Kybernetická babicka (1962)
Superb stop-motion, in service of a decent story about a girl who wanders through a future both fantastical and quaint, only to find that her loving grandmother has been replaced by a robot. … [read more]
Today’s theme song:
All You Fascists, by Billie Bragg
Here’s what happened when I went to a Pride festival dressed as Jesus
OG Nazis’ favorite retreat burns to the ground
Hmmm.
As a kid I was nothing but strikeouts at bat and errors in right field — couldn’t play the game at all, but I’ve always enjoyed watching baseball. … [read more]
our 103rd weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]
Four out of today’s five flicks are foreign, but that’s just the alphabet — not many American movies fall between Ks and Kw.
Reading so many subtitles has made me restless, eager to see some good old American schlock, where the conversations are in English and inane, often interrupted by gunfire or explosions or dames in bikinis. … [read more]
Hey, I read a book. I do that a lot, but it’s usually one of the same dozen books over and over again. Books outside that dozen tend to bore me, and are never finished. … [read more]
This snake cartwheels to escape danger
Don’t miss the video, at the bottom.
At a Seattle museum, young volunteers answer the call to preserve phone history
Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from birds
How botched executions were handled in centuries past
On the inside, looking outside, looking in: Joe Matt’s Peepshow
‘At war with the obvious’: the everyday genius of William Eggleston – in pictures
[1956] Loco baseball, by Eddie Lawrence
[July 2026] Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Trump White House
Too many elections scolding us to VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO have produced a hell of a lot of Democrats not worth voting for — they’re spineless, courage- and principle-free, and not merely unwilling to oppose fascism but reaching across the aisle to welcome it.
our 102nd weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]