Merry Christmas, if you’re into that sort of thing!

@WWTH: I wish I could help you in your search for modern music. I’m sure there are plenty of great woman musicians out there, but I don’t think they’ll ever be on corporate radio. Maybe some of the college stations, though.

I just realized that I used the word ‘lame’ in my previous post. I don’t know if it’s abelist in this context, or not.

*sigh* why do my posts always disappear (into moderation?) whenever I start posting from youtube?

@Mish

“Very immature, me.”

Weeeeeelllll, I did make that stripper farts pun that no-body understood or liked( ;_; ), so I certainly have you beat on the immaturity scale. I’m happy to see that Artic Ape swooped in to save the punnage though, because their puns have fucking class. Actually, a lot of people here are really good with puns.

Are we tripping down memory lane, because I recently rediscovered my k’s choice cds while cleaning out some boxes, and have been singing Old Women to my kids, much to their abject horror.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYUpZOil5Gw

Mish, I really have to thank you for introducing me to tacocaT! Their cover of I am a Girlfriend is amazing and I have listened to it at least 50 times since last night

Another song to listen to when down, this one from Dead Moon;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QunPzFV41uk

@VP 

I’ve alway’s been a fan of Get the Party Started. :p

@Moggie

Last I heard of  Ani DiFranco she was involved in some dumb internet drama over planning to host a workshop at a hotel that turned out to be a former plantation. (I guess the owners of the place were really gross, but it’s not like she chose the place for this.)

The level of drama was at least 1000x too high. I’m  glad to hear that she has released some new music.

Being as it’s the end of the year and everyone and their dog are doing 2017 round-ups, going to share this one – which may not be the most complete, but is certainly the funniest to me so far.

Regarding music – I listen to a lot of country (just like it, don’t go judging 😛 ) and Abbi Walker is pretty good as far as cheerily irritable goes.

@Dormousing_it:

The publisher probably just saw that Milo was a rising, controversial figure and expected that would translate into sales.

“But we haven’t actually looked at anything he’s written!”

“Don’t care. Look at the crowds at that alt right campus event! Give him the advance!”

“But the larger part of those crowds hates him.”

“Excellent! Controversy is the best publicity. Give him the damn advance!”

I bet now they’re a bit less happy about it …

Regarding Andrew Dice Clay, for years and years the usenet kook award for misogyny was named after him. About a year ago they renamed it though — you can probably guess why, and who it’s now named after.

mrex

I’m happy to see that Arctic Ape swooped in to save the punnage though, because their puns have fucking class. Actually, a lot of people here are really good with puns.

Thanks. I do plan to sometime discuss an actual topic, or otherwise engage socially. This season makes me feel so sluggish.

@Dormousing_it

RE: Milo and his so-called book

Look, I’m middle-aged and not well-versed in popular culture, but I’m astounded that Milo got a book deal from a major publishing house. IMO, he has nothing of any substance to say. Has he ever had an original thought? Everything he expounds upon is derivative, at best. I don’t think he’s even a good troll.

Awhile ago, I compared him to Andrew Dice Clay*. It’s probably a strained comparison, but Milo has already had a longer run of fame than ADC.

*A lame, one-note, flash-in-the-pan, 1980s American comedian. His one note was foul-mouthed misogyny.

In the Difference Without a Distinction Department:
Milo’s publisher was Threshold, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. Threshold publishes “conservative” — as in wishing to conserve their own (and their rich patrons’) wealth and power — “writers.”

In the Department of Foul Mouths:
Andrew Dice Clay used to freak freak freak me out. Now that the world is dealing with the men’s “rights” movement, I’m glad that I’m less reactive. Thank goodness I have people, including all the nice, thoughtful people at WHTM, that I can talk to about the rise of the right.

Sue Grafton, writer of popular ‘alphabet’ mysteries, dies

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Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling “alphabet series” of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77.

Grafton was surrounded by family, including husband Steven Humphrey, when she died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, her daughter, Jamie Clark, posted on the author’s website.

“Although we knew this was coming, it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up until just a few days ago, and then things moved quickly,” the posting said.

Grafton began her “alphabet series” in 1982 with “A is for Alibi.” Her most recent book, “Y is for Yesterday,” was published in August.

“Many of you also know that she was adamant that her books would never be turned into movies or TV shows, and in that same vein, she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name,” her daughter wrote. “Because of all of those things, and out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue, as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y.”

Humphrey said Grafton had been struggling to find an idea for “Z” while undergoing treatment for rare and usually fatal cancer of the appendix, which was discovered in a routine colonoscopy.

“Nothing’s been written,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “There is no Z.”

He added with a laugh, “Nobody in this family will ever use the letter Z again.”

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20171229/d50f089b-14df-43ec-b041-6d3601511011

Gamers are in the news again. Someone’s dead because of their stupidity.

Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting

Nice little pull out:

“I DIDNT GET ANYONE KILLED BECAUSE I DIDNT DISCHARGE A WEAPON AND BEING A SWAT MEMBER ISNT MY PROFESSION,” said one gamer, who others said made the swatting call. His account was suspended overnight.

Yeah, in the meantime, Anglin hides out because, at his very core, he is an abject coward. Little shit.

@JoeB

Thanks for that follow up.

David Clarke is one strange dude. What gives with the trash he keeps putting on his uniform? Pretty sure I’ve seen a Boy Scout badge and a Disney pass on his chest at one point.

From the swatting story

“Normally this is a prank, but due to the high stress situation, sometimes it is closer to a death threat from a user trying to get cops to kill them,” one man told The Eagle in an email.

No, swatting is not a fucking prank. And this is why it needs to stop being treated like wacky teen hijinks. For fuck’s sake. I used to get annoyed at B grade horror movies and novels for overusing the trope of death threats and stalking being treated by authorities as pranks, but apparently this was the most realistic thing about cheesy horror stories of the 80’s and 90’s.

David Clarke is one strange dude. What gives with the trash he keeps putting on his uniform? Pretty sure I’ve seen a Boy Scout badge and a Disney pass on his chest at one point.

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/8d/8d6321d5206b0141ea541a670fd36b9ff8e51873b2a0135e82f910e35eb8622e.jpg

Just got back from seeing a star war.

A+ use of an Arrested Development reference. I never get sick of those. Especially if it’s a Lucille reference!