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Tristram Shandy
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"No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest."
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November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Happy New Pynchon Day to all who celebrate.

#Pynchon #ShadowTicket
Thomas Pynchon's new novel, Shadow Ticket. Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labor-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a onetime strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he’s found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who’s taken a mind to go wandering. Before he knows it, he’s been shanghaied onto a transoceanic liner, ending up eventually in Hungary where there’s no shoreline, a language from some other planet, and enough pastry to see any cop well into retirement—and of course no sign of the runaway heiress he’s supposed to be chasing. By the time Hicks catches up with her he will find himself also entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them, none of which Hicks is qualified, forget about being paid, to deal with. Surrounded by history he has no grasp on and can’t see his way around in or out of, the only bright side for Hicks is it’s the dawn of the Big Band Era and as it happens he’s a pretty good dancer. Whether this will be enough to allow him somehow to Lindy-hop his way back again to Milwaukee and the normal world, which may no longer exist, is another question.
October 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Happy Sloan Music Arriving in the Mail Day to all those who celebrate, and those who don't.
#Sloan #SloanMusic #Canrock
The new Sloan album, Based on the Best Seller, arrived in the mail today, 10 days early!
September 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Doug from animal house
July 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Thank you for Smoking
June 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I prefer the original…
May 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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All I see is this:
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Street sign showing the directions to Crow Court
April 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Michael Dukakis in a tank
March 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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March 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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March 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Back cover of the Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album Easy Pieces.
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days

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Front cover of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album Easy Pieces
March 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Inner sleeve second side, with "... OR Yours" and the top.
March 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Inner sleeve first side, with "OUR PLACE..." and the top, and the alternate title of the album "Emotional Fascism" at the bottom.
March 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Back cover of the UK release of the Elvis Costello and the Attractions Album Armed Forces.
March 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days

01/20
Elvis Costello and the Attractions album Armed Forces, with UK cover depicting a herd of elephants.
March 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Post a picture of when your pet was little
A puppy standing in his food bowl while drinking out of his water bowl.
March 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Other side of the inner sleeve with lyrics sheet.
March 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Inner sleeve of Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy, photograph of a plate of carrots, peas, potatoes, lemon slice, cilantro, and a cherry pepper, with a .357 magnum on the top of the plate.
March 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Back cover of Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy, with text reading: Side One Johnny Strikes Up The Band Waddy Wachtel, guitars & harmony Warren Zevon, piano Leland Skiar, bass Russell Kunkel, drums Danny Kortchmar, percussion Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner Waddy Wachtel, guitar Warren Zevon, piano & organ Bob Glaub, bass Russell Kunkel, drums The Gentlemen Boys, harmonies Excilable Boy Waddy Wachtel, guitar Warren Zevon, piano Bob Glaub, bass Russell Kunkel, drums Jim Horn, saxophone Linda Ronstadt, Jennifer Warnes & Waddy Wachtel, harmonies Werewolves Of London Waddy Wachtel, guitars Warren Zevon, piano John McVie, bass Mick Fleetwood, drums Accidentally Like A Martyr Waddy Wachtel, guitar Warren Zevon, piano Leland Sklar, bass Russell Kunkel, drums Karla Bonoff with The Gentlemen Boys, harmonies Side Two Nighttime In The Switching Yard Waddy Wachtel, guitar (right), lead guitar & synthesizer Danny Kortchmar, guitar (left) Warren Zevon, synthesizer Bob Glaub, bass Jeff Porcaro, drums & percussion Greg Ladanyi, bell The Gentlemen Boys, harmonies Veracruz Waddy Wachtel, guitar Warren Zevon, piano Kenny Edwards, bass Rick Marotta, drums Arthur Gerst, Mexican harp Luis Damian, Jarana Manuel Vasquez, Requinto Jarocho Jim Horn, recorders Jorge Calderón, harmonies and Spanish vocals Tenderness On The Block Waddy Wachtel, guitars Warren Zevon, piano Kenny Edwards, bass Rick Marotta, drums The Gentlemen Boys, harmonies Lawyers, Guns And Money Waddy Wachtel, guitars Warren Zevon, piano Kenny Edwards, bass Rick Marotta, drums Produced by Jackson Browne & Waddy Wachtel Engineered & Mixed by Greg Ladanyi, with Dennis Kirk Assistant Engineers. George Ybarra and Serge Reyes Recorded at the Sound Factory, Los Angeles mixed with the Aphex Album design and Photography by Jimmy Wachtel "Willy On The Plate" photographed by Lorrie Sullivan and prepared by Crystal Zevon The Gentlemen Boys are Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards. John David Souther, and Waddy Wachtel Managemen…
March 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#musicsky #musicchallenge #20albums20days #Zevon #ExcitableBoy

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Warren Zevon's 1978 masterpiece Excitable Boy, with an angelic looking Zevon on a red background.
March 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon backstage at the US Festival.
March 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM