Monday, September 07, 2026

My Monday Morning Music

Saw the movie Tony a couple of weeks ago. A docudrama of Anthony Bourdain's time in Cape Cod, Tony had a pretty good soundtrack. Here's one of those songs. 

 

 


Sunday, September 06, 2026

Friday, September 04, 2026

My Friday Evening Music

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.


 


Wisdom by Night

Bruce Wise closes out with Wise Words at Oddball Magazine. 

Thanks for reading us this week.


Move Forward

Janet Cormier's Bamboozled No More! is back for Friday.

Enjoy your Friday with Oddball Magazine. 

 

My Friday Morning Music

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. 

 

 


Leopards Eating Faces Update!

 

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. 


Thursday, September 03, 2026

Wednesday, September 02, 2026

It's Almost Over

The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for September 2 is up now at Substack.


That Old Tale Again

Poet Noah Berlatsky and artist Ira Joel Haber close out Oddball Magazine for Wednesday. Thanks so much for reading us.


WAYFS, 9-2-26

No one truly gets canceled I guess. Just deported.
 


From the Nest

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.  


From Revere

 

Revere's new writer and editor Holly Chatelain is this week's Lyrical Somerville poet. Read her work now in The Somerville Times.

Here Too

Even the pianted over posters aren't safe from retribution.

Sticker on poster painted over with gray paint: If anti-Trump art/offends you, just wait till you/find out Trump ra-ed kids. - #thisisatruehaiku

There's Been Escalation

Since last week's incident, there has been one more case of resistance to anti-resistance. 

Sticker on ripped Trump/Chump poster: If anti-Trump art/offends you, just wait till you/find out Trump ra-ed kids. - #thisisatruehaiku

A Moment of Comics

"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.


American Haiku: The Real Question

When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku. An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down. 


American Haiku: The Real Question
 
The one big question
about Venezuelan deal:
Do we now occupy Venezuela? How to pay for this?

Looking for a Mighty Long Time

Staring at the full moon in Provincetown. 


Happy Birthday, Gauri Dixit

 

 


Your Wednesday Morning Poetry

They announced Wendell Berry's death yesterday. Here's his poem "The Peace of Wild Things" thanks to the Scottish Poetry Library. 


For Once

Despite my old phone's limitations, I actually got a halfway decent shot of the moon at the Provincetown docks. 


Tuesday, September 01, 2026

About Time

Feels wrong for me to live so long yet I only photographed The Lobster Pot for the first time this past Saturday. 


Frozen

Jason Wright's latest Jagged Thought is back to it's regular scheduled day and time at Oddball Magazine. 


Back to Work

Poet Tammy Smith has a tribute to Dolly Parton with artwork from Eric N. Peterson. Have a more solemn Tuesday from Oddball Magazine. 

 

This Week's Most Distinguished Network Name

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.

Network Name: The Internet
Provincetown mocked me with it's lack of public Wi-Fi.

Winding Down at the Pier

From Saturday as we were waiting for the ferry back from Provincetown.