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Titanic Recs

Upon a close listen, it makes sense that 11/30/80 from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta inspired a cult. I would absolutely sign my life savings over to the sizzling-hot Stranger opener; I would move to Guyana for the Scarlet>Fire; I would buy Nikes, and slice off my nads, for the rare double-Berry closer. 11/30/80 overflows with truth, light, marathon lectures on sexual hygiene; O, it is True North in a world of broken compasses. MORE WIVES FOR 11/30/80!

Dude.

Yuh-huh?

Incoherent.

No.

Go back and read what you wrote.

That’s just gibberish.

Well spotted. The English language is slightly beyond your reach right now. Why don’t we share this collection of pieces from the New Yorker by FoTotD Nick Paumgarten?

That guy’s good.

And he’s seen Jeffrey Toobin’s schlong.

That guy’s great!

Now post a Dead-related picture and say good night.

What kind of picture?

Doesn’t matter.

Pick a theme.

Inexplicable.

Gotcha, fam.

That’s inexplicable as fuck. Well done.

I still got some heat in the fastball.

Early And Often

“Hey! Thoughts on my Ass! How’s your crank?”

My crank’s good. I feel like you’re trying to tell me something.

“I don’t go for that understatement bullshit. I say what’s on my mind. Sometimes, I wear what’s on my mind. Depends on what shirt’s clean, I guess.”

Well, I think your ensemble makes a good point. We all gotta vote.

“Especially this time. You been reading the paper?”

Now and then.

“I try to avoid it. Don’t even get it delivered to the house anymore. But the other day, Justy told me that the paper is on the computer now. I knew it did the emails and porn, but I had no idea the paper was in there, too.”

Never ceasing are these wonders.

“Fuckin’ A! So I gave the oldĀ Chronicle a read, and found out two very important pieces of information.

Which were?

“Herb Caen doesn’t have a column any more.”

He died 20 years ago.

“Guess I learned three pieces of information today.”

What was the second thing?

“This Trump guy’s a real asshole.”

Yes.

“Does everybody know?”

Also yes, but some people aren’t upset by the fact.

“Never been so glad that I left America.”

Hawaii is a state, Billy.

“Only legally, and just temporarily. Our Queen will return to us.”

I hope so.

Heist In A Bucket

Aw, come on. The duck doesn’t need to be–

“He’s, uh, part of the Murder Heist.”

–part of the Murder Heist. This is not right, Bobby.

“He’s integral. No duck, no luck.”

Why have you time travelled to the Hell In A Bucket video?

“Well, you remember that last Revenger movie.”

Avengers.

“If you say so. They, uh, went back and visited themselves in order to defeat Anus.”

Thanos.

“Was that the purple guy’s name?”

Yes.

“Probably a better name for a super-villain than ‘Anus.'”

Correct.

“Although some anuses can be scary as all get-out.”

I suppose. Bobby, please stop jaunting through time to pull off a Murder Heist.

“Too late to stop now. It’s a lit-fuse situation.”

Okay. Can you at least tell me what the duck has to do with the plan?

“We’re going to be coming up on some 3D approximations of reality. But, uh, real realistic ones.”

Right. And?

“And ducks’ quacks don’t echo. So if we’re somewhere that we suspect of being composed of hard-light holograms, we just get have the duck quack at it a couple times.”

And?

“And, uh, problem solved.”

I’m ignoring that. Is that Billy?

“Yuh-huh.”

Did he end up kidnapping Robert Redford?

“Sure did.”

Is Robert Redford in the trunk of that Cadillac?

“Sure is. But, you know: It’s spacious as heck back there. We wouldn’t have put him in a, say, a Miata’s trunk. The man’s a star.”

Thoughtful of you.

“There’s always enough time for good manners.”

I suppose.

It’s All Downhill Racer From Here

Hey, Billy. Whatcha do–

“Murder Heist!”

Shit.

“Christ, I’ve been ready for some action. You know how bored I was last week? I almost read a book.”

Almost?

“Cranked one out instead.”

Awesome. Why are you at a film festival in 2017 with your son?

“The Murder Heist has gone transtemporal.”

Oh, no. Please don’t use the Time Sheath to steal from the past.

“And murder!”

Please don’t murder anyone at any point in the past, present, or future.

“That’s not my grift on this job.”

I’m almost afraid to ask.

“Gonna kidnap Robert Redford.”

Don’t do that.

“Wheels are already in motion.”

Did you dose–

“I dosed the Sundance Kid!”

–Robert…dammit, Billy.

“Gonna give it a couple more minutes. He’s gonna be real suggestible soon.”

And then?

“Straight into my kidnappin’ sack.”

You have a kidnappin’ sack?

“I mostly use it for skank-related purposes.”

Consensual?

“They stop struggling pretty quick.”

Jesus. Billy, please don’t abduct Robert Redford. How is that even part of the plan?

“Above my pay grade, Ass. I steal the pretty boy and bring him to Club Front. That’s all I know.”

This is awful. I mean, it’s nice that you’re spending time with Justin.

“Between you and me? He’s here for parts.”

Wha?

“Redford’s got some serious security. I might lose a kidney snatching him. Or a ball. So I brought all of Justy’s organs along.”

That’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

“Every man for himself when it’s time to Murder Heist.”

I regret this storyline.

I Told Them My Initials Were “BK”

“Thoughts on my Ass!”

Hey, Billy.

“Heard your dick fell off.”

No.

“That’s what I heard. That’s what everybody is saying.”

My dick did not fall off.

“That’s good. You need your dick, man. Your center of gravity’s all fucked up without it. You pitch forward all the time.”

I didn’t know that.

“But there’s something wrong with you. Worse than usual.”

I don’t wanna talk about it.

“You should do what I do when I get sick.”

Which is?

“Fuck my way through it. Skank has a curative nature, Ass.”

No. Skank gives you diseases, it doesn’t treat them.

“Trust me on this one, kid. Hey, you live in Florida, right?”

Sadly, yes.

“Go to the dogtrack. Nothing beats track skank. Any track. Dog, horse, drag strips, that underground midget-racing club in Salinas. Track skank is pure, Ass. Gotta be careful, though. Track skank is carrying a knife. Even when she’s naked, track skank’s got a knife on her.”

I don’t want to meet any track skank, Billy.

“You’re missing out. Those ladies got strong hands, and all their dreams have died. Makes for an interesting afternoon.”

This is not helping me. When are you, anyway?

“2017.”

Goddammit.

“Got bored.”

Stop using the Time Sheath to avoid quarantine!

“If you could escape 2020, wouldn’t you?”

I’d go Full Anakin on a roomful of Younglings to get the fuck out of this year.

“So why you mad at me?”

Rough day.

“I know, man. Your dick fell off.”

I am looking forward to the future.

Call It Sheep

Hey, Billy.

“I have’t fucked the sheep.”

Jesus, I hope not.

“I have rented them out for sexual purposes. Regularly. The guy who’s coming by in an hour is here three or four times a week. Better than a stimulus check, I tell ya.”

Stop pimping out your livestock.

“Can’t make me! Besides, I’m sending some cash to Black Lives Matter. Or something similar, at least.”

Similar?

“It’s not the official organization, but the money goes to black people. Women, specifically.”

You’re just signing up to private porn sites, aren’t you?

“Man, you know me.”

Yeah.

“They take requests! I make ’em put spatulas up their butts.”

Why?

“How else are they gonna flip the pancakes?”

We’re done.

Down On The Farm

“Ass! Good to see you, but stay the fuck back.”

Glad to see you’re taking the rules seriously.

“Oh, sure. The protest is masks-only.”

The what now?

“I’m leading a group of patriots and rights enthusiasts called Reopen Kauai.”

Of course you are.

“We’re taking the mall tomorrow. We were gonna take a government building, but everyone wants Sbarro’s. And who can blame us? They do that thing where there’s a crust on top of the slice, too. That’s amazing. Everyone else was fistfucking cheese into the crust, right? Not Sbarro’s. They went the other way. They went double crust. I’m an American, and I don’t need permission to go to Sbarro’s.”

What the hell is wrong with you?

“I’m bored, Ass.”

There it is.

“I don’t wanna lead these dopey protests. I mean, I do want some fuckin’ Sbarro’s. But they’re doing delivery. The restrictions aren’t so bad.”

But?

“There’s zero opportunities for random skank. And I won’t live like that.”

So you organized a right-wing temper tantrum just to rub up against unbalanced, armed women?

“I take issue with your statement at several junctures.”

Sure.

“It’s only mostly right-wing. Lotta folks involved are just plain nuts. Now, you’d think that the skank pool would be mostly drawn from the crazies, but you’d be wrong. Skank on either side of the aisle, Ass. Old-fashioned bipartisanship.”

Are you all right?

“Soaked my mask in ether.”

Sounds right. Billy, call off this protest. No good can come from it.

“Gotta do it, Ass. Gotta protect the, uh, what’s it called, a bunch of guys wrote it but it’s not the Declaration of Independence.”

The Constitution?

“That! Gotta protect that.”

Stop it.

“Dude, there’s gonna be so many loony-tunes broads there. They’re gonna be wearing AK47’s and denim shorts. I’m gonna make ’em open carry my boner.”

Can’t you just watch Netflix like the rest of us?

“Dammit, Ass, I’m a man for skank! Have been for seven decades now, and if this is my last of those, it will be spent living the life I’ve always loved: hunting, trapping, and skinning skank.”

Can’t you just go on Tinder?

“I have been banned from the dating apps.”

All of them?

“They have a shared blacklist, apparently.”

Huh. Billy, please cancel this protest. People could get sick, and it’s just such a bad look for the nation.

“Nah. Wheels are in motion. Lotsa wheels, lotsa motion. Hey, what do you think about antagonizing the cops into hitting one of us?”

What do I think about it?

“Yeah. You think that would get the chicks hot?”

I can’t talk to you anymore.

Schtuf

Listen to this. Billy was playing with Kingfish(?) in ’85 and the van got snuck in a snowstorm, so–naturally–Billy took the opportunity to do his stand-up.

Read this. Why? Cuz it contains this graf:

But there is more to the Cybernetic Inevitable than this sont of methanasia. There are, in the words of the Poet, ā€œmachines of loving grace.ā€ There is, hovering dean far from the burnt metal reek of exploded stars, the intricate balm of Kraftwerkā€¦.

Stop drinking cough syrup, Lester.

Read this, too. It’s Lost Live Dead. If you need me to tell you why you should be reading Lost Live Dead, then you’re fucked, Jim.

Watch this:

Life On Mars, Perfect Day, Madman Across The Water, Get It On, and Hey Jude: all the same Bechstein piano.

And watch this man:

B And Sympathy

“You got the boney maroney, Ass?”

Maybe.

“Walk a couple miles out of town and bury yourself alive.”

No.

“Save the world some work. You’re done for.”

I might not have it. And if I do, it might not be that bad.

“Nah. I can read your aura. You know what color it is?”

What color?

“Chinese malfeasance.”

Not a color.

“It’s yellowish.”

Racist.

“Everything’s racist to your generation. You better get over that, man. This plague’s gonna reshuffle the world via several rohowas.”

Racial holy wars?

“Just like Dio sang about.”

Dio did not sing about racial holy wars.

“Absolutely did. Just in secret. Those dragons in his lyrics were racist as shit.”

I don’t believe you.

“Me and Ronnie James used to hang in the 80’s. Went skank-shooting together. He liked tall chicks, so we used to drive down to LA and watch the UCLA women’s volleyball team practice. He’d jerk it sometimes. Great little guy.”

None of that is true.

“Irregardless, you stay at least nine miles away from me.”

I will respect your Personal Health Radius.

“If you die, I don’t want any of your stuff. Everything you have is crap.”

Thanks, Billy.

“Hey, I’m here for ya. Just go away.”

Sure.

Four? Loco!

Precarious?

“Yo.”

How you holding up?

“This corona shit’s for pussies. Back in ’82, we had something going around called groupie pox.”

That sounds terrible.

“Contracting it was fun.”

Sure. Small question about the microphones on Bobby’s speaker cabinet.

“Okay.”

Why four?

“There’s not four. Look careful. There’s five.”

Why?

“Weir had been complaining about wanting a fuller sound. So we did that to shut him up. I think only one mic is actually plugged in.”

Placebo mics?

“Essentially.”

Always something new with this band.

“Never boring, though. Except when we’d play Indianapolis. That was always boring.”

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