#sick vinyl

[newwavesylviaplath]

bedridden.

[tomatoluvr69]

I’m glad Joanna Newsom isn’t on Spotify because The Milk Eyed Mender is so powerfully and painfully evocative of a very bittersweet time in my life that I have to treat it as a rare and expensive bottle of wine that requires a half day’s journey by foot to the wine cellar of an eccentric old man who will allow me to drink the wine, but I may only do so if I sit crosslegged on the earthen floor of his in-ground wine cellar, which he dug by hand, and he closes the wooden hatch over my head and latches it from the outside so I can give the wine and its intricate symphony of notes the proper attention it requires, alone in the dark, and dank, and scent and quiet, and he comes back in a few hours to let me out and hand me a soft cotton handkerchief embroidered by his late wife (he has been a widow for 15x the length of time he was ever married) so I can clean the tears and loam from my cheeks. Aka I have to let it play from the YouTube browser website from my phone and can’t do anything else throughout.

[rose-n-gunses]

Okay they really did put crack in this song or something because it has no right to be felt this deeply in my soul

[thebloodbrothers-archive]

The Blood Brothers - Vintage Vinyl - Fords, NJ

October 15, 2006

[josephtrohman]

insaaane mail day today yall 🤩

[adhpeach]

[gravebadgerr]

This shit is fucking NUTS ! ok to tag as me / kin / id / etc

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

The Cramps – Everything Goes

[iamdangerace]

Operation Ivy, Healthy Body (Sick Mind) from the Hectic E.P. (1988).

[v1nyl-bon3s]

i think that someone should write a story about a vinyl record that's actually made out of bones n shit and when you play it all you can hear is someone breathing and the sound of metal scraping together

anyways have you guys ever heard of the magnus archives podcast

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Earlier this month, a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, triggering a massive fire and forcing everyone within a 1-mile radius of the crash to evacuate. To avoid a potential explosion, officials conducted a controlled detonation of five tankers three days later, sending carcinogenic vinyl chloride into the air. Two days later, residents of the 4,500-person village were told they could safely return home. Many questioned the safety of the air and water supply.

Since then, reporting has made clear that this environmental disaster was less a freak accident than a predictable outcome of lax safety measures and capitalist greed. Here’s what you need to know about the Norfolk Southern rail company.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CHOSE NOT TO UPGRADE ITS TRAINS’ “CIVIL WAR-ERA” BRAKES.

A report in The Lever notes that the train that crashed in East Palestine was not equipped with Electronically Controlled Pneumatic brakes—fully electric brakes that experts say could have reduced the severity of the crash. Although Norfolk Southern once touted its use of ECP brakes, it lobbied against requiring them on trains carrying hazardous materials. An Obama-era rule required that HHFTs have ECP brakes, but the Trump administration overturned this rule.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN WORKERS DON’T GET PAID SICK TIME.

Remember when the Senate voted to avert a rail strike and deny workers sick leave? Norfolk Southern workers were among those affected. When investors encouraged Norfolk Southern to offer paid sick leave, the company said, OK, we won’t furlough people as often. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has since demanded that rail companies offer workers at least seven days of paid sick leave.

RAIL COMPANIES REFUSE TO HIRE ENOUGH WORKERS.

Unions say that the rail industry’s use of furloughs to reduce the workforce stretches staff too thin. As Timothy Noah wrote in the New Republic, the 141-car train that crashed in East Palestine carried just two crew members and one trainee:

"On February 10, Anya Litvak of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that security camera footage 20 miles short of where the derailment occurred showed a rail car axle that appeared to be on fire. Why this information was not transmitted quickly to the train crew remains unknown, but it seems likely that the answer has something to do with the number of people who were in a position to sound the alarm."

NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS SPENT BILLIONS ON STOCK BUYBACKS.

Norfolk Southern made $4.8 billion in operating profit in 2022, More Perfect Union reported, and paid shareholders $4.7 billion in stock buybacks and dividends.

As my colleague Hannah Levintova explained last year:

"A buyback is when companies purchase shares of their own company from investors, driving up the value of the remaining stock because there are fewer shares circulating. Buybacks are taxed at the lower capital gains rate, which maxes out at 20% for the wealthiest households. But for those investors who don’t sell their shares back to the company, there’s no tax—even though the value of their holdings has increased. Until that investor sells the asset, their wealth will grow tax-free. And thanks in part to a tax code loophole that enables the wealthy to pass shares on to their heirs, who can then skip paying capital gains taxes on them altogether, buybacks play a role in building untaxed generational wealth."

THE TRAIN THAT CAUSED THE CLOUD OF SMOKE OVER EAST PALESTINE WAS NOT CATEGORIZED AS A “HIGH-HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAIN.”

Thanks to pressure from industry lobbyists, the “high-hazard flammable train” categorization applies only to trains carrying a narrow set of materials, like crude oil, The Lever also reported. That designation would have required that the train follow specific speed and braking restrictions.

DESPITE MAKING BILLIONS IN PROFIT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN INITIALLY OFFERED JUST $25,000 TO EAST PALESTINE.

Norfolk Southern managed to scrape together $25,000 for the town that’s been doused in toxic chemicals. People who fled their homes under fear of death can claim $1,000 per person per household. Since then, the company has announced increases in charity.

[ctrl-alt-deleting-yr-face]

i’m gonna sob i’m gonna cry

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT

[thelegendaryfluffypotato13]

EVERYONE SHUT UP GOING INSANE OVER DRIVER’S SEAT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I WAS ALREADY EXCITED WHEN I SAW DOG IN THE THUMBNAIL BEFORE IT DROPPED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGDGDJGLHKFKSHAHAHAKSLSKJDJGJJFALHDKSA DID NOT DISAPPOINT

THE BEGINNING MAKING YOU THINK IT’S DOG AND HER MOM BEFORE THE REVEAL IT’S ACTUALLY HER???? CHILLS

NOT WANTING TO HURT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WERE HURT BUT IT’S THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW HOW TO REACT AND NOW YOU SEE YOUR FATHER IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR INSTEAD OF YOU AND YOU HAVE BECOME WHAT YOU FEARED AND NOW YOU ARE SAYING THE SAME EXCUSES AND AND

THE EXITING OF THE CAR AND THEREFORE THE SONG BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON IS SICK OF YOUR EXCUSES INSTEAD OF BEARING IT LIKE YOU DID AND AND

THIS FRICKING CAR SONG MAKES ME WANT TO WALK INTO INCOMING TRAFFIC (pun intended) I AM SCREAMING

MADDS WHEN I GET YOU GRAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!

[dailyshowchica]

Loki Cosplay part 6

Previously, on Loki Cosplay: https://www.tumblr.com/dailyshowchica/759829144294014976/loki-cosplay-part-5?source=share

So, with the coat done, I've moved on to the leggings/chaps, with the idea of getting the vinyl sewing done and over with. As stated previously, I opted to line the chaps with the mock-up, which I made from a twin-sized flat bed sheet.

Not a lot of in-progress pix, mostly because they're repetitive and boring. I'm pretty sure I've got some things done backwards, because it's remarkably hard to tell fronts from backs when you have separate legs.

I definitely messed up when I sewed the snap tape to the lining at the waistband, because I had not turned the mock-up chaps right-side out. This is a problem, because my plan was to have the right sides facing out, leaving any unfinished edges sandwiched between 2 layers of fabric. Exposed raw edges tend to unravel, and the more stress and strain the fabric experiences, even just putting them on and taking them off, means the fabric unravels faster.

Did I unstitch the snap tape and sew it on the right side? No. No, I did not. I just turned the fabric down enough to expose the snaps, or rather, to hide them, when I sewed in the lining. This meant things didn't quite line up, and I had to do more hand-sewing that I had anticipated, but, it's my time to waste. Or something like that. Plus, I don't really trust my zipper foot, after a few mishaps on past project, and if I'm not careful and sew over a snap, that's a broken or bent needle I have to replace. I'd rather not.

This is not my first experience sewing snap tape to leggings. My Stormtrooper armor also snaps over a base layer of leggings and a turtle neck. So I knew that straight sewing wasn't a good idea- the leggings are stretchy, and will need to stretch out to fit properly. So the snaps tape is just tacked in place between each snap. It's secure enough, and doesn't inhibit machine-washing the base layer.

Here's me testing the snaps placement. I haven't hemmed the mock-up yet, as there was the possibility I'd have to turn the leggings inside out again, and I wanted to leave myself some extra room, in case I had to adjust things

This is the leggings base layer. It's washable and comfortable.

Here's the finished leggings. It's not the most flattering look from the back, but that will be covered with the tunic and the coat.

And here are the chaps with the boots. As expected, there isn't room to tuck the chaps into the boots, so I'll have to cover those with the boot covers. But coming up next, the tunic!

PS- I was out running errands today, and I find, on the clearance rack at Old Navy, fake leather pants! In black! And also in brown. Evidently they weren't super popular, as there were several pairs in varying sizes, including a couple that were close enough to mine!

If I were doing this in my 20s, I'd have gone for pants and just added the details. But, while these pants are TECHNICALLY washable (close all fasteners, turn inside out, wash and dry on cold/low), any details I added would not be.

Also, they don't tuck into the boots well, and aren't quite wide enough to go over the boots. If they were perfectly fitted, it might work better, but such are clearance rack finds.

I did also buy 3 more yards of black vinyl fabric because it was 70% off ($2.99/yard), and I'd rather be certain I have plenty. Besides, I'd like to make a full-length pair of chaps to go with my cowboy costume. Because you never know when you're gonna need a cowboy costume. ;-)

[brunetterightsactivist]

Don’t get mad at me but I can’t believe some of u guys don’t like call me by your name that movie is so beautiful it makes me feel empty inside

[beauzos]

well since i have fuckall to do for the next few days till i get back to work on Tuesday. i really should rewatch The Ballad of Buster Scruggs