Michael Frasca
@frasca.bsky.social
Retired doc, but still teaching. Taping live music. Movies. Reading SF/fantasy. Playing gowf. Fishing with wife. 3 grown kids. He/him.
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
Tonight's pizza and a movie:
Pizza: DiGiorgno's Thanksgiving pizza with a Butch's pepperoni pizza as a backup. The former tasted like an open-faced turkey & thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. It was okay.
Movie: RiffTrax Presents "The Face of Marble" with riffing by Bridget and Mary Jo. It was funny.
Pizza: DiGiorgno's Thanksgiving pizza with a Butch's pepperoni pizza as a backup. The former tasted like an open-faced turkey & thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. It was okay.
Movie: RiffTrax Presents "The Face of Marble" with riffing by Bridget and Mary Jo. It was funny.
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tonight's pizza and a movie:
Pizza: DiGiorgno's Thanksgiving pizza with a Butch's pepperoni pizza as a backup. The former tasted like an open-faced turkey & thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. It was okay.
Movie: RiffTrax Presents "The Face of Marble" with riffing by Bridget and Mary Jo. It was funny.
Pizza: DiGiorgno's Thanksgiving pizza with a Butch's pepperoni pizza as a backup. The former tasted like an open-faced turkey & thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. It was okay.
Movie: RiffTrax Presents "The Face of Marble" with riffing by Bridget and Mary Jo. It was funny.
Backyard #Astrophotography.
IC 342 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. It lies in the plane of our galaxy, so it brightness is obscured somewhat by dust and stars. it is 10 million light years away.
IC 342 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. It lies in the plane of our galaxy, so it brightness is obscured somewhat by dust and stars. it is 10 million light years away.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography.
IC 342 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. It lies in the plane of our galaxy, so it brightness is obscured somewhat by dust and stars. it is 10 million light years away.
IC 342 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. It lies in the plane of our galaxy, so it brightness is obscured somewhat by dust and stars. it is 10 million light years away.
Last night's #Criterion Crawl film was Desert Hearts ( d. D. Deitch 1985 Spine #902) a groundbreaking film about two women falling in love...without a tragic ending! Featuring stellar performances by Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau. #queercinema #JaneRule #independentcinema
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Last night's #Criterion Crawl film was Desert Hearts ( d. D. Deitch 1985 Spine #902) a groundbreaking film about two women falling in love...without a tragic ending! Featuring stellar performances by Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau. #queercinema #JaneRule #independentcinema
Backyard #Astrophotography
Will these sunspots grow and vomit out some Coronal Mass Ejections? #Sun #solar #sunspots
Will these sunspots grow and vomit out some Coronal Mass Ejections? #Sun #solar #sunspots
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
Will these sunspots grow and vomit out some Coronal Mass Ejections? #Sun #solar #sunspots
Will these sunspots grow and vomit out some Coronal Mass Ejections? #Sun #solar #sunspots
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction just published their first issue in over a year. Sheree Renée Thomas continues at the helm, so we are in for some good stories.
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction just published their first issue in over a year. Sheree Renée Thomas continues at the helm, so we are in for some good stories.
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
Backyard #Astrophotography
NGC 891 is a galaxy in Andromeda that is seen edge-on, which accentuates the dark dust clouds in its disc.
Also known as The Outer Limits Galaxy because it appeared in the ending credits of the 1963-1965 TV series alongside other astronomical objects. #OuterLimits
NGC 891 is a galaxy in Andromeda that is seen edge-on, which accentuates the dark dust clouds in its disc.
Also known as The Outer Limits Galaxy because it appeared in the ending credits of the 1963-1965 TV series alongside other astronomical objects. #OuterLimits
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
NGC 891 is a galaxy in Andromeda that is seen edge-on, which accentuates the dark dust clouds in its disc.
Also known as The Outer Limits Galaxy because it appeared in the ending credits of the 1963-1965 TV series alongside other astronomical objects. #OuterLimits
NGC 891 is a galaxy in Andromeda that is seen edge-on, which accentuates the dark dust clouds in its disc.
Also known as The Outer Limits Galaxy because it appeared in the ending credits of the 1963-1965 TV series alongside other astronomical objects. #OuterLimits
#BoxOfBooks day!
From Subterranean Press, Constituent Service by John Scalzi.
It's the rollicking adventures of a community liaison person in a city ward filled with alien immigrants. Great jacket art by Tristan Elwell. Unguents anyone?
@subpress.bsky.social @scalzi.com @tristanelwell.bsky.social
From Subterranean Press, Constituent Service by John Scalzi.
It's the rollicking adventures of a community liaison person in a city ward filled with alien immigrants. Great jacket art by Tristan Elwell. Unguents anyone?
@subpress.bsky.social @scalzi.com @tristanelwell.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#BoxOfBooks day!
From Subterranean Press, Constituent Service by John Scalzi.
It's the rollicking adventures of a community liaison person in a city ward filled with alien immigrants. Great jacket art by Tristan Elwell. Unguents anyone?
@subpress.bsky.social @scalzi.com @tristanelwell.bsky.social
From Subterranean Press, Constituent Service by John Scalzi.
It's the rollicking adventures of a community liaison person in a city ward filled with alien immigrants. Great jacket art by Tristan Elwell. Unguents anyone?
@subpress.bsky.social @scalzi.com @tristanelwell.bsky.social
Backyard #Astrophotography
M 76, aka The Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in Perseus. It is about twice the distance from us as its namesake, The Dumbbell Nebula; hence the 'Little."
This is what our Sun will look like at the end of its life; a white dwarf surrounded by a nebula.
M 76, aka The Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in Perseus. It is about twice the distance from us as its namesake, The Dumbbell Nebula; hence the 'Little."
This is what our Sun will look like at the end of its life; a white dwarf surrounded by a nebula.
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
M 76, aka The Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in Perseus. It is about twice the distance from us as its namesake, The Dumbbell Nebula; hence the 'Little."
This is what our Sun will look like at the end of its life; a white dwarf surrounded by a nebula.
M 76, aka The Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in Perseus. It is about twice the distance from us as its namesake, The Dumbbell Nebula; hence the 'Little."
This is what our Sun will look like at the end of its life; a white dwarf surrounded by a nebula.
Backyard #Astrophotography
NGC 281, aka The Pacman Nebula, is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia.
E. E. Barnard discovered the nebula in 1883. Not having played any video games, he named it the "The Parcheesi Nebula."
⬆️
(This is a joke and has no basis in reality.)
NGC 281, aka The Pacman Nebula, is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia.
E. E. Barnard discovered the nebula in 1883. Not having played any video games, he named it the "The Parcheesi Nebula."
⬆️
(This is a joke and has no basis in reality.)
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
NGC 281, aka The Pacman Nebula, is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia.
E. E. Barnard discovered the nebula in 1883. Not having played any video games, he named it the "The Parcheesi Nebula."
⬆️
(This is a joke and has no basis in reality.)
NGC 281, aka The Pacman Nebula, is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia.
E. E. Barnard discovered the nebula in 1883. Not having played any video games, he named it the "The Parcheesi Nebula."
⬆️
(This is a joke and has no basis in reality.)
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
> what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
> what perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I'm watching a documentary about the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Guess where every single one of these 1000 balloons released during the opening ceremony ended up?
That's right, northern Ohio.
A Tip 'O The Hat to @mmmadcccow.bsky.social for picking up and disposing of said balloons.
That's right, northern Ohio.
A Tip 'O The Hat to @mmmadcccow.bsky.social for picking up and disposing of said balloons.
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I'm watching a documentary about the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Guess where every single one of these 1000 balloons released during the opening ceremony ended up?
That's right, northern Ohio.
A Tip 'O The Hat to @mmmadcccow.bsky.social for picking up and disposing of said balloons.
That's right, northern Ohio.
A Tip 'O The Hat to @mmmadcccow.bsky.social for picking up and disposing of said balloons.
Pizza and a movie night!
Pizza: Hy-Vee take-and-bake sausage
Movie: Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffing of Track of the Moon Beast. (d. Dick Ashe 1972)
"I am the Jim Morrison King!"
#MST3K
Pizza: Hy-Vee take-and-bake sausage
Movie: Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffing of Track of the Moon Beast. (d. Dick Ashe 1972)
"I am the Jim Morrison King!"
#MST3K
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Pizza and a movie night!
Pizza: Hy-Vee take-and-bake sausage
Movie: Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffing of Track of the Moon Beast. (d. Dick Ashe 1972)
"I am the Jim Morrison King!"
#MST3K
Pizza: Hy-Vee take-and-bake sausage
Movie: Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffing of Track of the Moon Beast. (d. Dick Ashe 1972)
"I am the Jim Morrison King!"
#MST3K
I hope your neighbor doesn't get one of these.
It's normally used on the golf course, where it was much appreciated by the golfers and doesn't bother anyone but the squirrels.
It's normally used on the golf course, where it was much appreciated by the golfers and doesn't bother anyone but the squirrels.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I hope your neighbor doesn't get one of these.
It's normally used on the golf course, where it was much appreciated by the golfers and doesn't bother anyone but the squirrels.
It's normally used on the golf course, where it was much appreciated by the golfers and doesn't bother anyone but the squirrels.
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#ArmchairBoogie
I: Beauty of My Dreams
#DelMcCoury #Phish
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#ArmchairBoogie
I: Beauty of My Dreams
#DelMcCoury #Phish
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#ArmchairBoogie
I: Beauty of My Dreams
#DelMcCoury #Phish
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#ArmchairBoogie
I: Beauty of My Dreams
#DelMcCoury #Phish
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone #ArmchairBoogie Cluster Pluck
I: His Island
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone #ArmchairBoogie Cluster Pluck
I: His Island
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone #ArmchairBoogie Cluster Pluck
I: His Island
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone #ArmchairBoogie Cluster Pluck
I: His Island
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone
I: Can’t Hardly Wait
#TheReplacements
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone
I: Can’t Hardly Wait
#TheReplacements
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
2025-11-14 - Kenny’s Westside Pub
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone
I: Can’t Hardly Wait
#TheReplacements
#LiveMusic #Peoria
#PertNearSandstone
I: Can’t Hardly Wait
#TheReplacements
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#LiveMusic at Kenny's Westside in #Peoria tonight.
From our great northern neighbors of Wisconsin and Minnesota, it'll be Armchair Boogie with Pert Near Sandstone opening.
$10 at the door.
Music at 8 pm.
See you there!
From our great northern neighbors of Wisconsin and Minnesota, it'll be Armchair Boogie with Pert Near Sandstone opening.
$10 at the door.
Music at 8 pm.
See you there!
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#LiveMusic at Kenny's Westside in #Peoria tonight.
From our great northern neighbors of Wisconsin and Minnesota, it'll be Armchair Boogie with Pert Near Sandstone opening.
$10 at the door.
Music at 8 pm.
See you there!
From our great northern neighbors of Wisconsin and Minnesota, it'll be Armchair Boogie with Pert Near Sandstone opening.
$10 at the door.
Music at 8 pm.
See you there!
Backyard #Astrophotography.
I took a look at the Sun today to see if I could identify the culprits behind the auroras we have had for the past few days.
Is that them, trying to hide behind the Sun?
#Sun #solar #sunspots #aurora
I took a look at the Sun today to see if I could identify the culprits behind the auroras we have had for the past few days.
Is that them, trying to hide behind the Sun?
#Sun #solar #sunspots #aurora
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography.
I took a look at the Sun today to see if I could identify the culprits behind the auroras we have had for the past few days.
Is that them, trying to hide behind the Sun?
#Sun #solar #sunspots #aurora
I took a look at the Sun today to see if I could identify the culprits behind the auroras we have had for the past few days.
Is that them, trying to hide behind the Sun?
#Sun #solar #sunspots #aurora
#Criterion Crawl - The Philadelphia Story ( d. G. Kukor 1940 Spine #901) A rich woman gets taken down a few notches for having a personality--haunty and demanding--that would celebrated in a rich man. Being "taken down a few notches" revived Hepburn's career.
My favorite character was tween Dinah.
My favorite character was tween Dinah.
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Criterion Crawl - The Philadelphia Story ( d. G. Kukor 1940 Spine #901) A rich woman gets taken down a few notches for having a personality--haunty and demanding--that would celebrated in a rich man. Being "taken down a few notches" revived Hepburn's career.
My favorite character was tween Dinah.
My favorite character was tween Dinah.