#Merry Christmas everybody

[dynamoe]

Billy Quizboy as the rabbit-toothed guitarist DAVE HILL of glam rock band SLADE— sporter of the worst bangs in rock n' roll history*— circa their 1973 Christmas #2 Merry Christmas Everybody**, which was covered as the annual Venture Bros holiday song this year by Pete White, Master Billy Quizboy, his mom and her lovers (the elderly superhero polycule).

→ hear the cover on KenPlume's youtube → go to the Billy Quizboy & Pete White index

(I know with the orange hair/eyepatch he looks like Ziggy Stardust— the Quizboy:Slade ratio is a delicate balance.)

Merriest Twelfth Day of Christmas to you, to Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer and to Slade and anyone else still reading who gives a shit.

Slade is more of a British thing, really. They had a ton of British hits in the 1970s as a glam rock band, but didn't break into the US until the 1980s (when they replaced Ozzy Osborne at the Reading Festival) with Cum on Feel the Noize, pivoting to be more hard rock/metal.

Noddy Holder was more of the “face” of Slade (head to toe plaid, mutton chops, tophat covered in mirrors). I suspect the all-plaid outfit on Col. Gentleman in the Vbros cover art is a take on Noddy's look... or he ignored the brief and dressed as one of Scotland's own Bay City Rollers. Slade suffered from a lesser case of Cheap Trick syndrome, where every member dressed like they were in a different band. Dave dressed full spaceman-- face glitter, every variety of metallic fabric available (lurex, glitter knit, vinyl, lamé) in shades of silver. The other guitarist whose name I won't look up wore a red lurex suit (I guess that would be Pete's outfit in their cover band) which he had to keep replacing because he sweated so much on stage the fibers literally melted (one of the suits was preserved by the V&A on an episode of Secrets of the Museum)... No one cares about the drummer. 

The only reason I know anything about Slade — I'm no rock trivia geek, I’m a comedy nerd — Slade was a constant punchline in 1990s Brit Comedy. Noddy appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in the LaMar era. 1993 sketch show The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer had a recurring mini-sitcom “Slade in Residence” (the band living in a suburban home together, wearing their stage costumes, eating nothing but cup-of-soup, obsessing over monster truck rallies and­— the key to their appeal to Vic and Bob, I imagine­— whining in thick Black Country accents.)

Billy is my Covid muse and if he stars in the annual Christmas cover (he had only sung before on 2006's VentureAid; read poems on their take on the Beatles Fan Club records), it's not like I CAN'T draw something despite saying I was done with this shit. I promised you guys a *technically* Christmas Billy drawing and I *technically* delivered.

Now I'm gonna switch to drawing characters I own so I can finally make some money. Godblessuseveryone. ___

*Dave Hill was just being a futuristic spaceman, those micro-bangs were the hottness on all the skater girls of the late 1990s. I even had 'em.

**Having the #1 song at Christmas is a big deal in the UK (as you may remember from the Bill Nighy segments from Love Actually) and the 1973 slug match between Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and the eventual winner Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday looms large in music trivia, to the degree that I was sure Astrobot Go was going to release a cover a day later of some other (more fan-favored) characters doing their version of Wizzard to rain on Billy et. al’s parade.

→ Wizzard

So which character dons the beard and harlequin eye facepaint to be the guy from Wizzard? Probably Hank, right?

→ go to the Billy Quizboy & Pete White index → Nobody'sSweetheart on Instagram

[skateisawesome]

its christmas! happy christmas!!!!

[starmakesart]

We wish you a YURI christmas! #feminism

[georgebbwbush]

[liliummmmm]

🎅🏻

he's a little bit older (like, super old)

got a bit of a dad bod

from a city that's colder

but damn it, he's so hot

he knows when i'm sleepin'

and he knows when i'm no-ot

i haven't, like, seen him in a while

he's probably just busy at his workshop

so little miss sabrina carpenter just dropped this new song called "buy me presents" and this part SCREAMS daddy santa 𖹭

[rheiannon]

I KNOW CHRISTMAS IS OVER BUT I FORGOT TO POST THIS STUPID DOODLE I MADE OF RINNE LMAO

[guerrilla-operator]

[hairupintheair]

[enby-lenz]

[avengerchuck]

Three Fr*nch Hens

[strrshine]

hello little fun christmas icon in celebration of the start of december perhaps .. this year went by FAST

[masquenoire]

“Merry Shitscram, assholes.”

[elizabeth-karenina]

Before I forget, I want to wish all of my followers who celebrate a very Merry Christmas! I hope you eat some bomb-ass food, get all the presents you wanted, drink some good wine, and most importantly of all, you spend it with the people you love the most.

For those that don’t, have a lovely time off! In another few days, we’ll be celebrating New Year together. 😊

Cheers, my darlings! I love you all very much and hope your days are merry and bright. 💙

[otakween]

Digimon Adventure 02 (Blind Watch) - Episode 38

Now that's what I'm talking about! I live for episodes like these: reunions with the OG digi-destined, real world setting, casual clothing, and cute bonding moments! The fact that it's a Christmas episode is a nice bonus (and it's hitting just at the right time too). Let's hope that this is a good sign for things to come and not a fluke...

Notes:

-Ichijouji was adorable in this episode, so timid, so grateful to have friends :') good for him

-Damn that Santa cake looked good...there was a lot of food in this episode actually (perfect for my anime food side blog hehe)

-That extended scene with Takeru's Mom was weirdly refreshing. It's always nice seeing older characters in anime in general, especially in shows where they get pushed to the side normally. (Series with adult digi-destined when??)

-Did not realize that they could use the digital world to fast-travel from Japan to America, mind-blown! The scene where they left Palmon by Mimi's bed as an XMas present was so cute (although we don't typically do bedside presents in America lol cultural difference).

-Loved the winter wear. Miyako looked especially cute this episode. The hat/peacoat combo really suited her.

-Didn't expect the sudden Yamato/Taichi/Sora love triangle scene. Felt kind of random since I can't recall Sora and Yamato ever interacting much (of course, Sora has never done much in general lol).

-They actually gave Matt an original song in the dub. Wonder if that made it to some soundtrack? (Ditto for the OG song too). They both sounded pretty generic.

-So apparently Yamato's band is big enough to be brodcasted live on Fuji TV?? Damn, I thought he was just in a garage band or something.

-Lol not Davis suggesting they play "strip poker" in the dub

-Kind of a weird mix of evil digis unleashed on the real world, some really weak and some OP, but they were kinda all treated the same. Also, it's not clear why these digimon were attacking in the first place? Like, they're not dark tower digimon and they don't have control rings, so... -shrug- maybe that's supposed to be part of the new mystery.

-We got a special Christmas insert song in the sub and an adorable Digified "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" rendition in the sub. We stan.

-Why is Ken just chilling in the dark at the end there? Old emo habits die hard I guess...

[holocene-sims]

so holly and jolly !! you've been hit with the christmasification beam !! 🎄

HELL YEAH LET'S GO PAL

I LOVE CHRISTMAS

[ryanmoody]

Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody