Dolly Parton took her covers seriously. She tweaked several bits of "What's Up," Which Linda Perry had to be cool with because a) she's playing on the cover and b) she's been known to rewrite verses when covering songs. At least when Dolly Parton sings that she prays for resolution instead of revolution, at least you can believe her when she says she prays. RIP Dolly Parton.
Even if I never saw the movie 9 to 5, even if I somehow kept myself isolated from popular music and media, I would still have this tapeworm of an earworm by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers that played constantly in the eighties.
Having known of Milo Yiannopoulos since the Gamergate days, any feelings of catharsis or schadenfreude over his latest fate are diminished by the truth that his comeuppance arrives over a decade too late.
"Cymbalic Dream" helps to ring in September over at the micropoetry journal dadakuku. Thanks to petro c.k. for publishing me again.
Poet Noah Berlatsky and artist Ira Joel Haber close out Oddball Magazine for Wednesday. Thanks so much for reading us.
Poet Emma Wells and artist Bill Wolak return to kick off the first Wednesday of September. Enjoy what's left of the morning with Oddball Magazine.
"Why does the Green Lantern show have to be about race?" Anyone who asks that never read the Green Lantern comics by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams. A page from John Stewart's first appearance in Green Lantern #87 by O'Neil with art by Adams and Dick Giordano.
They announced Wendell Berry's death yesterday. Here's his poem "The Peace of Wild Things" thanks to the Scottish Poetry Library.
Despite my old phone's limitations, I actually got a halfway decent shot of the moon at the Provincetown docks.
Feels wrong for me to live so long yet I only photographed The Lobster Pot for the first time this past Saturday.
Jason Wright's latest Jagged Thought is back to it's regular scheduled day and time at Oddball Magazine.
Poet Tammy Smith has a tribute to Dolly Parton with artwork from Eric N. Peterson. Have a more solemn Tuesday from Oddball Magazine.
It's amazing what people will name their online networks. I'm always trying to hijack Wi-Fi when I'm commuting, so I often come across a number of interesting names. Every Tuesday, I post the most impressive and/or cringe-inducing names.
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Inspired by the Lindsay Clancy trial, Shannon O'Connor gives us words and photography for Monday's three o'clock spot at Oddball Magazine.
Anne Skove helps us make some(?) sense of the summer with this week's comic.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" over at Oddball Magazine.
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons gives us another tale of man versus nature to kick off Monday at Oddball Magazine.
It's the new week. Are you ready to duck?
This artist is new to me. Saw his work in Montreal but haven't figured out who they are yet. This image alone puts me down a rabbit hole.
Found in Provincetown. Blurry, but it works. Elections are coming. We need to keep making this a thing.
I'm one of the last to say RIP Dolly Parton. Sadly, she was more of a presence on the movie screen than on my parents' radio. I didn't hear "Jolene" until I heard the Miley Cyrus cover a few years ago.
One last one from The Bug' London Zoo album with guest performer Spaceape."How do we get here and where do we go now?" is a lyric that sounds more poignant these days than it probably did even in the 2000s. Listen to the rest of the album!
Another photo of Jack Powers with Margaret Wesel from Margaret's collection. One of the more human pictures of him that I've seen. There are others, but I might have to ask permissions first. More coming.
Maybe someday I'll read the books A Little God Time for Men and A Little God Time for Women to see what the messages are and how different they are. Maybe I won't.
Jason Wright's Jagged Thought poem makes it in at the last minute to close out Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
This London Zoo album by The Bug is very heavy with guest performers. Rick Ranking is on this track. I need to actually learn about this band The Bug, aka Kevin Martin.
Looks like Jeanine Pirro is going to be the next woman to be fired by Trump while the male members continue to ruin the entire planet.
