrie Fisher. And back when she was a hot little cutie.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 18, 2026 10:57 PM (syz1S)

140 Dylan and Simon both suck ass but Dylan sucks more.

Simon did whip his old ladies ass back in 2014 which is surprising as he is only 5 feet 2. I have stools bigger than that.

Posted by: Art Garfunkel at May 18, 2026 10:57 PM (7d1L5)

141 Sure it's not the motor coupling at fault in the washer. If you can hear the motor running, but it won't spin, that's the most common faulty part. Most of them are 5 bucks.
Posted by: Your Lonely Maytag Repairman at May 18, 2026 10:50 PM (oftw2)

No it is humming. I have a grain mill that I have to start by giving it a push, and the motor sounds like that before it starts to spin. So, capacitor or something gunking up the motor. I think a shaft coupler will make a grinding or stuttering noise as it gives up the ghost.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 18, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

142 Would sending the cast of The View into Iran to talk to their leaders violate the Geneva Convention?

(My autocorrect made a funny. Instead of Iran, it suggested sending them into space.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

143 Boobs!
Sorry, I’ve nothing else to contribute.
Posted by: Bulg

Obligatory:
Link?

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of 30035 at May 18, 2026 11:00 PM (cz4n2)

144 Can analysis be worthwhile?
Is the theater really dead?

Posted by: Chuck C at May 18, 2026 11:00 PM (D0HYP)

145 139 >>>In the real world, Paul Simon should be considered modern music's best bard, simply because he is slightly less pompous.

My reasoning would be that he nailed Carrie Fisher. And back when she was a hot little cutie.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 18, 2026 10:57 PM (syz1S)

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 18, 2026 11:00 PM (2+SeL)

146 Paul McCartney has written 32 #1 hits.

I'm not saying he's the best but he does hold that record.

And there are a couple of other song writers that no one has heard of with almost the same number.

And weed must help write songs because Willie Nelson has to be in consideration.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 11:01 PM (qrzX6)

147 "modern music's best bard"
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My humble opinion: Elvis Costello had lots of very cleverly written songs, but even he would place second behind John Prine

Posted by: 496 at May 18, 2026 11:01 PM (3CN/6)

148 I think I wanted to be a gold prospector in Alaska for a few years, and of course have a dog just like White Fang!

When my brother was stationed up there flying with the Army's Mohawk Squadron, they would use the IR sensors to looks at small rivers and creeks for black sand deposits. Then he and a buddy would take the weekend and go prospect. He averaged about $25,000 a year. (he says...but I think he's full of it because he squealed to mom that I took the cookies one day when I was 6. I don't trust him.)

Posted by: Diogenes at May 18, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

149 Paul Simon did have some good lyrics, but I may have to place Gordon Lightfoot above him.

People may love or hate "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald," but I've always been struck by the line "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2026 11:02 PM (C30Iv)

150 Either way, it would make a good jigsaw puzzle.
Posted by: mikeski fits in at May 18, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

Until you can't find the last piece because someone hid it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 11:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

151 Buck laughs at your "White Fang"
(and he also laughs at the Yeehats )

Posted by: Chuck C at May 18, 2026 11:03 PM (D0HYP)

152 Karen Carpenter is my patron saint of the 70s. What a gorgeous voice that woman had. She was the vocal version of Sydney Sweeney.
Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

Yep, but she certainly wasn't the boob version.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 18, 2026 11:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

153 Oh boy! Gerbils again!

Posted by: Paul / Sid at May 18, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)

154
Hello darkness, my old friend.... That certainly gets your attention.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)

155 Twelfth inning
All-time record: 11 runs -- Yankees, July 26, 1928, at Tigers

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 18, 2026 11:05 PM (W5mpo)

156 154
Hello darkness, my old friend.... That certainly gets your attention.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)

Great song.

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2026 11:06 PM (zFsEm)

157 99 I met Paul Simon once during his Graceland tour. Great show and nice guy. Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder

Nice What song is that in?

Posted by: LASue at May 18, 2026 11:06 PM (lCppi)

158 Boobs!
Sorry, I’ve nothing else to contribute.
Posted by: Bulg

Obligatory:
Link?
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of 30035 at May 18, 2026 11:00 PM (cz4n2)

Heck yeah!
Its not like I can hit the links tomorrow without at least a picture because we don't have a beer girl on Tuesdays. Beer is sold by Jim. He had to get an OK from his PO to sell.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 18, 2026 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

159 Oo-bop-a-loo-cha-bah, you're mine
Say, Woo-bop-a-loo-cha-bah, you're mine
Hey schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over so I gotta whisper way down low
You say, woo-bop-a-loo-cha-bah, let's meet
After school at three...

Posted by: Tom And Jerry at May 18, 2026 11:07 PM (7d1L5)

160 Karen Carpenter is my patron saint of the 70s. What a gorgeous voice that woman had. She was the vocal version of Sydney Sweeney.
Posted by: Bulg

Obligatory link to isolated Karen Carpenter vocals: https://youtu.be/QvhE2Xes1h8

Posted by: Chuck C at May 18, 2026 11:07 PM (D0HYP)

161 Karen Carpenter’s voice was as sexy as any Hollywood starlet’s boobs.

I just have this thing about the female singing voice.

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

162 >> Obligatory link to isolated Karen Carpenter

I was just about to go searching for those. Thanks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:08 PM (w6EFb)

163 I'm your boogie man, that's what I am
I'm here to do whatever I can
Be it early morning, late afternoon
Or at midnight, it's never too soon
To want to please you, to want to keep you
To want to do it all, all for you
I want to be your, be your rubber ball
I want to be the one, you love most of all, oh yeah

Lyrics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)

164 I met Paul Simon once during his Graceland tour. Great show and nice guy. Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder

Nice What song is that in?
Posted by: LASue at May 18, 2026 11:06 PM (lCppi)

America

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 11:09 PM (nbLIj)

165 was in Egypt around 2003. It was a thing back then for the local impresario to drape a barely breathing cobra over the necks of tourists for a magical photo moment. I felt sorry for those sad wrung out cobras.
Posted by: Cicero (

So, we let the snake have this one? It was a German tourist anyway.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 18, 2026 11:09 PM (sl73Y)

166 Nice What song is that in?

Posted by: LASue at May 18, 2026 11:06 PM (lCppi)

Sounds of Silence

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2026 11:09 PM (zFsEm)

167 134 Karen Carpenter is my patron saint of the 70s. What a gorgeous voice that woman had. She was the vocal version of Sydney Sweeney.
Posted by: Bulg

I went to a Carpenters concert in the seventies. If i remember correctly, Cubby from the Mouseketeers was their drummer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 18, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)

168 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2026 11:11 PM (Kyh8Y)

169 Sorry, answered wrong question

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2026 11:11 PM (zFsEm)

170 Show me the lyricist who can write songs like muldoon writes limericks, and then I'll be impressed.

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

171 149 Paul Simon did have some good lyrics, but I may have to place Gordon Lightfoot above him.

People may love or hate "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald," but I've always been struck by the line "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2026 11:02 PM (C30Iv)

Gordo has some very deep songs. "If You Could Read My Mind" is mysterious and heartbreaking.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 18, 2026 11:12 PM (xcxpd)

172 129. I am not convinced that the number of people covering a writer means much. PP&M made Bob a lot of money. His work was covered by many folk artists. Even S&G covered him.

Not saying Bob wasn’t a great writer, just not as good as Paul.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 18, 2026 11:12 PM (w3u3d)

173 I agree about Dylan. It's telling that the best Dylan song - "Stuck In The Middle With You" - is in fact a parody of Dylan. The Nobel committee beclowned itself when it gave the prize for literature to that twerp.

The truth is, possibly excepting Lennon and McCartney, no songwriter of the rock era can hold a candle to the composers of the Great American Song Book: Irving Berlin, the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter, et al.

Posted by: Nemo at May 18, 2026 11:12 PM (4RPgu)

174 Penny Marshall had some good stories about Carrie Fisher in her autobiography. One about tripping on LSD and trying to use the elevator in her building, laughing and falling on the floor while doing it.

Penny and Garry Marshall's Mom ran a dance school in the Bronx. She kept an ashtray full of sedatives, valium, etc. and threatened to take them all when the kids got out of hand. Penny grew up on the Grand Concourse in the same building as Neil Simon, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren.

Posted by: Tales of NYC at May 18, 2026 11:12 PM (oftw2)

175 Since we are on AOSHQ, we must consider Paul Anka. Let's not get too wrapped up on quality, but quantity! Yikes! Dozens of songs for lots of singers. Probably his top number was My Way. Sinatra could sing.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Jr+re)

176 The Nobel committee beclowned itself when it gave the prize for literature to that twerp.
Posted by: Nemo

And he got the Presidential Medal of Freedom..... from Obama.

Both disqualifying to actual greatness.

Posted by: mikeski was a hipster before it was cool at May 18, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

177
Dammit, there was a site I remember that had several of her isolated vocals (well, the drums were on there too), but it appears they all got take down notices for copyright.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)

178 Idaho Spudboy: All four Navy crew members are reported in "stable" condition, with "non-profit threatening" injuries.

non-profit??💲⁉️

I had been thinking those airmen will be a long time paying off those $67M (each) aircraft.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of stability at May 18, 2026 11:13 PM (cz4n2)

179 The guy cussing after the sewage truck was hit by the train...wait til he opens his door. For once the cussing was very appropriate except the "holy" part.

If it had not occurred to him what that green liquid stuff was spewing around atomizing, well, it will be too late as the methane concoction will knock him flat. Probably into the spill where he will become one with it. [I could be wrong and the sewage is treated with something, which would also be gross and a biohazard]

I can't remember due to my recent cholera from the 1800's if the sewage driver lived.This might be one time when I'd not volunteer to be a nurse.

Nor would I be stupid enough to let a cobra near me much less wrap around my neck. Crazy German deserved it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 18, 2026 11:14 PM (WONhk)

180 Karen Carpenter’s voice was as sexy as any Hollywood starlet’s boobs.

I just have this thing about the female singing voice.
Posted by: Bulg

I actually did see the Carpenters way back in '74 or so. Karen was magnificent.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2026 11:15 PM (Kyh8Y)

181 Speaking of the Carpenters and Lyrics this is the most depressing set of lyrics ever imo. I'm surprised Richard Carpenter didn't commit suicide after he wrote it.

Say Goodbye to Love

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 11:15 PM (qrzX6)

182 Rotherham sexual abuse scandal from a little over ten years ago. 1400 young girls victimized by Pakistanis. It went on for years with officials looking the other way because they didn't want to be accused of racism.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Some of the cops were not just looking the other way; they participated. Lovely folks.🤢

And I think I recall reading the other day that it's still going on, if on a smaller scale.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of stability at May 18, 2026 11:15 PM (cz4n2)

183 174 Penny Marshall had some good stories about Carrie Fisher in her autobiography. One about tripping on LSD and trying to use the elevator in her building, laughing and falling on the floor while doing it.

Penny and Garry Marshall's Mom ran a dance school in the Bronx. She kept an ashtray full of sedatives, valium, etc. and threatened to take them all when the kids got out of hand. Penny grew up on the Grand Concourse in the same building as Neil Simon, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren.
Posted by: Tales of NYC at May 18, 2026 11:12 PM (oftw2)

Just when I think I can't dislike these people....they find a way.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 18, 2026 11:16 PM (xcxpd)

184 Dammit, there was a site I remember that had several of her isolated vocals (well, the drums were on there too), but it appears they all got take down notices for copyright.
Posted by: publius

youtube search "carpenters acapella"

Posted by: Chuck C at May 18, 2026 11:16 PM (D0HYP)

185 Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder

I'm impressed that someone worked "eiderdown" into a song.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 18, 2026 11:17 PM (W5mpo)

186

If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where Harlem sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:17 PM (Cqx++)

187 I was drunk the day my Mom got out of prison
So I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a dag-gone train!

They don't write 'em like that any more.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)

188 >>Not saying Bob wasn’t a great writer, just not as good as Paul.

And yet Paul Simon covered Dylan. Never the other way around.

Yes, artists from Guns and Roses to Richie Havens to George Thorogood to Jimi Hendrix and literally hundreds more covering your songs means something. It's means your songs were covered by more musicians and more diverse musicians than any other writer including Paul Simon means you are a very, very good song writer.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

189 "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Posted by: PabloD at May 18, 2026 11:02 PM (C30Iv)
******************************
Agree. An incredibly sad ballad of a real shipwreak. I like to listen to it in November.

Lightfoot was a great songwriter. I can't stand little Dylan and never have. Maybe 2 songs I like. Fight me.

I'd like to see the Great Lakes at some point but don't want to deal with the muzzlims of MN or MI at this time.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 18, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)

190 Bulg, I agree with you her voice was among the best ever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX)

191 Carpenter didn't even want to sing. She just wanted to bang on the drums

Posted by: gKWVE at May 18, 2026 11:20 PM (gKWVE)

192 “Goodbye to Love” is a great song, Karen’s gorgeous voice, and that electric guitar solo. Damn:

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:20 PM (77rzZ)

193 Way down below the ocean is where I wanna be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

194 I'd like to see the Great Lakes at some point but don't want to deal with the muzzlims of MN or MI at this time.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 18, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)

I just flew to Detroit and drove up to the UP. Didn't see a lot of Muslims but I also didn't get out of the car until I was up north. Except to hit Costco.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 18, 2026 11:21 PM (xcxpd)

195 Lots of great lyrics in 70's music. One of my favorites from David Gates..

If a picture paints a thousand words
then why can't I paint you
The words will never show
the you I've come to know

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 11:22 PM (nbLIj)

196 186

If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where Harlem sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:17 PM (Cqx++)

Puttin' on the Ritz was the theme song of a dart team I was once on. Odd assortment of team members

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2026 11:22 PM (zFsEm)

197 It's been over a year since we've had a Pat Condell video.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of convenience at May 18, 2026 10:37 PM (cz4n2)
-

I'm surprised he never abandoned Britain by this time.

And, yes, Paul Simon any day over Dylan. Why is that even questioned?!

6:20AM here in northern Israel vacation home. Distant artillery booms and jets in the sky. Rise and shine!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2026 11:23 PM (ebJJx)

198 The Growler loss is going to have some serious impacts on careers. Or at least it should.

Growler #2's pilot lost track of his lead and yet he still continued on his path.

GIB in Growler #1 was not doing the Linda Blair and watching for #2.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)

199 Paul McCartney has written 32 #1 hits.…
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

You have to have a separate count of before and after he died in that car crash.

More proof he's a naive idiot:
Paul McCartney Hopes ‘Hey Jude‘ Can Unite Republicans and Democrats
https://bit.ly/hey-duude

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of repetitive choruses at May 18, 2026 11:23 PM (cz4n2)

200 190 SanF., her voice was angelic, IMHO.

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:24 PM (77rzZ)

201 An AI clip TRex should skip... Jurassic Pork

https://youtube.com/shorts/hfIfu1_fAoI

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)

202 Berserker, did you catch the Jersey song above? Looking for your viewpoint here!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr+re)

I guess it depends on where you are in jersey. North east is different from north west and is different from central, and is different from south. Kinda like a mini united states. Certain areas have an influx of people from Staten island and brooklyn, and from central jersey you could be as little as 10 minutes from Staten island, and since the bars were open later over there it was a big thing to head to staten island after the bar closed here. You have a lot of cross pollination in that area. Also a lot of staten islanders ended up in Marlboro. When I was doing kitchens in that area in the 80s it was amazing how many were from staten island. Some of the car shows I go to now have groups of dudes that slowly moved here from there. I know of at least 6 dudes in the last few years who moved here. You would definitely hear gabagool in these areas. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2026 11:25 PM (snZF9)

203 Goodbye to Love” is a great song, Karen’s gorgeous voice, and that electric guitar solo. Damn:
Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:20 PM (77r

How did I know you would think it was great.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 18, 2026 11:25 PM (qrzX6)

204 Mickey Newbury wrote some good songs. Some a bit depressing though

Posted by: Javems at May 18, 2026 11:25 PM (zFsEm)

205 I'd like to see the Great Lakes at some point but don't want to deal with the muzzlims of MN or MI at this time.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 18, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)

Another option:
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin

Posted by: Gref at May 18, 2026 11:26 PM (5rh/l)

206 "gaberdine" into a lyric

Nice What song is that in?
Posted by: LASue

America
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd Johnson is right.

Needs the link, though.
https://youtu.be/Eo2ZsAOlvEM

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of mrs wagner's pies at May 18, 2026 11:27 PM (cz4n2)

207
Paul McCartney Hopes ‘Hey Jude‘ Can Unite Republicans and Democrats
https://bit.ly/hey-duude

Kula Shaker - Hey Dude

https://youtu.be/KDHd-vxcMDo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)

208 I just have this thing about the female singing voice.
Posted by: Bulg

Likewise. There are several female singers who could sing the Minneapolis phone book, and I'd ask for St. Paul's as the encore.

Not even the "big names," usually. Mary Fahl from October Project. Joanne Hogg from Iona. Margaux Sauvé from Ghostly Kisses. Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation.

There are male vocalists that I like, but none that I find..... what's a good word..... enrapturing?

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

209 Always regretted that I didn't compliment him on working "gaberdine" into a lyric.
Posted by: mindful webworker - age of miracle and wonder

I'm impressed that someone worked "eiderdown" into a song.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 18, 2026 11:17 PM (W5mpo)

Pfft. Try "et cetera."

Posted by: Howard Kaylan at May 18, 2026 11:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

210 It has been over two decades (gulp) since I stood by the Yukon River.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:29 PM (T6aVk)

211 Likewise. There are several female singers who could sing the Minneapolis phone book, and I'd ask for St. Paul's as the encore.

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

Floor Jansen being a perfect example.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)

212 Johnette Napolitano. Amazing voice.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:30 PM (viF8m)

213 I'd like to see the Great Lakes at some point but don't want to deal with the muzzlims of MN or MI at this time.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

On the Michigan side just avoid Detroit (Dearborn specifically).
I went to Dearborn a couple years ago to see the Henry Ford Museum. I guess I got lucky and missed the calls to pray or. And did nothing in Dearborn proper except the museum.

Wifey wants to go back to the UP for some reason....

Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 18, 2026 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

214 Found on YouTube the Armand Assante version of The Odyssey. So far pretty nice.

And no Helen of Kenya to be seen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

215 Pat Condell

I'm surprised he never abandoned Britain by this time.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

MiladyJo said she'd be surprised if he wasn't in jail there by now.

Noticed that quote above was from May 4, so I guess he's still going.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of acerbic opinions at May 18, 2026 11:31 PM (cz4n2)

216 Found on YouTube the Armand Assante version of The Odyssey. So far pretty nice.

And no Helen of Kenya to be seen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

That was a good one. He wrecked those dudes at the end big time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)

217
The true magic of her voice was in the lower registers, what she called her basement voice. She said the money's in the basement.

I remember reading something a good while back about that. She couldn't really belt it out in her lower registers, so they had to use a close mike, which can be tricky.

Her higher registers were good too, but the magic was in the basement. She would contrast them sometimes, and that could really show off the basement magic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

218 Karen Carpenter’s voice = Sydney Sweeney’s boobs

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:33 PM (77rzZ)

219 I having a hard time deciding who I dislike more Bono or Springsteen. I guess Springsteen, because Bono is a filthy Irishman.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2026 11:33 PM (D1E+2)

220 It's necessary for the revolution to eat its own. Communists never intend to liberate anyone. Just to take over power structures for themselves and use them toward a different end.

Once the revolutionaries seize power, a cadre will necessarily rise to the top. Once it does, they *must* murder all their erstwhile comrades. Those people have proven two things: they are natural dissenters, and they know how to fight against an entrenched power structure. They must go.

The people who replace them will be unblooded, and terrified from day one. So the tidal wave of blood can recede - but it will continually wash back in from time to time, to keep the youngsters from getting fresh with anyone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 18, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)

221 Yes, artists from Guns and Roses to Richie Havens to George Thorogood to Jimi Hendrix and literally hundreds more covering your songs means something. It's means your songs were covered by more musicians and more diverse musicians than any other writer including Paul Simon means you are a very, very good song writer.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

Influence is a measure of greatness, yes. Advantage Dylan. On the other hand, I'll turn off the radio at the opening notes of certain Dylan songs. I can't think of a single Paul Simon tune that draws that kind of reaction...Slip Sliding Away? Depends on my mood...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 11:34 PM (nbLIj)

222 I actually did see the Carpenters way back in '74 or so. Karen was magnificent.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2026 11:15 PM (Kyh8Y)

***********************************
Someone broke her heart forever.Have read her brief marriage did it & reinforced her bad self esteem as he'd say bad stuff to her. This turd was a cheater & did not tell her he'd had a vasectomy.

No one broke my heart except by dying,which was not his fault. It was very brief & I was very young, age 20yrs.

Taking a year off with not many dates (not unusual) and focusing on school helped.

I met the husband of my youth exactly a year later. Who would tick me off now and then the first year, but I was only sad and weepy one day (it's all I can stand of myself). Then irritated at break ups.

Eating disorders are hard to beat. As a charge RN I was rounding and opened the door to a 15yr old skeleton in her bed as the psych ward was full.She took my breath away.

She & her mother had decided to diet & she never stopped, no matter the psych consults, etc. A night or two later she bit through her feeding tubing & later had a respiratory arrest. Then sent to a state mental hospital. I heard she lived but don't know.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 18, 2026 11:34 PM (WONhk)

223 While you may not like Bob Dylan…

Yeah, I don’t agree with Dylan as the best poet or Simon as the best bard, but it does seem to be a nons-sequiter to say that Dylan isn’t one because Simon is the other.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 18, 2026 11:34 PM (EXyHK)

224
I went to Dearborn a couple years ago to see the Henry Ford Museum.

I went to that with my parents. Greenfield Village too.
That was sixty years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:34 PM (Cqx++)

225 Idaho Spudboy: All four Navy crew members are reported in "stable" condition, with "non-profit threatening" injuries.

Autocucumber strikes again!

Non-life threatening injuries.

I am filled with shame.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 18, 2026 11:35 PM (N9LdK)

226 Favorite period song that always catches my attention is Caroline,No by the Beach Boys. A perfect description of a guy coming back from.Vietnam and his girl has completely changed.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 18, 2026 11:35 PM (2WIwB)

227 Super clear view of the moon and Venus from the city tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 11:35 PM (RIvkX)

228 Found on YouTube the Armand Assante version of The Odyssey. So far pretty nice.

And no Helen of Kenya to be seen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

It wasn't 'bad' per se. It emphasized the traditional point, that the journey was a curse for Hubris after the victory at Troy.

IIRC, this came out shortly after Judge Dredd and after him being in Jack the Ripper (with Michael Caine and Jane Seymour.) It was like you could not escape the fucker (Assante.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2026 11:36 PM (bss/y)

229 102 93 Gloria is a good representative of the Christian themes that were prevalent in the first few U2 albums.

---------

Van Morrison's version was best.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 18, 2026 10:42 PM (6C3mT)

I lost interest in U2 30 years ago. Still love The Joshua Tree though. Gloria was the first song I heard by them. I instantly caught on.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:36 PM (T6aVk)

230 I having a hard time deciding who I dislike more Bono or Springsteen. I guess Springsteen, because Bono is a filthy Irishman.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2026 11:33 PM (D1E+2)

Its really hard to decide when you got a group that achieved max douchebag. You end up splitting hairs because they are all max level assholes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 18, 2026 11:36 PM (snZF9)

231 219 I having a hard time deciding who I dislike more Bono or Springsteen. I guess Springsteen, because Bono is a filthy Irishman.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 18, 2026 11:33 PM (D1E+2)

Springsteen is a posing little commie bitch.

Bono is just a useless wanker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2026 11:37 PM (bss/y)

232 Its really hard to decide when you got a group that achieved max douchebag

Yo.

Posted by: the Eagles at May 18, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)

233 Floor Jansen being a perfect example.
Posted by: Berserker

Yup. Her too.

Posted by: mikeski at May 18, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

234 From the early albums, I had some respect for Dylan's lyrics, but didn't care much for his pseudo Woody Guthrie vocal style. So, I didn't follow him much.

So, I was quite surprised when we got the album Blood on the Tracks. Tight and listenable.
https://youtu.be/8NfDUn4Cy4I?
list=PLs-kSlFHGBGUd0d_513ta7EwBMBKgG_Hs

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of LP nostalgia at May 18, 2026 11:39 PM (cz4n2)

235 >>Influence is a measure of greatness, yes. Advantage Dylan. On the other hand, I'll turn off the radio at the opening notes of certain Dylan songs. I can't think of a single Paul Simon tune that draws that kind of reaction...Slip Sliding Away? Depends on my mood...

Diamonds on the soles or whatever that garbage was.

Eh, music like all art is subjective. And I get not liking Dylan cause of some of his politics despite the fact he became a Christian singer later in life but pretending he wasn't an amazingly gifted songwriter is kind of silly. To this day their are people who shun him because he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival and brought all that music, including Simon, to a new audience.

Lots of people still think Hendrix wrote All Along the Watchtower.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)

236 Evening, CBD, and ONT Horde! Having a great tour, driving the convertible, top down, along the small roads that make up the remains of Route 66. We did about 95 miles or so on I-40, because old 66 has gone away, but a lot more on the two-lane.

In Holbrook, AZ, tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2026 11:44 PM (zOYA2)

237 Kirk Douglas was Ulysses in 1954

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 18, 2026 11:45 PM (Cqx++)

238 Safe travels AOP

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2026 11:45 PM (RIvkX)

239 Shoot em up at Muslim center in socal?
Moose out front shoulda told you.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 18, 2026 10:20 PM (Kt19C)

Perps muzzie, too? Saw a news clip on it on the bar TV screen in Gallup.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2026 11:46 PM (zOYA2)

240 >> Super clear view of the moon and Venus from the city tonight.

It was beautiful. Let's see, it's just 8:46 PDT, so you're in the middle of the show still.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 18, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)

241 >>>People may love or hate "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald," but I've always been struck by the line "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
******
I retired in 2015 after 42 years as a merchant marine engineer. Lightfoot wrote that line right after I started sailing and it's been an earworm ever since. Anyone at sea in a hurricane or a noreaster would know the feeling along with his other line about the wind in the wires.

Posted by: Cosda at May 18, 2026 11:47 PM (qLTh4)

242 In Holbrook, AZ, tonight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2026 11:44 PM (zOYA2)

Butterfield Steakhouse. Go there. Go there now...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj)

243 241 >>>People may love or hate "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald," but I've always been struck by the line "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

I made it a point to play it in my humble abode this past November 10, in the evening.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:49 PM (T6aVk)

244 Goodnight, All:

Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 11:49 PM (77rzZ)

245 This is cute. SFW. SFTRex.

https://youtube.com/shorts/6e5Qk2aFR24

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 18, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

246 228 Found on YouTube the Armand Assante version of The Odyssey. So far pretty nice.

And no Helen of Kenya to be seen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

1997.

My friends taped it on ancient device called a "videocassette". We saw it on a VCR on a night when we were all off from work, and we were all nerds who were all quite familiar with The Odyssey. All of us gave it a thumbs up. Good times.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:52 PM (T6aVk)

247 Maybe there's a level "safety" switch that flaked out?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 18, 2026 10:25 PM (Ra+Eb)

Good call, Helena. Washers have very sensitive air pressure switch, attached to a hose that runs to the bottom of the outer drum. As water rises in the drum, trapped air in the tube is compressed, and trips the switch to shut off the fill solenoids. That's how the fill level is set. If that hose is compromised, washer may overfill, or not fill at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2026 11:52 PM (zOYA2)

248 >>Anyone at sea in a hurricane or a noreaster would know the feeling along with his other line about the wind in the wires.

Somethings can't be accurately described. They have to be experienced.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)

249 One Trick Pony

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDylgpGHcic

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 18, 2026 11:53 PM (Mb4p6)

250 Springsteen is a posing little commie bitch.

Bono is just a useless wanker.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 18, 2026 11:37 PM (bss/y)

If you look in a dictionary for the term "champagne socialist" you will find Bruce Springsteen's picture.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:55 PM (T6aVk)

251 German Tourist Killed by Cobra Bite at Egypt Hotel Snake Show

**********

The Cobra's Lament - a limerick

That's the third European tourist I've bit
And I think that it's time that I quit
The French dude smacked of garlique
And the British fellow? Bubbles and squeak
But the German guy tasted like shit

Posted by: muldoon at May 18, 2026 11:56 PM (qgHp7)

252 The Cobra's Lament - a limerick

That's the third European tourist I've bit
And I think that it's time that I quit
The French dude smacked of garlique
And the British fellow? Bubbles and squeak
But the German guy tasted like shit
Posted by: muldoon at May 18, 2026 11:56 PM (qgHp7)

At least the cobra did not bite Chuck Norris.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 18, 2026 11:57 PM (T6aVk)

253 Dylan was involved politically early on. He sang a tune or two at the Lincoln Memorial during the ‘63 march. Also at the McGee farm along with other folkies and lefties.

Now there is a theory, not that I hold to this, that somehow some sort of deal was struck. Bob agreed to tone down his political activism n exchange for not getting drafted. He was the prime age for this. The “proof” of this, adherents claim, is that Bob explained all this, albeit obliquely. Remember the famous Folkie civil rights protest gathering down south, on the McGee farm?

Well - I ain’t gonna work on Magee’s Farm no more. They hand you a nickle, they hand you a dime, and then they ask you if you’re having a good time…

He did pretty much stay mum after that, to the chagrin of everyone who claimed he was “the voice of a generation” and the rest of it. What is wrong with you?! He has always famously done his best to avoid getting pigeonholed, or let others try to define him or control him. Can’t argue with that.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 19, 2026 12:02 AM (wQlVI)

254 At least the cobra did not bite Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Before recent events, that would have been unpossible. No cobra is that fast.

Posted by: mikeski at May 19, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

255 Diamonds on the soles or whatever that garbage was.

Eh, music like all art is subjective. And I get not liking Dylan cause of some of his politics despite the fact he became a Christian singer later in life but pretending he wasn't an amazingly gifted songwriter is kind of silly. To this day their are people who shun him because he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival and brought all that music, including Simon, to a new audience.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 18, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)

She makes the sign of the teaspoon
He makes the sign of the wave
The poor boy changes clothes and puts on after shave
To compensate for his ordinary shoes

I dunno, I like it. Got the LP around here semewhere.

Interesting to think that Dylan embraced the electric guitar, whereas Simon and Garfunkel were not happy when the record company released The Sounds of Silence with producer Tom Wilson's overdub of electric and bass guitars..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:03 AM (nbLIj)

256 I've been told and I don't know but it was said that Iran has moved all its remaining jets to Pakistan.
While at the same time Pakistan has move 8,000 troops and several of its jet fighters to Saudi Arabia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:03 AM (Mb4p6)

257 “champagne socialist"

Cadillac Communists
Lexus Liberals
Suburu Socialists

Posted by: Common Tater at May 19, 2026 12:05 AM (wQlVI)

258 Carpenter didn't even want to sing. She just wanted to bang on the drums
Posted by: gKWVE at May 18, 2026 11:20 PM (gKWVE)

Wouldn't that be really uncomfortable?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:05 AM (zOYA2)

259 At least the cobra did not bite Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Before recent events, that would have been unpossible. No cobra is that fast.
Posted by: mikeski at May 19, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

He said that he was bitten by one. After five days of intense agony, the cobra died.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 19, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg)

260 >>>From the early albums, I had some respect for Dylan's lyrics, but didn't care much for his pseudo Woody Guthrie vocal style

>Dylan wrote some pretty good poetry. But as a folk singer and performer, he sucked. I had a buddy that listened to that shit all of the time and I told him to lay off of the marijuana.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 19, 2026 12:07 AM (D1E+2)

261 Don't think any listing of great songwriters would be complete without the late, great Steve Goodman. Got to enjoy his shows many times in Chicago, and even ran into him out in public a few times. A fine man, gone too soon and much missed.

https://youtu.be/uJLOaBUCEgs

https://youtu.be/z_NGFiQT1r0

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of folk at May 19, 2026 12:07 AM (cz4n2)

262 Paul Simon and Bob Dylan can BOW DOWN.

Posted by: Professor Neil E. Peart, world renowned Canadian poet and percussionist (1952-2020) at May 19, 2026 12:09 AM (T6aVk)

263 Butterfield Steakhouse. Go there. Go there now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 18, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj)

Drove by it. Took note, already eaten.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (zOYA2)

264 He said that he was bitten by one. After five days of intense agony, the cobra died.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 19, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg)

That's the word on the street.

Death is having a near Chuck Norris experience.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (T6aVk)

265
So some Shiites shot up some Sunnis in San Diego today? I happened to be on the road at the time and didn't find out for a while.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (n7rxJ)

266 >>I dunno, I like it. Got the LP around here semewhere.

I love the lyrics of I Shall Be Released and Positively 4th Street among other Dylan songs. Some people, like our own Muldoon, can spin words in ways I can't and it's a true gift. I'd probably not want to spend a lot of time hanging with Zimmerman but the man could write songs.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)

267 Favorite male rock voices of my youth in no order. I'm very fond of males I have to write without a list as "spam":

Ronnie Van Zant, anytime, all the time. LOVE;Lou Gramm...love;Steve Walsh...Kansas always at our keggers.Eric Clapton in every band;Steve Winwood...Higher Love always to dance
Steve Perry (fight me);Bobby Kimball...Toto
Eric Bloom...Blue Oyster Cult;Gary Moore...Still Got the Blues;Phil Collins;Gerry Rafferty
Dan Fogelberg (oh, man, too soon)Kenny Loggins
Brad Paisley

ne song can still bring tears: When I get where I am going, right after my Daddy died)
Marty Balin: Miracles...whoa..and the saxophone
Marc Cohn: Walking in Memphis

Women singers:
Anne Wilson;Linda Ronstadt;Karen Carpenter

Alison Krauss with Union Station remains my all time favorite and we saw them last summer. Her voice is amazing, effortless, angelic. Give her a listen if you've never heard her. Same voice for over 25yrs.LOVE

I did go through a brief Adele phase with 21 and like some of her songs like Set Fire to the Rain, which I sing to.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 19, 2026 12:12 AM (WONhk)

268 Suburu Socialists
Posted by: Common Tater at May 19, 2026 12:05 AM (wQlVI)

Subaru is out of the car business.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 19, 2026 12:12 AM (T6aVk)

269 So some Shiites shot up some Sunnis in San Diego today? I happened to be on the road at the time and didn't find out for a while.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (n7rxJ)

Is that what happened? Or just our speculation?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)

270 Dylan was in the traveling wilbury's. that alone counters all of your hate............

Any of you ever herd the metal version of "tangled up in blue"?

No?

I have and this alone makes my life more complete than yours. I will die sooner than you but I have great toys

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 19, 2026 12:14 AM (jrgJz)

271 256 I've been told and I don't know but it was said that Iran has moved all its remaining jets to Pakistan.
While at the same time Pakistan has move 8,000 troops and several of its jet fighters to Saudi Arabia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:03 AM (Mb4p6)

What does this mean? Other than the Paki's helping? Blow them up as well.

I would THINK we are watching with satellites. Right?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 19, 2026 12:15 AM (WONhk)

272 Is that what happened? Or just our speculation?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)

It's always Sunni in San Diego.

Great conjunction of Venus and the Moon tonight. Beautiful clear sky here in Holbrook.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:17 AM (zOYA2)

273 Subaru is out of the car business.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 19, 2026 12:12 AM (T6aVk)

They do seem to be doing JUST Crossovers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:18 AM (bss/y)

274 I love the lyrics of I Shall Be Released and Positively 4th Street among other Dylan songs. Some people, like our own Muldoon, can spin words in ways I can't and it's a true gift. I'd probably not want to spend a lot of time hanging with Zimmerman but the man could write songs.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)

Here's a Dylan tune on my Spotify playlist that gets cranked to 11 whenever it comes on..

https://youtu.be/agdoeRpTfHg

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:19 AM (nbLIj)

275 So some Shiites shot up some Sunnis in San Diego today? I happened to be on the road at the time and didn't find out for a while.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (n7rxJ)

Maybe, but the "shiites" were 17 & 16 and had Spanish type names

Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

276 Maybe, but the "shiites" were 17 & 16 and had Spanish type names
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

Hmmm. Narrative jangling.

'White Hispanics'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:20 AM (bss/y)

277 Since he got mentioned above, Robert Hunter wrote some great songs.

Goodnight.

https://tinyurl.com/2sv5xn9j

Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2026 12:21 AM (viF8m)

278 Thanks for the ONT.

I love Gary Larson as his two huge first volumes kept me sane in October til election day 2016.I'd read them at night.

I still laugh loudly at some of them and he reminds me of my late brother. I used to get thick letters when we were in college from bro with cartoons in the margins. I still have a hilarious one I kept. I miss him. He would have loved mocking Biden. A natural Moron of elite status.

Had not seen the cartoon above of the unfortunate Brit bug-eyed soldier. heh.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 19, 2026 12:25 AM (WONhk)

279
They do seem to be doing JUST Crossovers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:18 AM (bss/y)

Subaru doesn't make cars anymore. They are a nonprofit organization that supports animal shelters and the National Park Foundation among others.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 19, 2026 12:25 AM (T6aVk)

280 Drove by it. Took note, already eaten.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:11 AM (zOYA2)

The 8 oz boneless NY strip. I was skeptical at first. Then I regretted not ordering two...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:25 AM (nbLIj)

281 Maybe, but the "shiites" were 17 & 16 and had Spanish type names
Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

MS-13, or one of their competitors?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:26 AM (zOYA2)

282 >>>Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

>Pretty eclectic list. I like it. I listen to everything except pop.

Classical on weekends with morning coffee, country when I want to get riled up. Of course rock and roll is always on the play list. No pop. That's the rule. I hate pop.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 19, 2026 12:26 AM (D1E+2)

283 If they were illegals, well, that will be interesting before it is memory holed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 12:27 AM (bss/y)

284 The 8 oz boneless NY strip. I was skeptical at first. Then I regretted not ordering two...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:25 AM (nbLIj)

Was planning to stay at the nearby WigWam motel, but they had no vacancies. Would have eaten there, otherwise. Drove back uptown, got room at Super 8, and ate at diner next door, because tired of driving.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:29 AM (zOYA2)

285 Howdy, horde. Anybody still here?

Posted by: JQ at May 19, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

286 I hate pop.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 19, 2026 12:26 AM (D1E+2)
************
I do as well. Also dislike a lot of heavy metal or whatever is going on now (sorry, disco).

My musician husband (hobby but natural guitarist and pianist and very good) gets irritated by some of the stuff I like.

He's introduced me to a lot of blues stuff and really knows rock music from our time (Civil War era or the mid '70's). I'll ask him about a song we hear and he knows it within seconds.

I forgot The Guess Who. He and I agree on them and most including a great band I also forgot: Bad Company.

I hate The Who with a passion. Don't know why but he knows, oh, he knows and doesn't play this in the car.

He claims Winwood went through a pop type phase with Higher Love and I don't care and play it super loud sometimes anyway. I should have tested this song when I was sick last week to see if I'd rise out of my death bed to dance to it. Otherwise he likes Winwood.

We don't argue much about anything, but he does have his comments if I am listening to something he thinks is "bubble gum."

He also knows I ignore him so it works out for knowing each other almost 49yrs and still being best friends.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 19, 2026 12:39 AM (WONhk)

287 Yo!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 19, 2026 12:39 AM (2WIwB)

288 Thanks for hosting the Monday ONT, CBD! Never know when/if on Mondays anymore, LOL.

Taking a break from making a batch of jalapeno poppers-- neighbors are hosting a party tomorrow & asked if I'd bring some. (It's my go-to cook-out side dish)

Posted by: JQ at May 19, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

289 Was planning to stay at the nearby WigWam motel, but they had no vacancies. Would have eaten there, otherwise. Drove back uptown, got room at Super 8, and ate at diner next door, because tired of driving.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:29 AM (zOYA2)

I get it. Little and I came back from touring the Painted Desert (or was it Meteor Crater?) and were driving a bit of Rt 66 when we found Butterfield's. He was jonesing for ribs and I hadn't had a steak in over three days (I KNOW!). Anyway, both entrees were superb. To the waitress I speculated that my steak probably didn't have to wander too far to get to my plate. She confirmed that it was very local. Only reason why I didn't get one for desert was we still had an hour's drive to our campsite. Yeah, lotta driving...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:41 AM (nbLIj)

290 152 Karen Carpenter is my patron saint of the 70s. What a gorgeous voice that woman had. She was the vocal version of Sydney Sweeney.
Posted by: Bulg at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

Yep, but she certainly wasn't the boob version.

Weirdest thing about her is that she was generally considered to be an excellent drummer. Not very evident in the Carpenters work as they really didn't do rock much even by 70s middle of the road standards

Posted by: Hollywood at May 19, 2026 12:47 AM (3/XaG)

291 Oops forgot sock from yesterday

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 19, 2026 12:48 AM (3/XaG)

292 I get it. Little and I came back from touring the Painted Desert (or was it Meteor Crater?) and were driving a bit of Rt 66 when we found Butterfield's. He was jonesing for ribs and I hadn't had a steak in over three days (I KNOW!). Anyway, both entrees were superb. To the waitress I speculated that my steak probably didn't have to wander too far to get to my plate. She confirmed that it was very local. Only reason why I didn't get one for desert was we still had an hour's drive to our campsite. Yeah, lotta driving...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 19, 2026 12:41 AM (nbLIj)

Well, we plan to visit "the corner" in Winslow, and then on to Meteor Crater, and I figure we can make Kingman by evening no problem. Not sure if we will spend much time in or around Flagstaff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 12:50 AM (zOYA2)

293 I'm modifying my recipe, after finding the chopped Hatch Valley Chiles at Costco. Expecting greatness-- that stuff tastes soooo goood!

No mild palates will be attending this time, so we can all enjoy the *heat*

Posted by: JQ at May 19, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

294 Rolling Stone (or somebody like that) included Karen as in the top ten drummers of all time, leading to much hilarity ensuing. That’s how the notion got started.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 19, 2026 12:53 AM (wQlVI)

295 Thought to drop one of my own humblish dittys here as I leave the stage for the night. I have some better ones, but I like this because it's a bit of a recognizable tie-in with AoSHQ.

Threads
https://bit.ly/mw-threads

G'nite, y'all. Keep on rockin'.

Posted by: mindful webworker - age of blog at May 19, 2026 12:54 AM (cz4n2)

296 Never heard that one. Rolling Stone were a bunch of jerks, though, so I can see that lol

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 19, 2026 12:58 AM (3/XaG)

297 In Holbrook, AZ, tonight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 18, 2026 11:44 PM (zOYA2)

Spent two days there back in 92 with a bad fuel pump. If I remember correctly it's two motels, two auto parts stores and 6300 petrified rock stores.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 01:01 AM (594J6)

298 Spent two days there back in 92 with a bad fuel pump. If I remember correctly it's two motels, two auto parts stores and 6300 petrified rock stores.
Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 01:01 AM (594J6)

Concur with the petrified wood stores. But there are at least 20 motels now.

I cannot keep my eyes open any longer. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 19, 2026 01:07 AM (zOYA2)

299 IT WILL BE REMINDED THAT ALL AOS PARTICIPANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN GOOD ATTENDANCE ESPECIALLY DURING AND INCLUDING OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF IT.

Posted by: AOS PARTICIPATION MONITOR #42 at May 19, 2026 01:10 AM (wQlVI)

300 300

Posted by: clarence at May 19, 2026 01:16 AM (G+2/5)

301 > 131 Robert Hunter was the best lyricist of the second half of the 20th century.

Hoyt Axton.

I just posted that because he was an Okie!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 18, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

Shel Silverstein.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 19, 2026 01:16 AM (IG3/x)

302 Guys and dolls
Guns and molls
Ginger and spice
And all that's nice
Of mice and men
Far from now and then
Yearn to be free
Go climb that tree

fin

Posted by: clarence at May 19, 2026 01:21 AM (G+2/5)

303 AOP, I have watched this video of this guy doing body work on his car 4 or 5 times. Other than the concrete looks a bit to dry his technique appears flawless.

What do you think?

https://tinyurl.com/ms9sf3bd

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 19, 2026 01:23 AM (glnUu)

304 I think Dylan lost his taste for leftism (to the extent he ever had one beyond the default settings of musicians of the time) after his relationship with Red Diaper Baby Suze Rotolo came to a monumentally bad end.

My theory is that he figure out they were trying to get him to write commie propaganda with vagina as an inducement.

And say what else you might want to say about Dylan (and yeah, Hurricane sucked ass... that whole period sucked ass), he's made Oppositional Defiant Disorder into an art form more successfully than anyone I can think of, with the possible exception of John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon.

Lydon is still pissing off the orthodox to this day, most recently by coming out as a Trump guy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 19, 2026 01:23 AM (IG3/x)

305 "Spent two days there back in 92 with a bad fuel pump. It's always a dame with a bad fuel pump. But she paid well and I had a big problem. Two big problems, but one paid well."

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 19, 2026 01:50 AM (W5mpo)

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