Taylor Jessen

82-year-old Firehead wrote in tonight to say he got turned on to Firesign in 1970 before he went to Florida in the USAF...in Miami none of the record shops knew who Firesign was, so he ordered their albums, and within a month was having Firesign listening parties with his college friends. "I introduced Florida to FT!" And he probably did. The takeaway: If you're wondering if dudes in their eighties know what downloads &/or Bandcamp is, the answer is Oh My Yes😁

New from Firesign Theatre on Bandcamp: "Caveat Imperator"

You can't shop your way to better government, but you can have this brand-new old product for less than the cost of a caffè latte! New from the vaults, it's Firesign live and schticking on KPPC in October 1969 about all those hippie-era things nobody cares about anymore like protests, preemptively jailing the public, the drug war, pornography, censorship, and enslavement to the machines. It's really retro!

https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/

New Weirdos "I Want You (I Want Him Too)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFSSqQpj_-g

@thickurt I think I've got "racerback tank top" and "tank top" options enabled in the standard clothing category for all the designs - is there one in particular you have eyes on?

Visit my Redbubble shop:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/xxxpossiblescam/shop

Shirts that throw real Americana in your face and say "Deal with it!... You know, seriously or ironically, either's fine, we're flexible."

Friday was nice

@thickurt #BigBoi 😍

This movie has been released on home video in dozens of countries in at least 6 formats since the 1980s, and I can tell you without fear of contradiction that the 4K release (based on a 2012 restoration in 8K) is the FIRST TIME that we've ever seen what Daud sees, the eight-pixel-high "elongated pinhead of black" that confirms that, yes, something's coming, Lawrence and Gasim aren't dead, and "for some men nothing is written unless they write it".

There's a 12-shot sequence where Daud, who'd be well-advised to get off the Nefud before it kills him, looks up and peers at the far horizon when he sees...something.

There are 11 shots from his point of view between the moment of "Wait...what?" and the confirmation that it is, in fact, Lawrence, who's got the missing Gasim clinging to him, riding his camel toward salvation.

In the script, what he sees is described as an "elongated pinhead of black elevated into the blue above the horizon."

In the middle of the first half of the film, Lawrence puts his entire mission in jeopardy when, after crossing the Nefud desert—the Sun's Anvil—he risks his life to go back to rescue Gasim, one of his company of raiders, who has fallen off his camel in the night and whom they all presume will be dead from exposure by mid-day.

One of Lawrence's manservants, Daud, has decided to wait at the edge of the Nefud, even as the other raiders continue west, in case Lawrence succeeds.

4K! I bought a 4K TV and player this year. I'm really glad I did. So...why bother? Here's a good reason:

"Lawrence of Arabia", a big big film with massive narrative stamina that after 3 hours 47 minutes leaves you sad there isn't any more, has come out in every goddamn home video format there is.

Since Robert Harris restored the film in 1989, I've bought them all, from VHS to Laserdisc to DVD to Blu-ray.

@greymusclebear #2 I think!

Going to the gay bars in my beard and kaftan is the greatest-ever conversation starter. Last night at the Eagle, a very beautiful Black gentleman with a salt-and-pepper beard:

"Jesus!"

"My son."

"You must be all-knowing."

"Naturally, my son, I am omnipotent."

"Then you know today is my birthday!"

"Of course my son. Today, you turn 28."

I think he didn't stop cackling for ten seconds. Pretty sure the dude would have gone home with me that instant if I'd asked