#how time flys

[starks-hero]

[geminicollisionworks]

An interlude in my posting of albums by the great surreal audio comedy group (and biggest influence on Life With Althaar) The Firesign Theater.

Kind of.

After Bozos, the Firesigns went through a bit of an internal crisis, breaking up and getting back together several times in a year. They put out a 2-LP collection of short pieces from their 1970-71 radio show, Dear Friends, hoping to get the radio airplay that had eluded their longform records (some excerpts from that coming soon), and another album, Not Insane, which threw together bits from an aborted studio-recorded Shakespeare parody, Anythinge You Want To, and a live performance, Martian Space Party. This album was not well received -- understandably, it is, as one Firesign wrote, "noisy and unfocused," though a few pieces of it have become classics.

While not breaking up again, the group decided to separate for 1973 to make a bunch of solo albums (though two of them still featured all the Firesigns as performers), all of which continued the dystopian science-fiction style and musings of Dwarf and Bozos. Frankly, Phil Austin's Roller Maidens from Outer Space is the least interesting by far, so I won't bother linking it, but the other two records are very special to me, and BOY did I lift many sonic ideas from them for Althaar, so I share these whenever I can.

First up here is Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman's TV or Not TV, which takes place in the then-future world of 1985. Making some fairly accurate prophesies about the future of televisual entertainment, the album shares a "charged viewing cycle" of cable channel 85, bought by two children with their daddy's stolen "charger card." During their pay-per-view period, we get a number of shows, serials, PSAs, ads, and government announcements painting a fairly bleak picture of this future world -- including a talk show hosted by an AI hologram that changes face, voice, and costume based on audience desires. Interrupting the regular programming however are break-ins on the signal by a group of chaotic teenage pirate transmitters, with no apparent specific agenda but to tear apart the overly regimented society they're living in.

This was my favorite record in the world from age 5 through grade school, and absolutely started me on a love of comic audio science-fiction (though I didn't understand the vast majority of it; I just liked the funny voices and cool sounds). Here's Act One and Act Two:

Meanwhile, David Ossman's album, How Time Flys, takes place in the then-even-more-future year of 1999, as New Year's Eve 2000 approaches (a day the Firesigns would revisit on their 1998 CD, Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death).

Here, Mark Time, an astronaut sent on a 20-year space mission to Planet X in 1979, returns to Earth in 1999 to find himself ignored and forgotten in a USA now apparently practically government-less and run entirely by large entertainment corporations, one of which wants to steal Mark's classified data recordings of aliens from Planet X to turn into holographic viewing for paying customers. However, Mark's struggle to make his statement to the world may be sidetracked by a black hole heading for Earth...

Besides featuring all four Firesigns, the cast of this album includes familiar voices Wolfman Jack, Richard Kind, and Harry Shearer. Here's the whole LP in one piece:

Back with more Firesign material soon...

[galaxyspeaking]

Save me lesbian jayvik save me

[egophiliac]

still rolling around on the ground over the contrast between Jack and Mal. it's so...🤌🤌🤌

[ethosiab]

eeeeethoooooooOOOOOOOO!!!!

[suja-janee]

I’ve been losing my mind over these guys recently

[and-corn]

just like riding a bike

(part 3 of this comic)

[bluerosefox]

Stellar Collisions

Back at it again with a DPxDC prompt.

It does have deaged Dani (Ellie)

Only this time its KonxDanny idea!~

Supernova, Kon's new hero name since Jon took over the Superboy name now, wasn't expecting to be called out to... especially in the sky... by another floating/flying person and-

WOW

They were cute as heck.

Glowing green eyes, and white hair, a bit shorter than him. He was floating in the air with a soft glow around himself as well.

And he was holding a white haired, very similar looking toddler in his arms, only the toddler had longer hair that was tied in pigtails. And the toddler was staring at Kon with large, almost sparkling eyes.

The young man, around Kon's age if he guessed, smiled and floated a bit closer, his face friendly and warm. When the young man stopped he kindly asked "Hey, would it be any trouble for you to autograph something for my daughter? She's a huge fan!"

[nell0-0]

Based on a fic called A Wild Time at Calamity Ganon

This was a gift fic from @musical-chan about Mask ending up at the end of another hero's journey (Wild). Yeah, I'm still thinking about this fic aksgfshdn

[anglerflsh]

the

[joyfuladorable]

Comic redraw of a 40th Anniversary page but make it a Rise Capril AU where Casey doesn't meet any of them until after she becomes a vigilante UwU👌🏼

+ Bonus textless page!

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[bunnieswithknives]

Creepy old guy

[synthbug]

SAVED AN ATLAS MOTH IN SINGAPORE !!! IM SO HAPPYY I FINALLY SAW ONE IRL !!!

SUCH A COOL BEAST!! SHE IS ALIVE AND VERY POLITE :3 tho I feel she is probably nearing the end of her adult life since she looked pretty weak(and they can't eat, no mouth) , but i have faith she had a good run as an adult and i am so glad I got to see such a rare sight here in Singapore :]]] 🩵🦋🇸🇬

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles in Demand: Soldier Boy Will Return For Final Season of THE BOYS

Looks like "Countdown" will start filming in September, in Los Angeles.

[butterflyscribbles]

Wachowski Family HC List

Part 1: The Wachowski Origins

Buckle up bc I’m going way back straight out of the gate….the Wachowski family wouldn’t exist without two certain soulmates coming together after all.

- Let’s start from the very beginning….Tom and Maddie have at least known each other since grade school. In high school, they were part of the same friend group but Maddie had been dating someone else at the time. Tom had girlfriends “come and go” as his mom put it, but was single most of senior year.

- Tom was already en route to becoming a sheriff, having it run in the family and with his other two “lunatic” brothers on their way in to very different directions, he was on the way to being the lone and youngest Wachowski left to “defend Green Hills” once his dad retired. I lowkey feel like it’s actually something he never really wanted to do. It was more of a family obligation. However, he did like helping people (and he didn’t want to go to college) that was really the biggest draw for him lol.

- Maddie was the resident biology and animal nerd in her class. Her dad was a park ranger that worked closely with Tom’s dad at the sheriff’s office, especially for hunting/fishing license issues and animal control type calls. Watching her dad work was where she developed a love for nature and decided she wanted to be a vet.

- It wasn’t until one night senior year at a house party, Maddie’s boyfriend at the time dumped her just before prom. Tom, being a close friend and the upstanding “punch first, questions later” kind of guy we know he is, started a fight with the jerk that broke her heart. He skeedaddled with her from the party before Tom’s dad showed up to break everything up. ✨That was spark #1✨ They continued talking and hanging out more after that (it was also since then Rachel has been giving Tom the side eye).

- High school graduation came and went, Maddie went off to college and Tom stayed in Green hills and started training to become a deputy. He and Maddie kept in touch even when she was off studying. When she came back into town to visit her family, they would hang out and catch up.

- Tom’s dad passed away not long after he graduated and things were a bit rough for Tom at this point. His oldest brother didn’t even show up to the funeral and his other brother didn’t help much with the process. Maddie was a beacon of light in this darker point of his life.

- One weekend while he’s out driving with her during this time, they come across a fawn by the side of the road that (very clearly) lost its mom. Tom was an emotional wreck, not wanting to leave it behind. Maddie calmly helped scoop it up in some spare blankets in the back of his car and they took it to her dad so he could find the proper wildlife rehabilitator to send it to. ✨That was spark #2✨ They started dating the next day.

- Skip ahead a bit, they’re big in love. They move into a small condo type deal together once Maddie graduates college and starts veterinary school. Tom is working his three jobs to help her pay tuition: as a police officer, part time at a local sewing shop his mom used to work at, and taking odd jobs around town mowing, doing car repairs, landscaping work. He’s exhausted, she’s exhausted, but they love each other sm….they’re married 2 years later after he proposes on a camping trip (guess who was already on Earth and witnessed the proposal but was too young to even know what it meant at the time).

- Jump again, they buy their house after Maddie has been working as a full time vet for a while and Tom is promoted to sheriff.

- Maddie’s parents are both still alive and together though her dad is retired. Her mom wrote for the Green Hills newspaper for a good while on top of taking care of her and Rachel. Tom’s mom is also still kicking. She left her job at the locally owned sewing store when Tom’s dad passed and mostly just makes her living selling crafts and vegetables from her garden at the local farmers market while also giving local children sewing lessons. Tom is doing most of the supporting for her while getting some help from his one older brother who actually got his life together a bit and got a job in insurance. He moved back to Montana, but not to Green Hills. Tom hasn’t heard from his eldest brother in over a decade.

- They’ve been living in their house for about 8 years before the events of Sonic 1. They’re “too busy for kids” but they adopt Ozzy from a litter that was dropped off where Maddie works.

- Then we all know what happens next…