tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61684712024-03-28T20:28:04.602-07:00andiepantsAnd if you have five seconds to spare, I'll tell you the story of my life...andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.comBlogger501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-38640405261836448382024-03-12T12:40:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:40:28.553-07:00Well, this is terrible/sad/spooky/coincidental. I was just writing about the guy 12 days ago. Not cool, universe. Not cool.No cause of death has been reported, but he had a brain aneurysm in 2001 at the age of 43, so perhaps there were some lingering issues that affected his health. Hopefully, his passing was peaceful. I really meant it when I said the man is a GOD. Just afloat on andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-18987874011186412392024-02-29T14:22:00.000-08:002024-03-12T12:43:19.456-07:00 "And you know how it feels To get too high Too farToo soon...."Well, it's February 29th and I wanted to post something for the sake of posterity and also because I don't think I've ever posted on Leap Day before.I was watching the Father Ted episode "Hell" the other day, that one where they're stuck in a camper van with the priest who's basically a frustrated theater queen (playedandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-70263985971039514222023-12-30T14:04:00.000-08:002023-12-30T14:08:22.474-08:00 Art - 2023Here are a few of my paintings from this year. It's only a fraction of the work I did, but perhaps by this time next year I'll want to share more."Incoming"acrylic on canvas 2023"Spirit/Fractal"acrylic on canvas2023"Year of the Rabbit" acrylic on canvas Jan. 2023"The Candyman" acrylic on canvas 2023This? This goofy pink bastard gave me fits. First of all, andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-15665047505313345752023-12-05T14:18:00.000-08:002023-12-06T20:49:11.857-08:00IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!Behold, my Spotify Wrapped! Yes, that brilliant marketing gimmick that gives us all an opportunity to do a little navel-gazing, and I'm here for it.My genre sandwich for 2023 (on multi-grain bread, natch):Top 5 artists: My top song is no surprise to me, since I've been playing it at least once a day since its release:Speaking of.....More selections from my Top 20andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-23862850590183574732023-11-29T13:54:00.000-08:002023-11-30T10:53:41.887-08:00 "Something is fucky on this planet." That Love Has Won documentary is entertaining in a trainwreck kind of way. It's the story of a cult started by a former McDonalds manager--Amy Carlson, a.k.a Mother God--which, I had no idea a basic middle-aged white bitch could start a cult; I thought you had to be of east Indian descent to get people to buy into your woo-woo guru claptrap bullshitandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-15138735629986389562023-10-31T14:28:00.003-07:002023-11-01T13:59:08.943-07:00 HALLOWEEN QUICKIE In honor of Halloween (or Samhain if you're old school Gaelic), I thought I'd pay tribute to a few horror films that scared the pants off me over the years. FRIDAY THE 13th (any of the early installments, but particularly Part II)I wasn't seeing these in the theater as a kid, because I was only like seven years old when the first one was released. But then aroundandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-5770620078508801642023-08-01T13:57:00.005-07:002023-08-02T10:13:29.303-07:00 Sinead was just a badass.I agree with this statement from Moz. He is 100% correct. The music industry and the media treated Sinead like absolute dogshit, and then one day she's gone and immediately we are waist-deep in sniveling, insincere, bullshit "tributes" from the same people and corporate entities that mocked, degraded, and dismissed her while she was alive. So I won't go there. andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-9168875228985040362023-07-10T21:29:00.001-07:002023-07-11T07:15:16.917-07:00 GONNA PUT IT IN THE WANT ADS!Hot damn, I dig this song. It really "slaps," as the young people say.Recently I was paging through a couple Rolling Stone issues I held on to from the early nineties. One of them is the July 11, 1991 edition featuring Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter on the cover (incidentally, I had this cover pinned to my dorm room bulletin board my senior year of high andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-67353687547905348252023-06-15T12:58:00.001-07:002023-08-08T16:11:10.441-07:00IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH:TOM ROBINSON BANDTom Robinson Band is the best punk band most Yanks have never heard of. Their debut single, the radio-friendly "2-4-6-8 Motorway," peaked at number five on the UK charts in October 1977. This is their appearance on Top of the Pops that same year. Note the pink triangle badge on Tom Robinson's shirt. It was a brave statement in 1977, especially onandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-26645407215907391972023-05-11T10:26:00.001-07:002023-05-11T10:33:58.773-07:00By now, everyone knows about the mass shooting at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas....although by the time I post this, it may well be forgotten and the national news cycle will have moved on to the next tragedy. But since I'm a resident of Collin County (the shooting happened two miles from our house), I thought I'd take this chance to provide a little backstory on some of the local politicians andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-39433229772378710902023-05-02T15:43:00.001-07:002023-05-02T17:23:51.559-07:00HULU'S CANDY VS. THE OTHER ONEFine, I'll admit it: once in a while I'll give in and watch a sensationalistic "ripped from the headlines" miniseries on streaming. Last summer I caught the Hulu miniseries Candy, based on the true story of the Texas church lady who got bored with her marriage, had an affair with another church lady's husband, and.......things didn't end well. As shows like thatandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-24657837145461085192023-03-12T18:05:00.001-07:002023-03-15T15:12:28.820-07:00IT'S OSCAR NIGHT!WWWSS?* *Who Would Will Smith Slap?Of course we know who he slapped at last year's Oscars, but WWWSS this year? Oh wait, Will Smith is banned from the Oscars for like 10 years or something due to his violent assholery. Oopsie! Sorry, bitch. Maybe you and the wife can order in some Door Dash and console yourself with a Jada Pinkett film festival. May I recommend Jason's Lyricandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-5833470230493686842022-12-15T13:48:00.001-08:002022-12-15T14:11:54.846-08:00I'M EVERY WOMAN, IT'S ALL IN ME....Yes, I tried the AI photo thing. My friend Misty put me up to it, but honestly I didn't need much convincing. This shit is fabulous! You have to submit a ton of pictures for the AI thing to really work its magic, which was initially a problem for me. You see, I had rhinoplasty back in April and most of the photos I have of myself are pre-nose job. I andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-48989101446189152442022-11-07T11:14:00.004-08:002022-11-08T09:28:35.956-08:00 ADVENTURES IN SCAMBAITING PART VIII:EAT A DICK, ELONWith apologies to the late Warren Zevon:Poor, poor, pitiful mePoor, poor, pitiful meThese fake accounts won't let me beLord have mercy on meWoe is meWell, this one was certainly topical, I'll say that for him. Here's a hint: which famous shithead has been stinking up the news cycle over the past two weeks?If your answer was THIS jackhole:andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-40627672140883952892022-08-31T15:16:00.003-07:002022-08-31T19:04:38.066-07:00I obviously didn't plan for two celebrity death posts in a row, but no way could I ignore the passing of Anne Heche. I've been a big fan since Walking and Talking, a lovable little indie film starring actors who were mostly unknown at the time (Anne Heche, Catherine Keener, Liev Schreiber, Todd Field) who all went on to bigger careers. For me, W&T was one of those movies that came along andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-76912150813221693952022-08-09T12:29:00.001-07:002022-08-09T12:40:41.962-07:00O.N.J. - R.I.P.Of course, Xanadu is my favorite. How could it not be? ONJ and Gene Kelly on roller skates, the music of ELO, that cheesy-ass Don Bluth animated sequence, Sonny skating into the brick wall to join Kira in the mural, "got to believe we are magic," the insane closing musical number? Love. It.Grease is the word, but Xanadu is da bomb. HOWEVER.....there happens to be an andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-73252763129695941362022-07-27T13:03:00.002-07:002022-07-27T13:04:51.512-07:00 ADVENTURES IN SCAM BAITING PART VII: PRICK SPRINGFIELD I had so much trouble posting the screenshots from this one. They were really disorganized in my phone, and I think I inadvertently deleted a few of them, while a few others seem to be out of order. I blame my post-COVID brain fog. Whatever. This wannabe scammer kept stalking me on Instagram using various accounts, all ofandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-36392458211569977692022-07-15T12:29:00.000-07:002022-07-15T12:29:55.566-07:00FUCK, I'M DYING.Well not literally, and hopefully not for a few more decades. But, Christ, I feel like I am. I really thought I could do it. I thought I could be one of the few lucky ones to dodge the COVID bullet, but all my hopes went straight down the crapper when I tested positive after a full day of trying to cough up both my lungs. My first test was negative and I thought, ha! Just a andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-56209240894238100642022-06-28T12:14:00.001-07:002022-06-28T13:20:56.117-07:00UNDERSTANDING THE ENEMYWhile I appreciate the urge to expose the duplicity of these right-wing politicians, liberals need to let go of the notion that conservatives can be shamed by their own hypocrisy. The motto of the Republican party might as well be "Rules are for thee and not for me." They obviously don't care if they look like hypocrites. There are two main principles that andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-12694131120091608412022-05-03T13:49:00.002-07:002023-07-31T19:20:48.443-07:00RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY"Dare to Fall in Love" A disclaimer: my inclusion of this entry in the RFO series does not constitute endorsement or approval, because, well...it's kind of shit.In the midst of a recent insomnia-fueled Googling session, I was trying to find the name of a half-remembered song. I didn't even care for the song that much, but some of lyrics had become inexplicably lodged inandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-66624030785355145692021-12-07T12:00:00.002-08:002022-01-19T07:31:12.061-08:00I HATE MYSELF FOR LAUGHING AT THISI do. I really, really, really do. It's a clip of a murder suspect (spoiler: he did it) getting interrogated by the police. However, I keep watching this because it makes me laugh. *Look, I know I'm wrong for laughing at it. And you know I'm wrong for laughing at it. And now I know that you know that I know that you know I'm wrong for laughing at it.&andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-30627922720621270992021-11-23T12:19:00.003-08:002021-12-01T20:22:48.661-08:00Ok, millennials. If we #FreeBritney will you kindly SHUT UP about it?I don't mean to sound insensitive about Britney's plight, but let's have a little perspective here. Britney Spears is an obscenely wealthy white celebrity living in Malibu, not a political prisoner sleeping on the dirt floor of a Belarusian detention center.Pictured: not Britney SpearsOkay, I know I've ripped on Britney a lot inandiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-45629301776018426102021-10-22T10:37:00.000-07:002021-10-22T10:37:37.408-07:00 IT'S DURAN DURAN DAY, BITCHES!!!I actually had another post written but I'm going to shelve it for a few days because how could I NOT commemorate this? I'm really digging the new album so far. The new single "Anniversary" kicks ass. And the video? FABULOUS.Some thoughts....Nick still rules.Love the bit with the young Duran Duran cover band.It's nice to see Roger prominently andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-74584626560484965092021-09-29T14:27:00.000-07:002021-09-29T14:27:12.352-07:00NOTE: This post has been a long time coming, obviously. I started to write it months ago, then had to put it aside because everything was too raw and painful. I was only recently able to come back and revisit it. I still feel like it's rough and unfinished, but such is life. Here's my long overdue tribute to the girls.ALICE JANE
Alice
came to me in Minneapolis when she was a year old. Her andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168471.post-17997241536367227472020-11-25T14:43:00.000-08:002020-11-25T14:43:59.257-08:00 TALES FROM SUBURBIAPT. 1: GOBBLEDI appreciate these little traditions that seem to be a thing around our subdivision. Last week, for instance, I got gobbled. No you pre-verts, not that kind of gobbled. I'm talking about this:Apparently "gobbling" is the Thanksgiving practice of leaving a treat bag on a neighbor's doorstep with a sign and note asking them to anonymously pay it andiepantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473057558307221265noreply@blogger.com0