tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16858273188370847912024-03-15T21:10:37.657-04:00Wred Fright's BlogWredFright.Com features a blog by Wred Fright, author of the novels <u>Blog Love Omega Glee</u>, <u>Edna's Employment Agency</u>, <u>Frequently Asked Questions About Being Dead</u>, and <u>The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus</u>.Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.comBlogger986125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-34529848540351447492024-03-12T23:42:00.005-04:002024-03-12T23:46:28.625-04:00Comic: It Is Time The Sun Set On Daylight Savings Time<p>Ugh. I hate Daylight Savings Time. Yet another idea demonstrating that our society is somewhat daft. I poured my disdain into this comic. And no I didn't make up the stuff about the Ohio legislators. Our leaders are actually that dumb. So is our media. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one who noticed their idiocy, which is pretty sad since I'm just an obscure cartoonist. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
view, I suppose. I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7GOx0YWQq13xPmyTe5tyTFOQK6292N8h_a3uelXJXyntTMyfbUZCCx7Bmt793za76VmjZEhFx1MJ3XW4XeGpVF85D6kqcJwlBrPamM15cU2cqshrReakBgC-tCaHesSx80XeQFfueuVCPXoduRNGgMHM31oNIGBgCX8IG0VHtVqs58KoD_hKABQzMMvA/s5472/DST.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7GOx0YWQq13xPmyTe5tyTFOQK6292N8h_a3uelXJXyntTMyfbUZCCx7Bmt793za76VmjZEhFx1MJ3XW4XeGpVF85D6kqcJwlBrPamM15cU2cqshrReakBgC-tCaHesSx80XeQFfueuVCPXoduRNGgMHM31oNIGBgCX8IG0VHtVqs58KoD_hKABQzMMvA/s320/DST.jpg" width="215" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bubgkQVXWFk3ea3JAOcCAfHzLzWpVFr3jiNXn81tPn2FeR3EvrnS6hQzajad4JH8KcSFfcCdHlwRPBW-3AxSxxDhOXhpxaMVnlvg2uHDaiOHT-IuVar1izF3Cfz4wC7CWxuGZftZL7HfSCh_QOHyo5B8ApEv_VVRc1JbWUzWJMayICkjQwrHccVAIkJJ/s1813/DST1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmnGShCYVAf30Nks1iP-3wol_Sje0IAEGs4jeUUS9FuXSYw37GD2ur-vusCvSohkvKXJ37na1vhhocwP2mbR1PmC-LhpbKgsxuv89ow1yiHaDuDN6JyQqwFQA4USX3ar44nNGXoa0Sp_qY5wfDuNwLSAll94VGn6O5OcqGLjb5zrPHfA9lQyfOvYHsnys/s1827/DST9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="1226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmnGShCYVAf30Nks1iP-3wol_Sje0IAEGs4jeUUS9FuXSYw37GD2ur-vusCvSohkvKXJ37na1vhhocwP2mbR1PmC-LhpbKgsxuv89ow1yiHaDuDN6JyQqwFQA4USX3ar44nNGXoa0Sp_qY5wfDuNwLSAll94VGn6O5OcqGLjb5zrPHfA9lQyfOvYHsnys/s320/DST9.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p><i>For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">Fast Guy Slows Down</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-91002948316866140242024-03-06T22:24:00.003-05:002024-03-06T22:24:44.010-05:00New Recording!: "The Whistleblower Takes Up Harmonica"<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="188" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1766552772&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/the-whistleblower-takes-up-harmonica-1" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Whistleblower Takes Up Harmonica">The Whistleblower Takes Up Harmonica</a></div><p>I wrote this song in 2020. You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2020/07/new-song-whistleblower-takes-up.html">here</a>. Now, it's 2024, and much more evidence has amassed that wearing a facemask does nothing to stop the transmission of a respiratory virus (it appears to be mainly good for preventing a dental hygienist from spitting on you accidentally as she cleans your teeth), but I still see the occasional person wandering the supermarket wearing one. I suppose it's somewhat helpful for the stupid people among us to identify themselves as such so we can avoid them, but it's still a bit depressing. For the rerecording, I added drums and keyboard as bass. Otherwise, it's the usual voice, guitar, and, for this one, harmonica. And, of course, I kept the whistling.</p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-26883429605108682242024-02-27T21:53:00.000-05:002024-02-27T21:53:29.178-05:00Comic: Big Box Blues<p>I actually got this speech, almost verbatim (though I updated it from the 1980s), from an older coworker at ye olde KMart. I think his name was Ron, and he wore cheap suits every day and was very entertaining to myself and the other teenagers who worked there. I miss Kmart. The home of the blue light special had more soul than Walmart or any of the other retailers that have replaced it. It was a nice, fun, fucked-up place to work, you know when coked-out store managers weren't dropping pallet jacks on my toes. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
view, I suppose. I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFqA8zlpaHwYEb0kKnIhEmzG2X2SoGM0qejPoNzcdfUrgpbzaBdh-35Jp4Pc0bMr-_WkpAyc_xXGgJwzqzeB_3-zhH2Kkn9HDUoidBn68acuBgw5cj28n6fCqD4psp_RVSpWM7i9dULsO2s1SrDIGAIW0cS5prgXd8vSVPf0ya7cbsvdqI_MNmzr9zkBI/s5480/kmart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5480" data-original-width="3704" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFqA8zlpaHwYEb0kKnIhEmzG2X2SoGM0qejPoNzcdfUrgpbzaBdh-35Jp4Pc0bMr-_WkpAyc_xXGgJwzqzeB_3-zhH2Kkn9HDUoidBn68acuBgw5cj28n6fCqD4psp_RVSpWM7i9dULsO2s1SrDIGAIW0cS5prgXd8vSVPf0ya7cbsvdqI_MNmzr9zkBI/s320/kmart.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07lfqefBEldgziLjRCj0xlHrG91hWXCGdPtL6f5wgnY7WNEYMNDqtp2LlNb2b3ecH9QwJO0ud2VLqDYlAp56ktAZ4nvLbfO3C57G7yTsM2Smip6eg029smkQnM5VrI9G1dZTAaoipXbMWoEnxKkvWHf4N40NUejvoYjOkEIiqs4S9MZT9n3zozNjY9-cC/s1825/kmart1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/the-plagiarist-in-chief" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Plagiarist In Chief">The Plagiarist In Chief</a></div><p>I wrote this song in 2020. You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2020/04/new-song-plagiarist-in-chief.html">here</a>. Now, it's 2024, it looks like we're stuck in a doom loop as far as major party presidential candidates are concerned; at least, the virus panic has died down, though many who were wrong back then still don't want to admit it. The demo was just guitar and voice. For the rerecording, I added drums (including the lid of a cookies can), bass as keyboard, and some tin whistle (I was going for the panic like Pan's flute, but I didn't have access to a Pan flute, so the tin whistle had to do; that's OK, a little panic goes a long way).</p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-29038205806934432462024-02-19T11:36:00.003-05:002024-02-19T11:38:47.573-05:00Comic: When People Watch Too Much Professional Wrestling . . .<p>Professional wrestling appears to be in one of its periodic booms in popularity. You can probably watch it every night on cable television not to mention all the matches available on the Internet. Of course, when this happens, people start acting like they are a professional wrestler, even presidents who should know better . . . To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VP_0o4sKBTDAV5iQ3sZf2xtFFlg-s5GjBc3j2nQClom73dzm98Xx5VbREbREIwUBuC3AKLyBBOMZ8iD1O_joMvVLRyQJIqHu5lbL5FBV2_tfAGkGDlWE5dIu7CUwUIrXUPjPHFmJ8EK5hvUQDxiOPMI_i_tqFlDTcExhjVBlBFM4pkkpQFiJgQXWNzOt/s1825/rassling9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="1224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VP_0o4sKBTDAV5iQ3sZf2xtFFlg-s5GjBc3j2nQClom73dzm98Xx5VbREbREIwUBuC3AKLyBBOMZ8iD1O_joMvVLRyQJIqHu5lbL5FBV2_tfAGkGDlWE5dIu7CUwUIrXUPjPHFmJ8EK5hvUQDxiOPMI_i_tqFlDTcExhjVBlBFM4pkkpQFiJgQXWNzOt/s320/rassling9.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p><i> </i></p><p><i>For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">Fast Guy Slows Down</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-41099433132203223852024-02-15T21:12:00.001-05:002024-02-15T21:19:27.976-05:00Pat King Interview<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dY-b-yBfiTI?si=q_HtMHUmfV_IRsGE" title="YouTube video player" width="378"></iframe> </p><p>Pat King and I did a double interview with one another to finish off the Underground Literary Alliance video series I've been helping him with. You can check all the videos out below:</p><p>#1 Frank Walsh - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c2WCtz42w0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c2WCtz42w0</a></p><p>#2 Wild Bill Blackolive - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6vc_4VhQg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6vc_4VhQg</a></p><p>#3 King Karl Wenclas - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41K4wvUBna4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41K4wvUBna4</a></p><p>#4 Jessica Disobedience/Jessie Lynn McMains - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVNUNI93Pms">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVNUNI93Pms</a> </p><p>#5 Crazy Carl Robinson - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0I4v9Zn6iY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0I4v9Zn6iY</a></p><p>#6 Eric "Jelly Boy The Clown" Broomfield - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAM5HIgPgqQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAM5HIgPgqQ</a></p><p>#7 Jeff Potter - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRG3ymIlKmU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRG3ymIlKmU</a> </p><p>#8 Joe Smith/Joe3 - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-PLRYzt5w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-PLRYzt5w</a></p><p>#9 Ann Sterzinger - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvBAbDSDTk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvBAbDSDTk</a></p><p>#10 PS King and Wred Fright - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY-b-yBfiTI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY-b-yBfiTI</a> </p><p>What a fun project! I look forward to seeing what Pat comes up with out of it, whether it is a book, a film, both, or more! It would have been great to interview more old ULAers, but the new novel I've been working on was complaining about the time away from it already, so I only signed up to do a few interviews, and mainly it was the fun Pat and I had working together on the old <a href="https://undergroundliteraryalliance.blogspot.com">Underground Literary Adventures</a> blog that caused me to agree to do those. Any old ULAers who want in on the fun should get in touch with Pat. I would enjoy seeing more of these myself!<br /></p><p><i>If you want to read some literature by The Underground Literary Alliance, then please check out <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2020/06/the-underground-literary-alliance.html">The Slush Pile Strikes Back!</a></i> <br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-84481520546171292412024-02-06T23:30:00.000-05:002024-02-06T23:30:56.329-05:00New Recording!: "Another Year Without A Valentine"<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="188" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1739930988&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/another-year-without-a-valentine" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Another Year Without A Valentine">Another Year Without A Valentine</a></div><p>Valentine's Day is coming up again, so I rerecorded this tune and added drums and bass (at least some fake bass from the keyboard). You can hear the original recording and read what I wrote about it at the time <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2021/12/new-song-yet-another-year-without.html">here</a>. </p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-13111719122828869922024-01-30T23:06:00.001-05:002024-01-30T23:06:53.637-05:00Ann Sterzinger Interview<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wXvBAbDSDTk?si=Zhv-GJXzHg_XzHui" title="YouTube video player" width="378"></iframe> </p><p>Pat King posted the interview I did with Ann Sterzinger for his Underground Literary Alliance history series. This one was a lot of fun, especially for the visuals of Ann walking through the streets of Paris, France. Pat and I have one more video where we interview each other, and then the project is wrapped up. He's thinking of doing maybe an oral history of the ULA instead of a documentary, but whatever the result, it should be fun! Pat also recently posted a video with Joe Smith: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-PLRYzt5w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-PLRYzt5w</a>.<br /></p><p><i>If you want to read some literature by The Underground Literary Alliance, then please check out <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2020/06/the-underground-literary-alliance.html">The Slush Pile Strikes Back!</a></i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-32521431185775555112024-01-14T23:21:00.002-05:002024-01-14T23:21:48.830-05:00Poem: They Don't Even Have To Pay You To Be A Henchman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BZPaK7rZ5h7q5sNE4ifh_NSQ3T65uqIMOARnAbZ6r3Mwax20XCaLlbYzeBTJZ_4oqdmDaynFkFgt_6PmYus6rL_mbHeCmeJGNQiHImxm4WK7D_xvby6rj38ftIn_lliOuGyHip7yZ9rFzpV_apn1bYgwxrobhjRWo-kUJiFFY-o48ZhpTaOE8gMntITn/s1488/planthole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1488" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BZPaK7rZ5h7q5sNE4ifh_NSQ3T65uqIMOARnAbZ6r3Mwax20XCaLlbYzeBTJZ_4oqdmDaynFkFgt_6PmYus6rL_mbHeCmeJGNQiHImxm4WK7D_xvby6rj38ftIn_lliOuGyHip7yZ9rFzpV_apn1bYgwxrobhjRWo-kUJiFFY-o48ZhpTaOE8gMntITn/s320/planthole.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You want me to go to war, but you won't go yourself.<br />If you want to fight, pack a bag and book a flight.<br />You want me to take drugs just because you do.<br />Take them yourself if you want but leave me alone.<br />The rich must laugh behind your back<br />Because you work for them for free.<br />Big Pharma's killing you, but you'll fight for <br />Highly-paid executives to make more money and<br />For patients to die because the cheap remedies<br />Get blocked so the expensive remedies can be sold<br />The warmongering profiteers rape the taxpayer<br />And you hold the taxpayer down by repeating<br />Their lies and telling anyone who dissents<br />That they are a conspiracy theorist and mentally ill<br />Fuck facts if you don't like them.<br />You work for free, but you sure don't work for freedom<br />Happy the slave who doesn't know he's a slave.<br />Hang a flag up of a country that's not your own<br />Never been there or read a book about it even,<br />But the corporate news and government propaganda<br />Told you what to think, so you don't have to think yourself<br />Get your country deeper in debt and make the world worse<br />Dump some toxins on your lawn and snitch on<br />Your neighbor's dandelions. You must police<br />The community until they come for you.<br />When they do make sure you tell them<br />What a good boy you were.<p></p><p><i>I meant to run this poem a while back, but it's just as fitting now. It's depressing that so many otherwise good human beings work to make the world worse by not thinking for themselves and by not remembering that peace is better than war, freedom is better than coercion, and dandelions are better than poison. For a happier read, try <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">Fast Guy Slows Down</a>!</i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-2308672739459048962024-01-08T10:48:00.000-05:002024-01-08T10:48:16.640-05:00New Single!: Black Walnut Season<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="188" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1711708227&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/black-walnut-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Black Walnut Season">Black Walnut Season</a></div><p>The last part of the garden to come in around here is the black walnut. Basically, citrus-smelling tennis balls start dropping from the tree much to the delight of the local squirrels and myself. The song uses the conceit of the arrival of black walnut season to portray a summer romance that has run its course, though the lovers have tried to push the love into the autumn. Musically, it's the usual voice, guitar, keyboard as bass, and drums. The weirdest aspect is using black walnuts themselves as a bit of percussion (the shells are very hard). If Mudhoney liked to garden, they might sound like this maybe. Lyrics are below:</p><p>When the insects stop singing at night we know the summer is truly gone.<br />The black walnuts start falling from the sky.<br />The end of the harvest means our time has passed.<br /><br />It's too late.<br />It's too late for us,<br /><br />Winter's coming.<br /><br />This isn't a love affair that can survive the cold.<br />Though the sun still shines in the winter, we're too far away to feel the warmth.<br />I can feel a chill from you already.<br /><br />Black walnut.<br />Black walnut season.<br />Grab your nuts and run.<br /><br />Your head is as hard as the shell.<br />You just won't listen to reason.<br />We took a summer romance into the fall, but now it's black walnut season.<br /><br />Winter's come.</p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-80461695812523455102023-12-21T15:41:00.003-05:002023-12-21T15:41:47.201-05:00Cool Yule 2023!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYfjbby9edhxAgizI84n_yhyphenhyphenE3XBGYIRNYGQ1qqO1xkG1s_lxs9h8GPkFecJRCE7fFGntu2B9LqAkDVsKWnl-3pwvL8cR5YZbyMwA3MhVkra5Njw7Eep2ncwYDTT0b0et6FORChGdCsmmFs4IGvxMHfem8jV2vHJ8DnM2uRBT3PgPagLfqh5Oa-gOdLSB/s2279/snowman2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2279" data-original-width="1611" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYfjbby9edhxAgizI84n_yhyphenhyphenE3XBGYIRNYGQ1qqO1xkG1s_lxs9h8GPkFecJRCE7fFGntu2B9LqAkDVsKWnl-3pwvL8cR5YZbyMwA3MhVkra5Njw7Eep2ncwYDTT0b0et6FORChGdCsmmFs4IGvxMHfem8jV2vHJ8DnM2uRBT3PgPagLfqh5Oa-gOdLSB/s320/snowman2023.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>I am wishing you a Cool Yule! See you in 2024!<p></p><p><i>If you need something to listen to, then check out <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2023/05/noisy-and-not-so-noisy-on-bandcamp.html">Noisy And Not So Noisy</a>! If you need something to read, then check out the <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/the-wred-fright-library.html">Library</a>!</i> <br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-2879668408763213652023-12-11T22:47:00.007-05:002023-12-11T22:57:14.560-05:00Twilight Of The Blogs<p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl3jskLkYl1NbuxflaP7Ck2WxLCnl3vV5sinGoawne4YJ-zCIU9Yj39vs1dj_ZtCvtGX46QBCHYflyY68BcfvkzDs-4Af6slNMmiit8CLNXgC6w224gmk8oNsR3uoKSESXGEAjABsN3StSrmMyEJTtfSXTKOM3w6n0uzCAdTIiwZxEzI3u-hRnKJmV-9/s1449/kitchensink2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1449" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl3jskLkYl1NbuxflaP7Ck2WxLCnl3vV5sinGoawne4YJ-zCIU9Yj39vs1dj_ZtCvtGX46QBCHYflyY68BcfvkzDs-4Af6slNMmiit8CLNXgC6w224gmk8oNsR3uoKSESXGEAjABsN3StSrmMyEJTtfSXTKOM3w6n0uzCAdTIiwZxEzI3u-hRnKJmV-9/s320/kitchensink2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>With apologies to Pete Seeger, where have all the blogs gone? Over the years, I accumulated 69 blogs (the number is purely unintentional, but the gutter-minded may go ahead and giggle) on <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661">my little Blogger reading list</a> (I suppose I could have thrown in WordPress blogs and other sites, but I stuck to Blogger-based blogs to avoid any tech glitches), but it looks like only 20 are still active. 4 are completely gone or have just left an empty shell behind. 2 shut down in 2011, 7 in 2012, 5 in 2013, 5 in 2014, 4 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 2 in 2017, 3 in 2018, 5 in 2019, only 1 in 2020 (people probably rediscovered their blogs with the massive amounts of freetime the crazy lockdowns created), 6 in 2021, and 3 in 2022. Now, of course, assuming that someone hasn't forgotten their login credentials, one could always do another post at any time. Many of the blogs as they go defunct are like that. They start slowing down and do a couple of posts one year, then a final post a year later. Some even spring back to life. <a href="https://eddiecampbell.blogspot.com/">Eddie Campbell's blog</a> was moribund since 2018, and really 2012, and he posted twice this year. However, that's a rarity. Instead, most of the defunct blogs make no formal goodbye They just stop as the publisher lost interest, or lost login credentials, or got hit by a bus or whatever. It is interesting to think how long a digital afterlife might exist after people die. Print works differently, but websites have an immediacy to them that makes it weird when they're still up but abandoned for whatever reason. At some point, Google will likely pull the plug, if not on Blogger entirely, then on the dormant blogs (they're doing this with Gmail accounts currently). So if there's anything you like, as always, the smart idea is to save it while you can before someone gets a bee in their bonnet and deletes it. Some of the blogs do put a gravestone up or a moving sign or whatever. Blogs are just like zines or any personal publishing psychologically. They fill a need for a time, and then most people move on. A few people appear to be lifers, and those are the ones still publishing in 2023. Blogs clearly are a little passe though. Most folks self-publishing in 2023 are just going to start a Substack, and that's pretty cool because of the email aspect, though the constant badgering for money is a tad annoying (of course, I have a PayPal begging bowl up on my blog so I shouldn't complain). It's cool the old blogs are still up as they have a lot of good reading on them, though given the immediacy of the Web medium I don't know how many people are going to read random blog posts from 2015 or whatnot. I have stumbled across other cool Blogger blogs over the years, but I didn't put them on my list because it looked like the blogger had already abandoned the blog. The Web used to be the world's greatest newsstand, and it maybe it still is, but with all the censorship (self and otherwise), paywalls, and garbage out there it isn't what it once was, but here's a toast to those still blogging away. Cheers!<p></p><p></p><p><i>If you, like me, sometimes struggle to find something interesting to read online, why not read a novel, for example, <a href="http://www.wredfright.com/p/blog-love-omega-glee.html">Blog Love Omega Glee</a>, about a couple of bloggers back when blogs were considered cooler than they are today (fun fact: "Twilight Of The Blogs" was going to be the title of the novel before that silly fiction series about vampires came out)?</i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-70124436449537982552023-12-05T13:38:00.001-05:002023-12-05T13:38:05.543-05:00Comic: Marvel Vs. DC<p><a href="http://www.cnjcomics.com/site/2023/11/artists-wanted-and-november-events-at-cnjcomics-2/">Carol & John's Comic Book Shop</a> in Cleveland, Ohio USA has an annual art show as a fundraiser for the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. This year's theme is Marvel Vs. DC. I drew a comic for it. Unless they hate it when I turn it in (it's not a conventional cover and since they gave me a whole blank comic book to draw, I filled the whole thing up, though only the cover--this comic--will be displayed), it will be displayed at the store along with the other art from December 13-16, then raffled off the night of the 16th. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
view, I suppose. I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDewjuktdUQSNvO4aiG0T1R1acabGWcBuOeJa420dm3O5krQgft3EqSuZLk_i-6tZYD99Aggh0t5SSOnEynKFR_qjU74s_VTpXc2_40pEH7YpRPmg0nTuZHxyZL3M0L8PN8G6g290wQyu2p11X28zM9TnTnb6LS6CKQrdyLj__E_1NaLRJh7cMVdDEzmEZ/s5448/dcvsmarvel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5448" data-original-width="3680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDewjuktdUQSNvO4aiG0T1R1acabGWcBuOeJa420dm3O5krQgft3EqSuZLk_i-6tZYD99Aggh0t5SSOnEynKFR_qjU74s_VTpXc2_40pEH7YpRPmg0nTuZHxyZL3M0L8PN8G6g290wQyu2p11X28zM9TnTnb6LS6CKQrdyLj__E_1NaLRJh7cMVdDEzmEZ/s320/dcvsmarvel.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dzuK_wWYNTY7g5h5NaChiJik4SKySkeSSYl6NVbvD2yF8dNg7zZLUR9Dac4s3MxRfEIP8IZhS4ftoghMEPZwWMse2lAHAdA-SsieyH097RwJ2MSKLWzyz4S_-oIkFrh64jAsIW3L-oxUxDlcVK0yPkpS8aBMuVIrmKS7a54WBZsk-5I3HUoY0Y-vCikJ/s1816/dcvsmarvel1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOSfGuFFdYegnUeUs1uv0mqF8I9kHM6RHqphcJLwx4BL8rX8hQWO1tGH8p8EbehwCWTydBsH9wm64pSIzwMOxnCZoWvLwXKWZTwFD-kXSyBD9dpMH9OSDwZOi6aWYwuZqjd3cYDDQuZrAYx0OdZgkAIZ0WjkVY58halshDs9DRYwhEZu09TxKsy2D1_5F/s1816/dcvsmarvel9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="1214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOSfGuFFdYegnUeUs1uv0mqF8I9kHM6RHqphcJLwx4BL8rX8hQWO1tGH8p8EbehwCWTydBsH9wm64pSIzwMOxnCZoWvLwXKWZTwFD-kXSyBD9dpMH9OSDwZOi6aWYwuZqjd3cYDDQuZrAYx0OdZgkAIZ0WjkVY58halshDs9DRYwhEZu09TxKsy2D1_5F/s320/dcvsmarvel9.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p><i>For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">Fast Guy Slows Down</a>!<br /></i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-51552641541557690382023-11-27T11:34:00.000-05:002023-11-27T11:34:05.286-05:00New Single!: Hank Rose And The Rank Hos<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="188" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1675719381&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/hank-rose-and-the-rank-hos" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Hank Rose And The Rank Hos">Hank Rose And The Rank Hos</a></div><p>I started writing this song over 20 years ago because the transposition in the words amused me, but it never made it further than the chorus. Set aside for many years, it came to mind while working on a new song and then grew its verses and whatnot and finally arrived. It's about an unemployed adult film star complete with his casual misogyny and life regrets. For the music, I employed my kid's keyboard which has a fun cat meow option. At first, the singing sounded like a Happy Flowers song, but I added in crooning (you can still hear the original singing in the mix though). Otherwise, it's the usual voice, guitar, keyboard as bass, keyboard and drums. Lyrics are below:</p><p>I wanted to do Shakespeare.<br />Instead I just did Judy in Apt. 3B.<br />It wasn't supposed to happen this way,<br />but I had to pay the bills.<br />Maybe you can relate.<br />Always some asshole nipping at our heels.<br />I can't make a living with my dick anymore.<br />That's ok; we're all fucked anyway.<br /><br />Hank Rose and the rank hos.<br /><br />They have cameras everywhere these days,<br />but there's nothing worth watching.<br />When did everyone get so boring?<br />Everyone's got a stick up their ass.<br />I bet you do too.<br />This whole country is a damn death cult.<br />I read old magazines. It was a better world.<br />What happened to the future?<br /><br />I've got the pornstar blues,<br />so they make me take the red pills,<br />but the drugs aren't fun anymore.<br />I can still get it up, but no one wants to get down.<br />They want to make love a crime.<br />I overhear them in the bars.<br />They just talk shit and don't buy me a drink.<br /></p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-16622623975031695892023-11-20T16:44:00.000-05:002023-11-20T16:44:33.080-05:00Comic: Raccoon Hospice<p>A former coworker told me this story. I thought it was both hilarious and sad and would make for a good comic, so I drew it. Based on a true story as they say. The people involved remain anonymous to protect the guilty. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
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font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/courtesy-flush" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Courtesy Flush">Courtesy Flush</a></div><p>This song is about pettiness in the workplace. The semi-deranged narrator gets revenge for how he or she has been ill-treated by refusing to do a courtesy flush in the restroom of the small office. For those unfamiliar with what a courtesy flush is, basically one flushes as soon as the excrement lands in the bowl so any resulting smell is negated by the instantaneous flush. Not great for saving water, but if you work in a small office, it is quite nice not to have to smell poop all day. In this case, office politics have resulted in ill feelings and a lack of the courtesy flush. The worker's strange fecal protest doesn't mean that the management or boss is innocent. He or she is probably also semi-deranged. Such is the state of work in America (and probably the world today). In any case, I had fun with this song. In keeping with the lyrical theme, the instrumentation includes a toilet (both the flush and its use as a drum), a pencilholder as a drum (I think it actually is a drum but I've been using it as a pencilholder for years, so this is the first time it has perhaps been used as originally designed), and staplers as percussion. Other than that, it's the usual voice, guitar, and keyboard as bass. I like the chorus. It reminds me of Black Flag. Lyrics are below:</p><p></p><p>Work is starting to piss me off.<br />Don't know if I can make it another day.<br />Got my fuck-you money, my freedom fund,<br />so I can just walk away.<br /><br />The office manager's on a power trip,<br />but she should know better than to give me any lip.<br />In the small office, there's a hush.<br />Nobody's getting the courtesy flush.<br /><br />It don't matter what they say.<br />We're going to have a great day.<br /><br />Office politics, collective guilt,<br />and only one restroom.<br />Used to be polite and flush right away<br />so the smell wouldn't linger all day.<br /><br />But now they can fire me; I don't give a shit.<br />Well, I did, but I left it in the toilet.<br />Can't wait to read the passive aggressive email from the lush.<br />There's no more courtesy flush.<br /><br />Middle management is quite useless.<br /><br />I have to work to pay my bills,<br />but I am no one's slave.<br />Finks rise to the top of the hierarchy,<br />then they think they don't have to behave.<br /><br />Asskissers, yesmen, and The Peter Principle<br />explain a lot about society.<br />But until assholes learn to blush,<br />there will be no courtesy flush.<br /></p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-51188248486056403992023-11-08T16:13:00.002-05:002023-11-08T16:13:11.782-05:00Comic: Inflation<p>This comic was inspired by finding a receipt from just two years before and realizing just how awful inflation had become under Joe Biden (sorry, my Democratic friends, but it's true). You can argue until you're "blue" in the face that it's not his fault, but his economic policies are generally not helpful to the average person or to America or the world overall. I am generally not fond of Milton Friedman, but he had at least one great idea, typified in this quote: "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results." Even if one has good intentions, one's actions can still create a negative outcome if they haven't been fully thought through as to the consequences, often unintended. I wrote <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2023/08/comic-joe-biden-garage-sale.html">an earlier comic</a> about the lowering of the 1099-K reporting threshold, which is a good example of a bad Biden policy. Nothing's been done to remedy it yet, and time is running out. It's like Biden doesn't even have enough sense to help himself out. He's running for reelection, and right now if Congress doesn't pass a remedy (and the Republicans in the House may drag their feet into 2024 just to mess with Biden) he's going to start off the election year by pissing off millions of taxpayers (many of whom might be otherwise inclined to vote for him) with a surprise 1099-K and unexpected tax bill and hassle. At this point, it would be a relief just to have the conman back in office and be back in pre-virus panic 2020, even if that wasn't an ideal time in and of itself. Anyhoo, let's get to the comic before prices rise again. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
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To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
view, I suppose. I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsM8mw2M9CpQylnT3N8kzD6X16xD1wAkZCs9pcEBIpOzhzfZMLGhgk4uwuZ2Re1fZwBd2SOLMgd2uW8Bd545LlY6JG61lwEv1_z0ZTIudOiNOwhF0mtNgNQ5gU78VGs4FRUwvStZZ7oSvdqPHeXwzW5o1f2oa5lmbxPRsafxQwabau7i5psMWBb-bNm1I/s5472/oldirish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsM8mw2M9CpQylnT3N8kzD6X16xD1wAkZCs9pcEBIpOzhzfZMLGhgk4uwuZ2Re1fZwBd2SOLMgd2uW8Bd545LlY6JG61lwEv1_z0ZTIudOiNOwhF0mtNgNQ5gU78VGs4FRUwvStZZ7oSvdqPHeXwzW5o1f2oa5lmbxPRsafxQwabau7i5psMWBb-bNm1I/s320/oldirish.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJm7fRx5vGdH6VqTJj7mMINx7UGghgX7QK-pUhmRSNOnbNrHA9XycuoNcTyp7e3dPU1ayyhmMledd-a3uEoYkFcomHXr_zhmSvDLcSx4I4tGpFQPtNncyni_9AbA0q3AzPaNKJEOZn4Mn0tweNCptj6-6V5vNagKiwugAMpBDsTzRJUZI-AObsgom68wxk/s1822/oldirish1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/having-fun-in-the-former-usa" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Having Fun In The Former USA">Having Fun In The Former USA</a></div><p>And I had fun making this song and track. I stuck a microphone in bubblewrap and rubbed the wrap for the chorus percussion. That's probably the weirdest instrument, though beatboxing like The Fat Boys for the hi-hat sounds and beating on a suitcase for the bass drum aren't too common either. Other than that, it's the usual voice, guitar, keyboard as bass, and drum. Lyrically, the singer seems to be either coming from the future when the USA actually has fallen apart like the old USSR or he feels like an alien in his own country, a metaphorical former USA. Either way, I'm not sure I believe him when he says he's having fun. It sounds more like he's trying to convince himself. On the other hand, if he is having fun, then that should be a source of comfort to anyone worried about a second civil war. Like The Beach Boys playing a gig in an apocalyptic wasteland, there are still some good times to be had! Lyrics are below:</p><p></p><p>My father likes to sing when he thinks that nobody is listening.<br />Meanwhile, almost everybody else is talking about their new social media strategy.<br />I have one as well. It's called deleting all my accounts.<br />Because I'd rather have no friends, then a thousand fake ones.<br /><br />Oh, I'm having fun living in the former USA<br /><br />It's where they tell you you're crazy if you start to think for yourself<br />instead of following the advice of so-called experts and buying your opinions off the shelf.<br />It's where they like to smear everything so no one can see,<br />and the more they talk about freedom, the less we're free.<br /><br />The rot of empire has a tremendous opportunity cost<br />Sections of Cleveland look like The Russians bombed them already, but it was just us.<br />I have one uncle left, and he told me to start calling him Samantha.<br />I feel like we're dreaming together a book called <u>Finnegan's Wank</u>.</p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a> or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jtrirYbvh6O1zQ7AJghIB">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://wredfright.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-57022200110556161282023-10-20T17:02:00.004-04:002023-10-20T17:12:33.415-04:00This Piece Of Clothing Contains Better Cotton Even If It Actually Doesn't<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30qmddhUCMMlaAu3Mw1OUg0KX23GeE7NK9lLljqDbrMDYqRIoIHbP824zfDLBhwDPNwSwnzIOUIrnPk0QrtkbPukCw-kCZewuwt9I5fjPIiTJtu5SB0R32q5oqBn_5ZHDrUwo3Qvc26LsmsyryZsCshMlTg9ibn7SnGcJ6aygzqUPGXiKC47V-UWXpQBb/s816/bettercotton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="531" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30qmddhUCMMlaAu3Mw1OUg0KX23GeE7NK9lLljqDbrMDYqRIoIHbP824zfDLBhwDPNwSwnzIOUIrnPk0QrtkbPukCw-kCZewuwt9I5fjPIiTJtu5SB0R32q5oqBn_5ZHDrUwo3Qvc26LsmsyryZsCshMlTg9ibn7SnGcJ6aygzqUPGXiKC47V-UWXpQBb/s320/bettercotton.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>If you are concerned about the environment and want to support sustainability, then you might buy a piece of clothing with "Better Cotton". If you still want to feel good about yourself, then don't read the fine print, which states "may not contain Better Cotton". <p></p><p>I am sure this "greenwashing", as it is known, has plenty of reasons to explain how even though the Better Cotton product you just bought doesn't actually contain Better Cotton, it's still all good and green and sustainable, but it's still basically like buying organic orange juice and then reading the label and finding out it may not contain organic oranges.</p><p>Or even oranges.</p><p>Ah, corporate America . . . </p><p><i>Maybe buy something from an actual person instead such as <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">my new novel</a>, which contains 100% individual writing! </i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-61392544956862148432023-10-15T00:06:00.001-04:002023-10-15T00:06:33.781-04:00Comic: Peeing In A Cup<p>Fortunately, I've only had to do drug tests for employment a few times. Since I don't use drugs, I don't care too much, but the privacy invasion is annoying, and the waste of money (which we pay for ultimately as consumers in the prices we pay for products and services) is more galling. Employment drug testing is a dumb tradition that should be abandoned. On the other hand, it did inspire this comic strip, and the notion that every day in America, planes, trucks, and maybe even boats are all carrying little bottles of pee across the country is pretty funny. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYedOh7esUSL9t1_h7SS5FqnpBdniUIfhUXdNe_iJnBwfAK2oZ2Xzb3vUfC84EB1tEKPmHkSjvb70Y3zUoW4VIYuqK3f7oEx3RTi0zZS7Vc-RCfSTCCBRuwI8EEZP7aEGF63DzvQJI6HGJXl1ll0LnvQ6fI4zmrxTE51xbYUbOu7Z4UKXEMpp8HojuISBP/s1825/peeing9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYedOh7esUSL9t1_h7SS5FqnpBdniUIfhUXdNe_iJnBwfAK2oZ2Xzb3vUfC84EB1tEKPmHkSjvb70Y3zUoW4VIYuqK3f7oEx3RTi0zZS7Vc-RCfSTCCBRuwI8EEZP7aEGF63DzvQJI6HGJXl1ll0LnvQ6fI4zmrxTE51xbYUbOu7Z4UKXEMpp8HojuISBP/s320/peeing9.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>To see why I don't need drugs to have a good time, please read <a href="http://www.wredfright.com/p/frequently-asked-questions-about-being.html">Frequently Asked Questions About Being Dead</a>.</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-80271716438943681012023-10-09T14:36:00.011-04:002023-10-15T00:11:28.147-04:00Not So Nobel<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE8wae5Kreg3uNrcCUIJ4G8w0m4ZOzxeEf_Zyqa0lCGgQa85FjBpXQ3vj3lA0L55mUZScAxv1SNXW5-_9nLwL7chXBvLtlHr8QGcW86JR8cOgPjf9u7HkvLmG3xwFMIxOUjURejfhMv7SXK-7i-VgPVI7dHYk9DAICfCs8Jboc9hqTIup-P4kaVSQdAyX/s1484/litebriteface.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1484" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoE8wae5Kreg3uNrcCUIJ4G8w0m4ZOzxeEf_Zyqa0lCGgQa85FjBpXQ3vj3lA0L55mUZScAxv1SNXW5-_9nLwL7chXBvLtlHr8QGcW86JR8cOgPjf9u7HkvLmG3xwFMIxOUjURejfhMv7SXK-7i-VgPVI7dHYk9DAICfCs8Jboc9hqTIup-P4kaVSQdAyX/s320/litebriteface.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">When I was in the Underground Literary Alliance, I paid a bit more attention to the Nobel Prizes in Literature, usually lamenting the fact that mainstream American literature (and mainstream stuff is all the Nobel judges will usually know about, though if you're a professor of literature or otherwise eligible to nominate someone for the prize, you can try to direct their attention a bit deeper--I did that for a few years when I was teaching; my apologies if I was supposed to keep that secret for a half-century or something), had gotten pretty bad, and, as a result, was unlikely to have anyone win a Nobel anytime soon. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I was right. It took until 2016 for an American to win the prize, and it was Bob Dylan. Now, I love Dylan. I have quite a few albums from him and saw him in concert before, but he's not exactly on the level of Thomas Pynchon or someone else who might have been considered Nobel quality in literature (<u>Chronicles</u> is amusing as an odd memoir, but <u>Tarantula</u> is just bad, so the Nobel committee must have just given up on American literature and started out handing prizes for folk/rock music instead). As best I can tell, the Nobel judges were either responding to pressure that they hadn't picked an American in decades (the last real American was Toni Morrison in 1993, though there may have been a couple laureates who settled in the USA later in life for a creative writing teaching gig or something) or they just were big Dylan fans and wanted to meet him.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In any case, that combined with reading a few laureates whose work underwhelmed me caused me to not care much who won. The judges did have a nice run though for a few years, hipping me to writers such as Kenzaburo We, Dario Fo, and Mo Yan who might otherwise have escaped my notice.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Nobel prizes in general, not just the literary one, used to be more prestigious, and they probably still are for some folks, but stuff like giving Obama a peace prize (a guy that ordered drone assassinations on a daily basis) just because he wasn't the horrible George W. Bush was pretty bad, so the Nobel brand has gradually waned in prestige for me and many others. The latest Nobel blunder is giving the mRNA folks an award so that <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/02/1202941256/nobel-prize-goes-to-scientists-who-made-mrna-covid-vaccines-possible">vaccine hesitancy could be combated</a>, but, you know, maybe it would be nice if the vaccine actually worked instead of just causing autoimmune issues and other nasty side effects, up to and including death. I wrote about the prizewinners a couple of years ago <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2021/11/tales-from-virus-panic-3-photocopy.html">here</a>. If I could figure out their success was dubious years ago, why couldn't the Nobel committee this year?</p><p style="text-align: left;">At this point, it may be getting wiser to just avoid the people and work the Nobel committees award prizes to . . . </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Like Sartre, I would refuse the Nobel. Unlike Sartre, I will likely never be offered it, but you can still read my work <a href="http://www.wredfright.com/p/the-wred-fright-library.html">here</a>.</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-47595332560975988832023-09-26T21:53:00.001-04:002023-09-26T21:53:51.669-04:00Comic: Maybe Americans Should Study History Better?<p>I was reading a bit about the end of the Roman Empire, and it eerily struck me as being similar to contemporary America: government bloat, higher taxes, military adventurism, inflation, and so on. One could just change the names to Trump, Biden, and other recent American political leaders as well as a few other details, and the history lesson would be complete as a description of our current situation, which was a bit depressing. One would hope we would have learned better and avoid the mistakes of the past, but, no, we keep on doing the same dumb stuff. Different dumb stuff would be refreshing if still dumb. One doesn't need to even go back that far. The current waste of money and, more important, lives, that is the Russia-Ukraine war struck me as very similar to the Vietnam experience as far as America's involvement is concerned. One could make an argument that one only need go back to the Iraq misadventure or the Afghanistan debacle, but the creeping nature of our involvement in Ukraine reminds me more of how we got more deeply involved in Vietnam when we would have been wise to steer clear. The result is this cartoon. To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full
screen. You could also download it after you click on it for the primo
view, I suppose. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7SBodl1U_1MMK6ogRzGGhvjfdmQyuqUULxcjI5YVgeCi1Ym44xsB4n_QwkM6JQiKLDZYx3udEh6yN29jZsmBys31132fRhSS2jIFWBa712_2cHdMZeAHIFTXeWScUO1vhtFTK7IY8edc6bGV5_WZdGnU2STahvayjkITrAmiHd1RaaqcFoexbINeit0n/s5472/vietkraine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7SBodl1U_1MMK6ogRzGGhvjfdmQyuqUULxcjI5YVgeCi1Ym44xsB4n_QwkM6JQiKLDZYx3udEh6yN29jZsmBys31132fRhSS2jIFWBa712_2cHdMZeAHIFTXeWScUO1vhtFTK7IY8edc6bGV5_WZdGnU2STahvayjkITrAmiHd1RaaqcFoexbINeit0n/s320/vietkraine.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p><i>Well, that was depressing, so if you need some fun now, then read my latest novel: <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/p/fast-guy-slows-down.html">Fast Guy Slows Down</a>!</i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-64063613213518644222023-09-18T10:08:00.003-04:002023-09-18T10:13:15.007-04:00New Single!: Put Me On Your Shopping List<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="188" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1619117949&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="wredfright">wredfright</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wredfright/put-me-on-your-shopping-list" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Put Me On Your Shopping List">Put Me On Your Shopping List</a></div><p>I once read a linguistics article that noted how love was often conflated with food, exemplified by the nicknames that lovers give to one another such as "honey", "sugar", and whatnot. In this song, I make that connection explicit with the singer of the song desiring to be put on her or his crush's grocery list. I guess this singer is disagreeing with The Beatles about not being able to buy love, and, indeed, a strong connection does exist between economics and romance, let's be honest. Musicwise, we're drawing from The Ramones, The Undertones, Danko Jones, or something else pretty primal here, though the third input reminds me of something The B-52s would have done with Fred. It's the usual voice, guitar, keyboard as bass, and drums. The weird instrument is a metal coffee cup with coins in it (I guess the crush paid in cash and got some change back). If you end up serenading someone with this song, please let me know if it works, but you don't get your money back if it doesn't. Lyrics are below:</p><p>You've got to get some milk.<br />You've got to get some bread.<br />You've got to get some medicine<br />for the pain that's in your head.<br />But there's just one thing you forgot.<br />For the pain that's in your heart!<br /><br />Put me on your shopping list.<br /><br />You've got to get some juice.<br />You've got to get some fruit.<br />But you don't need to buy any makeup<br />because you're already too darn cute.<br />In fact, there's just one more thing you need.<br />To spice up your life!<br /><br />On sale this week only:<br />2 for 1 special.<br />Don't forget your coupons.<br />It's love!<br /><br />Now some people say shopping's a drag,<br />but you might as well put those folks in a bag<br />because they'll never have any fun,<br />and you can't spend money when you're done.<br />If you want to be happy, then there's one more thing you need.<br />And that's me!</p><p><i>For more Wred Fright music, listen to <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2018/05/yeast-warehouse-find.html">the Yeast? 7"</a>!</i><br /></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685827318837084791.post-25190591915368487412023-09-11T17:09:00.001-04:002023-09-11T17:09:47.901-04:00Jeff Potter Interview<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bRG3ymIlKmU?si=xaV7jt-eACX_1jFm" title="YouTube video player" width="378"></iframe></div><p>Pat King has posted another episode of his Back To The Underground video interview series wherein various underground writers get interviewed about their experiences in The Underground Literary Alliance. This one features an interview I did with my old publisher, Jeff Potter, who published the ULA Press book line. It was fun catching up with Jeff! Pat also recently posted another episode with Jelly Boy The Clown: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAM5HIgPgqQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAM5HIgPgqQ</a>. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>If you want to read some literature by The Underground Literary Alliance, then please check out <a href="https://www.wredfright.com/2020/06/the-underground-literary-alliance.html">The Slush Pile Strikes Back!</a></i></p>Wred Frighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04628263242413308661noreply@blogger.com0