Sean Nelson

Also, “Even Lee Greenwood wouldn't sink that low.” -David Berman, letter to the editor of The Tennessean, June 28, 2002.

This is the George HW Bush saying the American family should be more like the Waltons than the Simpsons of the nobody watches the Simpsons or remembers the Waltons anymore era.

The moves in “Boom! There She Was” are pretty well fragmented, too.

In a sense, they all do.

No Blueshammer?

Arena Brains reunion tour!

YouTube video by vidstuff007 Betty Buckley from "Tender Mercies" singing "Over You"

“Over You” sung by Betty Buckley in Tender Mercies. Written by Austin Roberts and (yes *that*) Bobby Hart.

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It almost makes a person want to come out of semi-retirement!

It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally I manage not to ruin a photo by being in it.

Excellent piece, excellent illustration, excellent film. In short: EXCELLENT!

I bought that same shirt at the Glass Spider tour. Bad show, good shirt.

The films are unsurpassed, obviously, but lately I fixate on the apparent fact that Aleister Crowley nearly married his mother. “More sugar, Mr. Crowley?” “Mr. Crowley was my *father*. Call me The Great Beast 666. And yes. Two lumps, please.”

Proof of life.

Sadly, this is exactly how I was when Tom Lehrer died.

Following that logic, it also led to our collaborating on this project, which brought me the singular, utter, joy of finding my work in a record store. In short, thanks, Marty. I owe you big time.

Lauren Carroll Harris wrote an essay on Taxi Driver for this very magazine in 2015, and I did the illustration. @seantroversy.bsky.social purchased said illustration, and thus our connection was established.

Yada yada yada, we have a joint membership to our local indie cinema now.

Taxi Driver: Bringing people together since 1976.

Frances [sic] Ford Loppola is such a nice touch.

At the Seattle date of the L&L tour in 2000 or 2001.

Just dug this out of the t-shirt museum.

“No, dad. What about you? FLIP YOU!”

Not to mention Son of Dracula! (Really, not to mention it.)

“Umm, I’m not sure it’s accurate to call the Velvet Underground ‘criminally underrated.’” -something I just said aloud to a YouTube video.

Age verification? I once had to say “stop the presses” at the printers because of a spelling error no one (myself included/ especially) noticed on the cover of an issue of the student newspaper.

This line of observation is especially ruthless in the context of rock’n’roll, I find.

I had no idea it was such a well-planned and regimented project! I’m happy just to watch.

Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97 Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has died at age 97.

On top of all the other true and right things people are saying about the great Tom Lehrer (personal idol since childbirth, etc.): Anyone who ever had a thing for using self-consciously polysyllabic words in pop songs owed him a LOT.

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Absolutely one of the best movies ever made, directed by the great actor Charles Laughton. But unfortunately a box office failure at the time, and Laughton never directed another movie. Such a bummer - I’m guessing he had more great films in him. (He stuck to directing theater after this)

You’re unlikely to find superior kreplach in any other airport.