TEN SONGS FOR THE NEW RECESSION #3: I AIN’T GOT A WINDOW AND I AIN’T GOT A POT

In which Tommy Blake discusses one of the dilemmas of failing to qualify for either a bank loan or welfare: whom should you punch out?

Answer: The welfare clerk, but only after you’ve tried the bank first. Also, make sure you don’t have any rich relatives about to kick off, in case they stipulate that you don’t get the money if yr in jail for punching a welfare clerk.

That’s when I broke his jaw,

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YEAH, BUT THEY’RE BIG ALIEN ROCKS…

Yr Alien Cover-Up lede of the day:



That’s what they want you to believe, of course …

Who goes there,

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PLANET OF THE APES + FALCO = EPIC WIN

Seeing as how there’s another Planet Of The Apes remake in a theater near you, now is as good a time as any to post this.

From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z,

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FINALLY, A BOOK MEME WHERE I’VE READ ALMOST HALF THE BOOKS ON IT

ITEM: NPR has unveiled its list of the Top 100 Science-Fiction/Fantasy novels.

The list is reader-nominated and voted (with vetting by a panel of experts), so undoubtedly there will be debate over what should be there and what shouldn’t. Personally I wouldn’t have included graphic novels like Watchmen and the Sandman series. Also, while some people have complained about I Am Legend being on it (“it’s a vampire novel!”), I think it belongs partly because of the speculative/dystopian element, but also because it does treat vampirism as something that can be scientifically explained.

Also, no Spinrad? Srsly? And of all the PK Dick novels they could have gone with, they picked the book that’s better known for the film version which only barely resembles the book?

Anyway, it turns out I’ve read 45 of them. And it’ll hopefully be 46 in the next month or so, as The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein is literally in the reading queue – I have a copy in my “to read” pile.

Here’s the meme version (courtesy of pussreboots):

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PRODUCTION NOTE: While I appreciate the readers/panelists deciding to include an entire series as a single entry, occasionally it doesn’t work. For example, I’ve only read some of the Xanth series, but I counted it anyway. And I’m curious as to why the Discworld series didn’t get its own entry. Maybe because it’s technically ongoing?

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: For the ones with strikethroughs, if you’ve read those books and want to make a case for them.

Nerdtastic,

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