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Jeffrey Thames

@vjbigsuit.bsky.social

Otherwise known as the King of Grief*. Public radio vet/music trivialist. Audio/video mixtapes on occasion/request (80s our specialty). You can’t spell fascism without A or I (or gaslight for that matter) he/him|houston 🐧 * mixcloud.com/soundawakeradio

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Make on the suspect:
White male, a little too tall,
Could use a few pounds

03.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His β€œWho Shot J.R.?” was part of my on-air Larry Hagman tribute when he passed

03.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Seasons 3+4 of Sanford and Son are back on Pluto. Give yourself the best medicine via β€œMama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe” or β€œThe Headache”.

03.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chai-Chai Rodragweez!

03.03.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She eats here these days

03.03.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought it was spelled β€œPi” for some reason but yes

03.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m serious as cancer when I say

03.03.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So THAT’S how his uncle died

03.03.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waiting for the man? Take your tunes along!

03.03.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t even follow baseball and I was excited to find Reggie bars at a random convenience store on an early-80s road trip

02.03.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stay and Watch Willow
YouTube video by Holtzclaw - Topic Stay and Watch Willow

soundtrack to post

02.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Twas a treat talking with Eric Ambel β€” and revisiting those Yayhoos albums, which remain tons of fun. Read his words of wisdom here:

27.02.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this made me grimace

21.02.2026 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a second tape if you will

bsky.app/profile/vjbi...

21.02.2026 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cici’s obvs

20.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1973

20.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grok this way

(actually don’t)

20.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In my pre-VCR childhood I loved β€œHey Diddle Diddle” so much i taped it with my dinky recorder from the TV speaker. Always saw Mr. Simon’s cats in my mind on playback.

Also a banger to this day (aural and visual): the opening to β€œVegetable Soup”

20.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

POOM POOM (sp)

20.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now that’s what I’m talking about.

20.02.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not putting on the contemporaneous Sound Warehouse vest but otherwise all of it

20.02.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The bottom right image also served as the cover art for the original cast album, a copy of which resides with your narrator (who usually caught the last 5 minutes every morning after waking up for kindergarten).

The first episode, complete with Rankin/Bass’ iconic closing fanfare:

19.02.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Judys - Guyana Punch
YouTube video by Heather Johnson The Judys - Guyana Punch

Jonestown:

19.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not to be confused with the boomer urge to Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

19.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

C H I C O ❀️🐐

19.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

someone in your life might have walked around the playground at his nursery school singing this to himself but loud enough for a teacher to notice

but enough about last week

19.02.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not only does it remain a fantastic (and often gorgeous) album but the opener is also my favorite single of the 90s to this day. Jon Marsh and his chef’s kiss of a voice

19.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are few opening lines in popular music as engaging as β€œSuppose I accidentally got my shit together”

19.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i.e. shut up already

19.02.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So long as the cereal doth not taste of wormwood

19.02.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0