Taylor Jessen
@sidfudd.bsky.social
Archivist for Firesign Theatre, Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, and Negativland. Considered irresistible by some men. "Great Syntax" - Mr. Ward, 8th grade English 🌈
"The rain in Spain / Is actually Mugwump jism"
February 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"The rain in Spain / Is actually Mugwump jism"
Complete "Over the Garden Wall" coming to domestic Blu-ray from Warners on April 7:
www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37916
www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37916
Over the Garden Wall: The Complete Series Blu-ray
www.blu-ray.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Complete "Over the Garden Wall" coming to domestic Blu-ray from Warners on April 7:
www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37916
www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37916
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In last night's dream I was staying at a Japanese hotel by a river, and I wandered into downtown and got lost, finding myself in the middle of a huge demonstration where giant Disney characters dressed in riot gear with shields did a choreographed dance
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
In last night's dream I was staying at a Japanese hotel by a river, and I wandered into downtown and got lost, finding myself in the middle of a huge demonstration where giant Disney characters dressed in riot gear with shields did a choreographed dance
Feeling like never again leaving your apartment? #RobynHitchcock has got your back - he wrote your theme song in 1991.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngk...
Robyn Hitchcock - Ride
YouTube video by martin venator
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February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Feeling like never again leaving your apartment? #RobynHitchcock has got your back - he wrote your theme song in 1991.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngk...
Last night I watched "Casino", and fuck it's a GREAT Scorsese picture, but it leads to the inevitable need to watch the movie that'll be on his tombstone: "Goodfellas". Which scares the shit out of me. Oh well...better do it. It's time for "Layla" and a guy hanging by a hook in a freezer. #MyWay
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Last night I watched "Casino", and fuck it's a GREAT Scorsese picture, but it leads to the inevitable need to watch the movie that'll be on his tombstone: "Goodfellas". Which scares the shit out of me. Oh well...better do it. It's time for "Layla" and a guy hanging by a hook in a freezer. #MyWay
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I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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As a bicyclist I feel a car is too close to me in traffic if I can tell what brand she's smoking, because she just asked me to help dig it out of her purse
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a bicyclist I feel a car is too close to me in traffic if I can tell what brand she's smoking, because she just asked me to help dig it out of her purse
Did you know that if you play the first albums by Gomez, Travis, Starsailor, and Coldplay all at the same time, then say your KCRW member number out loud, Nic Harcourt will appear before you and present you with an Enchanted Tote Bag
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Did you know that if you play the first albums by Gomez, Travis, Starsailor, and Coldplay all at the same time, then say your KCRW member number out loud, Nic Harcourt will appear before you and present you with an Enchanted Tote Bag
Mark Newgarden, "Pud & Spud", 1983
#ThatsTrue
#ThatsTrue
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Mark Newgarden, "Pud & Spud", 1983
#ThatsTrue
#ThatsTrue
László Moholy-Nagy "25 bankruptcy vultures" (1922)
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 AM
László Moholy-Nagy "25 bankruptcy vultures" (1922)
Anyone aware of any surviving audio/video of '90s NYC comedy troupe The Poster Boys (Paul Parducci, Russ Reiley, Jim Giordano)? Mark Newgarden name-checks them as an influence in his book "We All Die Alone". I can't let a comedy group exist without at least being able to dip a toe into their stuff
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Anyone aware of any surviving audio/video of '90s NYC comedy troupe The Poster Boys (Paul Parducci, Russ Reiley, Jim Giordano)? Mark Newgarden name-checks them as an influence in his book "We All Die Alone". I can't let a comedy group exist without at least being able to dip a toe into their stuff
I'd like to ask Eric Idle if he knows if any episodes of that apparently great, shambolic, zero-budget early 1970s BBC comedy series "Up Sunday" have survived, but I'm not on Xwitter and I'm not going back, so that's the end of that
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I'd like to ask Eric Idle if he knows if any episodes of that apparently great, shambolic, zero-budget early 1970s BBC comedy series "Up Sunday" have survived, but I'm not on Xwitter and I'm not going back, so that's the end of that
Oh now this really is the last straw
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Oh now this really is the last straw
"Authorship gets tethered to human legibility until technology breaks the tether." Our Vicki "People Like Us" Bennett has some very useful thoughts on authorship in the face of Bandcamps's recent AI ban:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Authorship under automation - The Wire
In the first essay of a short series exploring Bandcamp’s ban on AI-generated music, Vicki Bennett argues that the platform’s decision rests on the belief in a stable binary between computer and human...
www.thewire.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"Authorship gets tethered to human legibility until technology breaks the tether." Our Vicki "People Like Us" Bennett has some very useful thoughts on authorship in the face of Bandcamps's recent AI ban:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
I can't tell you without crying how important it was for me to get just one thing accomplished today by identifying the font on the back of the #FiresignTheatre LP "Everything You Know Is Wrong". There are a lot of font-identifying engines online. None of them could identify it. But I did.
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I can't tell you without crying how important it was for me to get just one thing accomplished today by identifying the font on the back of the #FiresignTheatre LP "Everything You Know Is Wrong". There are a lot of font-identifying engines online. None of them could identify it. But I did.
In and out of the DMV successfully in 30 minutes. Please celebrate with me by watching Banjo Band Ivana Mládka perform "Jožin Z Bažin", featuring Ivo Pešák and his patented Swamp Monster Shimmy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmR...
Ivan Mládek - Jožin z bažin - Subtítulos en español, English subtitles, Napisy polskie,české titulky
YouTube video by Prague AI
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January 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
In and out of the DMV successfully in 30 minutes. Please celebrate with me by watching Banjo Band Ivana Mládka perform "Jožin Z Bažin", featuring Ivo Pešák and his patented Swamp Monster Shimmy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmR...
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With this snow storm coming, I should probably top off the dog's neck cask.
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
With this snow storm coming, I should probably top off the dog's neck cask.
Billboard improvement by #ScomRK, Burbank, near Alameda & Flower, 1/21/2026
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January 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Billboard improvement by #ScomRK, Burbank, near Alameda & Flower, 1/21/2026
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lataco.com/interview-wi...
Beatbunny's latest rigorously-researched delve into vintage drum patterns solves many mysteries about "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", probably the most MAS COWBELL AHORA dance track ever:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rB...
#DeadOrAlive #StockAitkenWaterman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rB...
#DeadOrAlive #StockAitkenWaterman
YOU SPIN ME ROUND - Analyzing the Most ADDICTIVE Beat of the 80s | Drum Patterns Explained
YouTube video by Captain Pikant
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January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Beatbunny's latest rigorously-researched delve into vintage drum patterns solves many mysteries about "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", probably the most MAS COWBELL AHORA dance track ever:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rB...
#DeadOrAlive #StockAitkenWaterman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rB...
#DeadOrAlive #StockAitkenWaterman
From half a mile away, the sound of a Dr. Beat DB-90 metronome helping the John Burroughs High School marching band find its way
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 AM
From half a mile away, the sound of a Dr. Beat DB-90 metronome helping the John Burroughs High School marching band find its way
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I watched "Riefenstahl" a couple of nights ago. I'd recommend it for anyone still clinging to a scintilla of the apologia that some have attempted to construct around this vile piece of shit. #FilmSky
RIEFENSTAHL - Official Trailer - English subtitled
YouTube video by Beta Cinema
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January 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I watched "Riefenstahl" a couple of nights ago. I'd recommend it for anyone still clinging to a scintilla of the apologia that some have attempted to construct around this vile piece of shit. #FilmSky