Archive for May, 2006
57 Channels and Something On
May 10th, 2006Here’s a something about the TV we’ve been watching lately. It didn’t dawn on me until now just how gay these shows are. We’re talking wrapped in a rainbow flag, tottering around in pink platform heels GAY. My viewing habits aren’t really that gay. I watch a lot of PBS, too — and not just […]
Spinning Wheel
May 10th, 2006Circa ’70s NASA illustrations of what a space colony of the future might look like. Thanks to Chris for sending this my way.
Gruesome Twosome: Crazy About The La La La Edition
May 9th, 2006Massiel: “La, La, La”
Spanish Eurovision Song Contest entry, 1968
Joëlle Ursull: “White and Black Blues”
French Eurovision Song Contest entry, 1990
Today I look at an entity at once comforting and strangely alien: the Eurovision Song Contest. I’m an American who finds this annual competition fascinating: the pageantry, the kitsch, the inter-country squabbling. Amidst all the hubbub, it’s […]
Postscript
May 8th, 2006We put our cat to sleep today. The vet and her assistant arrived at our home and gave the shot while Eames was napping on his favorite blanket on my bed. I can only hope that the experience wasn’t stressful for him, more like recessing into a deep sleep. I didn’t cry, although I came […]
Kitty Eames c.1991-2006
May 5th, 2006We will be undergoing a bittersweet weekend, since we decided to euthanize our special cat this coming Monday. Christopher has the full story. I’ll miss you, Eames.
Stitch My A**
May 5th, 2006It must be a sign of the scatterbrained, random goings on here that I haven’t bothered to write about Julie Jackson’s Subversive Cross Stitch book until now. Chronincle Books has had it out for a month. This book serves as the dead tree companion to Julie’s web business, where one can order delightfully vulgar cross […]
Casa Cucaracha
May 3rd, 2006Below, an artist’s hastily drawn rendition of a quiet night at home with myself and Christopher:
Yes, the roaches have us by the balls. Happens like clockwork every year when the weather starts heating up. They only appear one of two at a time, but still. No matter how many preventative measures we throw at ‘em, […]
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens
May 2nd, 2006Lileks posted this 1977 Frederick’s of Hollywood Catalog about a month ago, but I haven’t seen it ’til now. Nice illustrations of Charlies Angels-esque models wearing hideous jumpsuits and huge wigs. The outfits look not so much sewn but as if they were concocted in test tubes at Dow Chemical.
