#Shake Appeal

[rastronomicals]

12:29 AM EDT March 11, 2024:

Iggy & The Stooges - "Shake Appeal" From the album Raw Power (February 7, 1973)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[akiymgc]

[notbecauseofvictories]

Last post, I promise, but I do think it’s good and important to see local art (defining that term as broadly as possible) but in my experience you have to put up with the little kick of embarrassment you feel witnessing something too earnest, a little clumsy, not polished within an inch of its life or in step with prevailing trends.

I’m thinking of the dance performances I saw this weekend, but also last week’s street festival, where I watched short films and walked through local art exhibits; I’m thinking about Chicago’s outsider art museum, and even the elaborately decorated (ostensibly tacky) yards I see in rural Illinois, but South Carolina and Tennessee before that, and Michigan before that. Maybe I should cast an even broader net: my aunt’s cross stitch, my grand-aunt’s horrible poetry; the art they display at the nearby retirement community and the halfway house too, which comes from the residents.

If you’re not used to leaving space for that little kick, you might turn away or scoff at all this small, fumbling art. But I think there’s value in forcing yourself to look beyond that initial stab of secondhand embarrassment---to actually appreciate the art in front of you as an expression of something deeply human. You don’t have to think it’s objectively good, or even subjectively good. You don’t have to pretend that a local woman with a talent for oils is the next [INSERT FAMOUS ARTIST HERE]. But I do think you have to appreciate it, because otherwise there is no entrance into making art yourself.

And that, more than anything, is worth preserving.

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Its a well known fact that i think about American Cowboy Ninja Kinji Takigawa once a day. What is not as well known is that i think about Yakumo(‘s lawnmower) about twice that amount.

[niyxxe]

this almost scared me into a cardiac arrest, what the hell.

[lemonlimestar]

do NOT say core four polycue when you really mean tim/kon/bart & wow look cassie is also here ❤️

[scrimblobimblowhump]

Biggest whump pet peeve (in film): when there’s a scene where whumpee is held captive or something and the restraints are SO blatantly fake. Like stop lying, we all know the “rope” is ridiculously thin and loose and you can tear out of it with one move 😭😭 or when the gag is a strip of cloth so thin their lips touch over it - istg if you don’t stop faking the forced ahh muffled noises, we all know you can talk perfectly fine 💀

[manhattan-gamestop]

Colorado court rules Donald Trump is ineligible to run for office in 2024

[astronomical-bagel]

genuinely can’t understand character hate in a well-written show. I mean, I can understand here when the character is horribly written because that means they mess up the story, but. In a good show? What are you on about? You’re mad that they were an obstical to the hero’s journey? You’re mad that two character’s flaws interact in a way you don’t like? You’re mad about conflict? Dude. Dude that’s the whole point of a story. A journey without obstacles isn’t a journey anymore it’s just a walk down the road. A plot without conflict isn’t a story anymore it’s just some guy who doesn’t do anything.

[rastronomicals]

9:32 AM EST November 23, 2024:

Iggy & The Stooges - "Shake Appeal" From the album Raw Power (February 7, 1973)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[howlingdemon13]

I will be in the depths of despair, and this little freak has the power to pull me out of it like?????

God, I love this icky little cutie.

Perfect critter! Ough!

Do I have a problem? Maybe, but if the bug demon has that kind of effect, I’ll take it.

[canned-strawberries]

oooooo ya. Im the drawer again. I love my freak <3

[landfilloftrash]

use your teeth on those who don't deserve you use your claws on everything that hurts you

rotting chaos

[sol-consort]

ik I'm supposed to hate director Tann but he is so

[silvermizuki]

I’m sick of American health/dental care because what the fuck.

They’re charging me $145 dollars for STICKING THEIR FINGER IN MY MOUTH. I’m not over exaggerating that, there is a hard lesion in my mouth they needed to do X-rays on, which is what was supposed to be done, so they just ran a finger on the inside of my gums to feel for it before the X-ray 😃 WHY IS THAT AN EXTRA FEE

AND MY INSURANCE DIDNT COVER IT. WHAT GOOD IS HAVING INSURANCE IF YOURE NOT GOING TO COVER THAT SHIT WHAT THE FUCK