TheBonnieFranklin (Fred Hughes III)
@thebonniefranklin.bsky.social
R.I.P. Steven Lee Cropper
October 21, 1941–December 3, 2025
The man co-wrote, played on and/or produced some of the best that's ever been. Trying to Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum, but it's all coming up Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa.
Nothing lasts. Fight the good fight while you can.
October 21, 1941–December 3, 2025
The man co-wrote, played on and/or produced some of the best that's ever been. Trying to Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum, but it's all coming up Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa.
Nothing lasts. Fight the good fight while you can.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
R.I.P. Steven Lee Cropper
October 21, 1941–December 3, 2025
The man co-wrote, played on and/or produced some of the best that's ever been. Trying to Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum, but it's all coming up Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa.
Nothing lasts. Fight the good fight while you can.
October 21, 1941–December 3, 2025
The man co-wrote, played on and/or produced some of the best that's ever been. Trying to Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum, but it's all coming up Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa.
Nothing lasts. Fight the good fight while you can.
Sammy is flat out of his gourd. There's no crawlspace, bag or cooler small enough to stop him from making his way in. Same goes for cabinets, drawers & car trunks. The wife loves him. Me, too, but I have to clean up after him...
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sammy is flat out of his gourd. There's no crawlspace, bag or cooler small enough to stop him from making his way in. Same goes for cabinets, drawers & car trunks. The wife loves him. Me, too, but I have to clean up after him...
Haven't been here much, but:
7am wake-up: Loud rattling in the tub. The wife left a “Playmate” cooler in the bath (post-using it to defrost a turkey). So, Sammy crawled in, rolled & sealed himself in! Didn’t yelp or meow at all, but was covered in his own urine upon release.
No photos of that. #cats
7am wake-up: Loud rattling in the tub. The wife left a “Playmate” cooler in the bath (post-using it to defrost a turkey). So, Sammy crawled in, rolled & sealed himself in! Didn’t yelp or meow at all, but was covered in his own urine upon release.
No photos of that. #cats
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Haven't been here much, but:
7am wake-up: Loud rattling in the tub. The wife left a “Playmate” cooler in the bath (post-using it to defrost a turkey). So, Sammy crawled in, rolled & sealed himself in! Didn’t yelp or meow at all, but was covered in his own urine upon release.
No photos of that. #cats
7am wake-up: Loud rattling in the tub. The wife left a “Playmate” cooler in the bath (post-using it to defrost a turkey). So, Sammy crawled in, rolled & sealed himself in! Didn’t yelp or meow at all, but was covered in his own urine upon release.
No photos of that. #cats
R.I.P. Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley
April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025
(Lower right corner of the AM radio face.)
n/p: That crazy Love Gun solo that made my son laugh like hell as a kid/helped him understand why I love Robert Quine so much.
April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025
(Lower right corner of the AM radio face.)
n/p: That crazy Love Gun solo that made my son laugh like hell as a kid/helped him understand why I love Robert Quine so much.
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
R.I.P. Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley
April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025
(Lower right corner of the AM radio face.)
n/p: That crazy Love Gun solo that made my son laugh like hell as a kid/helped him understand why I love Robert Quine so much.
April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025
(Lower right corner of the AM radio face.)
n/p: That crazy Love Gun solo that made my son laugh like hell as a kid/helped him understand why I love Robert Quine so much.
Perfect double (San Francisco) feature w/ Freebie & the Bean.
(But the Laughing Policeman has a scene @ La Palma [2884 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110], so it's top billed.)
(But the Laughing Policeman has a scene @ La Palma [2884 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110], so it's top billed.)
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Perfect double (San Francisco) feature w/ Freebie & the Bean.
(But the Laughing Policeman has a scene @ La Palma [2884 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110], so it's top billed.)
(But the Laughing Policeman has a scene @ La Palma [2884 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110], so it's top billed.)
The greatest thing ever was when my kid took well to Psycotic Pineapple. Driving/car stereo time was so much fun for a long, long time. Little Roger & The Goosebumps, too. (Yeah, that's w/ DAVE Seabury. Still.)
I think I still have a few Stairway to Gilligan's Island singles that need homes...
I think I still have a few Stairway to Gilligan's Island singles that need homes...
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The greatest thing ever was when my kid took well to Psycotic Pineapple. Driving/car stereo time was so much fun for a long, long time. Little Roger & The Goosebumps, too. (Yeah, that's w/ DAVE Seabury. Still.)
I think I still have a few Stairway to Gilligan's Island singles that need homes...
I think I still have a few Stairway to Gilligan's Island singles that need homes...
Interestingly (to me), the Lockers were a big part of Richard Pryor's controversial set @ a '77 Hollywood gay rights rally. Google IA doesn't do it justice, of course. Especially since Richard had expressed engaging in & liking sex w/ men BEFORE reacting to the racism & elitism of the crowd/crew.
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Interestingly (to me), the Lockers were a big part of Richard Pryor's controversial set @ a '77 Hollywood gay rights rally. Google IA doesn't do it justice, of course. Especially since Richard had expressed engaging in & liking sex w/ men BEFORE reacting to the racism & elitism of the crowd/crew.
Italian soundtrack for WAKE UP AND DIE (1966)
Music by Ennio Morricone / theme sung by Lisa Gastoni
As good as, perhaps better, than the movie. You should own both.
Music by Ennio Morricone / theme sung by Lisa Gastoni
As good as, perhaps better, than the movie. You should own both.
September 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Italian soundtrack for WAKE UP AND DIE (1966)
Music by Ennio Morricone / theme sung by Lisa Gastoni
As good as, perhaps better, than the movie. You should own both.
Music by Ennio Morricone / theme sung by Lisa Gastoni
As good as, perhaps better, than the movie. You should own both.
A great article! The 1st Punk band I ever saw live was likely the Schematix from Santa Cruz. (W/ Chris Isaak/Silvertones in S. Stockton circa '82.) But there WAS a great scene & shows in S.C. for decades. Basement shows w/ Thrones, good Catalyst bills, etc., but the rent ain't cheap. College town...
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A great article! The 1st Punk band I ever saw live was likely the Schematix from Santa Cruz. (W/ Chris Isaak/Silvertones in S. Stockton circa '82.) But there WAS a great scene & shows in S.C. for decades. Basement shows w/ Thrones, good Catalyst bills, etc., but the rent ain't cheap. College town...
No Lee Ving pics? Bummer.
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
No Lee Ving pics? Bummer.
100%
w/ Hannibal Brooks (1969) it was clear that Hollywood felt the same. I don't know what happened, but as a kid it was his Melvin & Howard turn that made me cling HARD to his brilliance.
w/ Hannibal Brooks (1969) it was clear that Hollywood felt the same. I don't know what happened, but as a kid it was his Melvin & Howard turn that made me cling HARD to his brilliance.
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
100%
w/ Hannibal Brooks (1969) it was clear that Hollywood felt the same. I don't know what happened, but as a kid it was his Melvin & Howard turn that made me cling HARD to his brilliance.
w/ Hannibal Brooks (1969) it was clear that Hollywood felt the same. I don't know what happened, but as a kid it was his Melvin & Howard turn that made me cling HARD to his brilliance.
As a dopey guy w/ a clear Crime problem, can you let me know where you found this image? Perhaps there are some aging/memory issues over here, but that one doesn't ring a bell. 1979, presumably.
August 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
As a dopey guy w/ a clear Crime problem, can you let me know where you found this image? Perhaps there are some aging/memory issues over here, but that one doesn't ring a bell. 1979, presumably.
3. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no understanding of nerve endings extending to human ankles, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no understanding of nerve endings extending to human ankles, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
August 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
3. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no understanding of nerve endings extending to human ankles, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no understanding of nerve endings extending to human ankles, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
2. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no issues w/ possums, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no issues w/ possums, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
August 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no issues w/ possums, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
"Blackie Preciosa" clearly has no issues w/ possums, despite growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
1. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
Dopey, yet strangely lovable, "Blackie Preciosa," doesn't get the whole litter/burying concept. Nature/nurture, some things might be lost growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
Dopey, yet strangely lovable, "Blackie Preciosa," doesn't get the whole litter/burying concept. Nature/nurture, some things might be lost growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
1. Too many cats / #SunCaturdays / #Cats=Death / #cats
Dopey, yet strangely lovable, "Blackie Preciosa," doesn't get the whole litter/burying concept. Nature/nurture, some things might be lost growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
Dopey, yet strangely lovable, "Blackie Preciosa," doesn't get the whole litter/burying concept. Nature/nurture, some things might be lost growing up in a Fruitvale BART parking lot.
This one's the same. It's unsettling at times, but kinda nice.
August 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This one's the same. It's unsettling at times, but kinda nice.
#ThursCatUrDay This here Sammy-cat is fucking nuts.
August 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#ThursCatUrDay This here Sammy-cat is fucking nuts.
Oooh, another reason to post my "GUTS" poster again!
August 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oooh, another reason to post my "GUTS" poster again!
Silent "E" & Be Kind To The Letter "S" from The Electric Company LP were the slippery slope.
July 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Silent "E" & Be Kind To The Letter "S" from The Electric Company LP were the slippery slope.
I know a kid who managed to roll w/ it pretty well.
July 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I know a kid who managed to roll w/ it pretty well.
Just trying to be consistent by mentioning the terrific soundtrack by:
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Just trying to be consistent by mentioning the terrific soundtrack by:
R.I.P. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne
December 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025
Thanks for a bunch of stuff, but mainly for allowing me to see my future old-lady share a joint w/ a skinny long haired guy wearing knee-high suede moccasins in San Jose. Also, she cried during Sweet Leaf.
December 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025
Thanks for a bunch of stuff, but mainly for allowing me to see my future old-lady share a joint w/ a skinny long haired guy wearing knee-high suede moccasins in San Jose. Also, she cried during Sweet Leaf.
July 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
R.I.P. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne
December 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025
Thanks for a bunch of stuff, but mainly for allowing me to see my future old-lady share a joint w/ a skinny long haired guy wearing knee-high suede moccasins in San Jose. Also, she cried during Sweet Leaf.
December 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025
Thanks for a bunch of stuff, but mainly for allowing me to see my future old-lady share a joint w/ a skinny long haired guy wearing knee-high suede moccasins in San Jose. Also, she cried during Sweet Leaf.
Striking resemblance to two of our five problematic lodgers.
(Another 1/5 of our problems in the background of the 1st photo, but you get the idea.)
(Another 1/5 of our problems in the background of the 1st photo, but you get the idea.)
July 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Striking resemblance to two of our five problematic lodgers.
(Another 1/5 of our problems in the background of the 1st photo, but you get the idea.)
(Another 1/5 of our problems in the background of the 1st photo, but you get the idea.)
Damned, Weirdos & Rhythm Pigs - March 28th 1986 @ the Fillmore S.F.
I love keeping dopey stuff like this, a menu for a Damned show. (The flyer isn't mine, nor have I seen it before today.) Sirloin of Beef w/ Mushroom Gravy $5.50!
I love keeping dopey stuff like this, a menu for a Damned show. (The flyer isn't mine, nor have I seen it before today.) Sirloin of Beef w/ Mushroom Gravy $5.50!
July 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Damned, Weirdos & Rhythm Pigs - March 28th 1986 @ the Fillmore S.F.
I love keeping dopey stuff like this, a menu for a Damned show. (The flyer isn't mine, nor have I seen it before today.) Sirloin of Beef w/ Mushroom Gravy $5.50!
I love keeping dopey stuff like this, a menu for a Damned show. (The flyer isn't mine, nor have I seen it before today.) Sirloin of Beef w/ Mushroom Gravy $5.50!