Jonny

Jonny

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loyle to my capo

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I read this about a year ago and it's heavily influenced my reading in '26. Had never read Sara Paretsky (wonderful stuff), had underestimated the GREAT writer James Crumley and had never even heard of the gifted, tragic Eugene Izzi.

Knew Crumley was for me when I read the instruction for pronouncing the name of his creation C.W. Sughrue: "Sug as in sugar, rue as in rue the fucking day".

remember how cool it was when roman numerals at the end of movies went from wifi passowrd length+ to a scandalously curt MM overnight?

once someone gave me a cigarette glued to a backboard behind glass with 'break glass in case of emergency' on it and it took me like three weeks before i smoked the cig. it was awful.

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The only people who should give a toss whether a film is a box office flop or not are studio executives. It definitely shouldn't be mentioned in reviews like it's some kind of measurement of quality. You wouldn't order a meal based on how much profit it makes for the restaurant

People are doing this thing where they make a grid of the nine albums that forged their taste in music and I will not do that because to do it honestly I would have to include Bad by Michael Jackson. btw most of them are a clutch of safe 80s picks, Abbey Road and two of the worst LPs ever recorded.

Please link to pop songs that become transcendent through being covered by an alt/ indie act. Mountain Goats' The Sign I guess is the template but here are two other examples....

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Please link to pop songs that become transcendent through being covered by an alt/ indie act. Mountain Goats' The Sign I guess is the template but here are two other examples....

why would you do this? it's an english language play with an italian setting.

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Robert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’. The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

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I wave THEM through. I am so tired of motoring enthusiasts thinking they are in charge of walking.

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It pisses me off when I'm waiting to cross the road and a driver waves me across when it's unnecessary or unsafe. I now stand there looking gormless until they drive off.

Could we get some consistency around men's shirt sizes pls. I have shirts that fit ranging from S to XXXL. Two of my current favs are M and XXL. What gives.

Praying for an end to this tedious use of nouns as verbs a la "This is how we money"/ "Chocolate like nobody's watching". The pits. Maybe worse than the adjectives as nouns movement e.g. "Chasing Great"/ "Women Don't Owe You Pretty". Infantile.