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Bobby Fought The Law, And It Appears That He Won

April 18, 2017 / Thoughts On The Dead / 3 Comments

When special works are created, special praise must be given. Valued commentator Leapyear gives us all this gift; as always with his art, there are jokes lurking everywhere and each is better than the last. (My favorite is the puddled lasso around the mayor’s legs.)

Nil By Mouth

September 21, 2015 / Thoughts On The Dead / 13 Comments

TotD has an announcement: it’s enough with the oral histories. Our friend and skydiving-instructor (“You look smart, you’ll know when to pull the cord.”) David Gans has an oral history about the Dead coming out soon, and it will be praised and plugged; after that: no more oral histories.

Until then, here’s a short one about the Dead’s incredibly Dead-like relationship with the city of Austin.