"smokey stevenson"
@kurtblumenau.bsky.social
https://sabr.org/authors/kurt-blumenau/
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
Pinned
a little let down they didn't describe "Column of Flowing Honey"
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
a little let down they didn't describe "Column of Flowing Honey"
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Evening reboost. We're about to head into a more obscure stretch of the tour, so this is the last celeb-packed one for a while, with one of the better early tapes
Thin White Duke 50: End of the LA leg. Christopher Isherwood! David Hockney! Ray Bradbury! A despondent Fonz! www.patreon.com/posts/isolar...
Isolar 50: Los Angeles, 11 February 1976 | Chris O'Leary
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February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Evening reboost. We're about to head into a more obscure stretch of the tour, so this is the last celeb-packed one for a while, with one of the better early tapes
enthralled by the additional light now available at 5:15, I got out the big unsafe ladder when I got home and deployed my implement on the high side of the roof, which needed it.
There’s a little Ahab in me alongside all the Charlie Brown.
There’s a little Ahab in me alongside all the Charlie Brown.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
enthralled by the additional light now available at 5:15, I got out the big unsafe ladder when I got home and deployed my implement on the high side of the roof, which needed it.
There’s a little Ahab in me alongside all the Charlie Brown.
There’s a little Ahab in me alongside all the Charlie Brown.
if I ever got the chance to do this, I would fill in the first five boxes in solid tones of white, red, and yellow, and then write in the last box: “MONDRIAN”
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
if I ever got the chance to do this, I would fill in the first five boxes in solid tones of white, red, and yellow, and then write in the last box: “MONDRIAN”
well, you know, it’s hard to fit “Pieter Brueghel the Elder” into that tiny square
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
well, you know, it’s hard to fit “Pieter Brueghel the Elder” into that tiny square
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What's a hamate bone?
Do we even need the thing?
The wrist's appendix?
Do we even need the thing?
The wrist's appendix?
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
What's a hamate bone?
Do we even need the thing?
The wrist's appendix?
Do we even need the thing?
The wrist's appendix?
Not actually gonna use this as my avi, but it seems like the sort of image to keep on one’s phone for a moment six months from now where it meets a need perfectly
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Not actually gonna use this as my avi, but it seems like the sort of image to keep on one’s phone for a moment six months from now where it meets a need perfectly
Update: somebody took a piece
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Update: somebody took a piece
“In the stands
The home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles…”
The home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles…”
Members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union (1940)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Members hold their semi-annual dance and join in an informal sing, shown (L to R): Ludwig is the son of a member, Bratman is dance chairman and Kopee, Neumann and Lackey.
Source: Hennepin County Library
Members hold their semi-annual dance and join in an informal sing, shown (L to R): Ludwig is the son of a member, Bratman is dance chairman and Kopee, Neumann and Lackey.
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“In the stands
The home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles…”
The home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles…”
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I'm guessing whoever wrote this still has a very safe job at the Washington Post, unlike the reporters who showed again and again how incorrect this would be
simply one of the greatest calls of all time
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I'm guessing whoever wrote this still has a very safe job at the Washington Post, unlike the reporters who showed again and again how incorrect this would be
because i frame everything in Grateful Dead time, my first thought was, “February 1995, just a few months before it all ended…”
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
because i frame everything in Grateful Dead time, my first thought was, “February 1995, just a few months before it all ended…”
it’s slathered in sugar, partially eaten, and at least three days old. that doesn’t make you hungry?
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
it’s slathered in sugar, partially eaten, and at least three days old. that doesn’t make you hungry?
Oh, you know a certain somebody wishes he’d written this. He may well
write his own version today, despite the fact that his newsroom has fewer than half its former resources to cover actual local news.
write his own version today, despite the fact that his newsroom has fewer than half its former resources to cover actual local news.
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Oh, you know a certain somebody wishes he’d written this. He may well
write his own version today, despite the fact that his newsroom has fewer than half its former resources to cover actual local news.
write his own version today, despite the fact that his newsroom has fewer than half its former resources to cover actual local news.
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Boston City Hall was dedicated #onthisday in 1969! The brutalist building was designed by Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in response to a Boston Redevelopment Authority architectural competition in 1961. Check out this photo of the newly-constructed building from 1967!
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Boston City Hall was dedicated #onthisday in 1969! The brutalist building was designed by Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in response to a Boston Redevelopment Authority architectural competition in 1961. Check out this photo of the newly-constructed building from 1967!
hello again, 1991. I thought I’d escaped you for good
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
hello again, 1991. I thought I’d escaped you for good
“When the Yardbirds first came to America, all I ever saw was guys in blazers and ties playing stock-strung Fender Jazzmasters.“
- Jeff Beck
- Jeff Beck
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“When the Yardbirds first came to America, all I ever saw was guys in blazers and ties playing stock-strung Fender Jazzmasters.“
- Jeff Beck
- Jeff Beck
somebody left this out in the lunchroom at work if anybody wants a piece
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
somebody left this out in the lunchroom at work if anybody wants a piece
I remember driving past a little corner store in Allentown that I passed a lot that always had posters for local club shows. There was one for Bad Bunny and I thought, “what the hell is that?”
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I remember driving past a little corner store in Allentown that I passed a lot that always had posters for local club shows. There was one for Bad Bunny and I thought, “what the hell is that?”
@jeremylittau.com @jennsylvania.bsky.social all news is local
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
@jeremylittau.com @jennsylvania.bsky.social all news is local
pretty much everyone I work with seems to have water somewhere in their house from ice dams so I’m staying busy while I wait my turn
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
pretty much everyone I work with seems to have water somewhere in their house from ice dams so I’m staying busy while I wait my turn
🎶 yes I’m the basic bitch with the improvised snow rake
Look closely and you’ll see the roll of duct tape 🎶
Look closely and you’ll see the roll of duct tape 🎶
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🎶 yes I’m the basic bitch with the improvised snow rake
Look closely and you’ll see the roll of duct tape 🎶
Look closely and you’ll see the roll of duct tape 🎶
Wait a sec, the kids are seeing the ballgame with … a blowtorch? Was this before or after the big Seattle ballpark fire?
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Wait a sec, the kids are seeing the ballgame with … a blowtorch? Was this before or after the big Seattle ballpark fire?
dude, Speedweiner is a much better name than L73
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 AM
dude, Speedweiner is a much better name than L73
I quite liked this. 120 pages. Yay for novellas! Yay for dry British humo(u)r!
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I quite liked this. 120 pages. Yay for novellas! Yay for dry British humo(u)r!
woulda been better if Crosby and Stills had joined them, but what are you gonna do
One-hundred years ago tonight you could’ve tuned into WCCO to listen to the Nash-Finch Concert Orchestra. From the Minneapolis Journal, February 10, 1926.
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
woulda been better if Crosby and Stills had joined them, but what are you gonna do