Jon Hall

We are really learning that a government’s DEGREE of shittiness is very, very important.

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Paul and I have released our most goth song yet.

And yes, the picture was taken by my mom during the solar eclipse a couple of years ago. Thank you for asking.

Sometimes, when things are rough and the world feels heavy, it helps to imagine a future where we have crushed these sons of bitches and are left to the actual business of constructing a world that we deserve and is fundamentally kind and good.

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Paul and I have released our most goth song yet.

And yes, the picture was taken by my mom during the solar eclipse a couple of years ago. Thank you for asking.

A Texas laurel covered in purple blossoms.

These blooms are the purplest-smelling objects known to science.

We need to stop the super-rich from having faces. They cannot be trusted with them.

Guys, this is one of my favorite books, and if I didn’t already own two copies, I’d take advantage of this outrageous deal.

US Kindle deal * Anno Dracula for $1.99 all through March.

When I worked at Hastings Records, the company newsletter called They Might Be Giants “They Must Be Giants.” My pals and I had fun thinking of other names they may have considered:
They Just Gotta Be Giants

Giants? Yes

Pretty Sure They’re Giants

Guys, Guys, I Really Think They’re Giants This Time

I’ve always said we don’t get enough Fatty Lumpkin representation.

Democrats stop making “conceding points” your opening gambit, part infinity

For those who prefer a YouTube link.

For those who prefer a YouTube link.

Oil Can Trying out my JHS Oil Can Delay pedal

Played around with my new JHS Oil Can Delay pedal.

I’m gonna just need to drag this one out again every couple of days, huh?

today was the day john mccain finally became president

Customized in what way?

This eternal cycle of Republicans fucking everything up; Democrats being elected to clean up the mess; and then Republicans winning because they weren’t punished, so the public forgot who fucked things up, over and over, has to end. Sadly, the Democrats are the only ones in a position to do it.

Remember that horrid, helpless feeling you had right after 9/11? That’s how the people in the countries we bomb feel.

Look there’s just certain countries its okay to bomb and others you have to let bomb you, thats the international order

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Authoritarians love to murder. It’s the ultimate form of domination, which is the only social dynamic their piss-filled brains understand.

“Twin Peaks” opening credits sequence, but it reads “Pin Tweaks.”

I’ve been calling it this in my brain for thirty-five years.

It’s one of those songs I heard as a kid that really grabbed me: moody, atmospheric music like Sniff ‘n’ the Tears’ “Driver’s Seat,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street,” and so on. Really set me up for my love of Cocteau Twins and Echo and the Bunnymen later.

If you are ever, against all odds, in Denton, Texas, Recycled Books on the square will blow your mind.

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This Friday’s favorite is “Year of the Cat” by Al Stewart.

100%. The 24-hour news cycle absolutely broke the news. Having to fill all those hours led to more and more panel and opinion shows, which eventually made up the majority of the programming. But since it was on the news channel, people thought it was the news.

Cable should have been just amateur local-access shows, the Weather Channel, and weird-ass stuff like Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

Cable news has been a top-to-bottom disgrace for at least twenty-five years now. Let it die.