Having reviewed more than a few old movies over the last ten years, and attended Reverend Matt’s Fringe presentation on the Creature From The Black Lagoon, I found this quite fun.

This brought exclamations over both Jhayco’s music and his fashion sense from my Arts Editor:

My Arts Editor and I occasionally watch clothing designer shows together, but this was something else. It left me gaping.

I don’t know anything about the fashion world, but it appears Robert Wun treats the designer shows more like a moving art installation than something that looks, at least superficially, like clothing. It is slightly reminiscent of the late Lee Alexander McQueen’s work, with which I’m familiar only because of the documentary McQueen (2018): the telling of a story as a designer show.

This Robert Wun show was delightful.

Hiding from the monsters:

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Over the left field wall:

A bridal dress show, punctuated by my Arts Editor’s exclamations of Oh, exquisite! and Western bridal dresses have nothing on this! She is a former master tailor who ran a bridal shop, so I pay attention.

So it’s four years old. It still makes me laugh.

The inimitable Randy Rainbow keeps riding the horse.

Perhaps an unfortunate metaphor, since that horse is pulling up lame.

It’s political, but powerful.

Just because I find myself often bringing them up for another listen:

Or hero of the day. Well done!

Rep Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) lays into her Republican colleagues on the Oversight Committee via C-SPAN. This is not YouTube, so you’ll have to follow the link.

In case you think there’s an economic case for electing Trump president, here’s former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (Clinton Administration) with a rebuttal. I haven’t verified his numbers, but what he has to say is congruent with many other analyses I’ve read.

Remember the mythical hoop snake? Here’s a small one.

More here.

Former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ):

A friend has just introduced me to Steve ‘n Seagulls, a “Finnish bluegrass” band:

Great fun!

Professor Richardson pronounced this to be devastating. I think a bit more polishing might have helped.

Still, it makes its point.

A musical instrument I had not seen before.

I’ve long read references to the Mayan ball game, in which the ball can only contact the hips. Here, the BBC has a short clip covering a Mayan group that has recreated the game of their ancestors. Quite fun!

And I liked the body art as well.

In other news, for the last three weeks I’ve been dealing with an infection which appears to be defeated now. I hope to return to regular, though not prolific, posting.

Modified bacteria in a solid tumor!

More information from skralyx on Daily Kos.

I probably have too many pleasures. Full stop. This guy goes in the bin labeled Guilty.

One of Rainbow’s better efforts.

Oh, so monstrous!

Appalling, mesmerizing.

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