#howard barker

[mann-walter]

My Week so Far

There are a ton of unlikely things I read and watch lately, things that are really out of my lane. First, listening about Malachi Martins, a former Jesuit. I actually knew fuck all about this man prior to that podcast experience and gained no significant amount of information afterward, only that he wrote books about the Jesuits, said that the Church is essentially rotten, and was (some people say “claimed to be) an exorcist. For information, I’m not affiliated with those religious institutions and so didn’t feel any sort of disappointment or excitement or whatever, it was moderately informative full stop.

Second, I have been reading a thesis on Howard Barker’s theatre, shockingly, it’s not by David Ian Rabey, the man whose name will always pop up when you search for academic writings on the playwright. I swaggered into reading it as if I know what Howard Barker’s theatre is—which of course I don’t—well, if you count watching Pity in History once (the televised, uploaded to YouTube version that is) and reading some of his poetry which sounds like a well-written rant, then I know a little. Anyway, the thesis is great. I actually have read another writing on Howard Barker in the past, but that one multi contributor book was… have you ever been so knowledgeable and interested in something, and you have so much to say (or too much I should say) that your explanation is the “You have to be there” variety of abstract? That was how the other one felt. This thesis however, gives solid, succinct explanation that I, a layman when it comes to Barker (or British theatre for that matter) can still follow, enjoy, and gain information from it. It’s fun you know to peer at an artist’s ideological shifts and how they manifest in the art. For example, according to the thesis, Barker’s first phase was coloured by traditional Marxism and he did political theatre in that vein, then when he still disliked the Right but now also disenchanted by the Left new or old (his second phase), he began to have daggers up every movement’s throat through his plays.

Yeah, so those are two things I gained from my latest internet travels.

PS: I came to read that thesis because Howard Barker is, safe to say, on the fringes. Some have called his theatre whack but others (like any other fringe author) call him a genius. I just wanted to know, guys.

[burntthebacon]

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[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Obelisk

Wyle E. Young: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the big black obelisk Lovecraft: [sweats] a big black obelisk??? Young: that's right Young: made of really weird stone that's so black Young: like blacker than black Lovecraft: is the stone greasy? Lovecraft: oh boy please say the stone is greasy

Young: so there's this little town in Texas Young: and one day this giant mysterious black obelisk appears Young: and it starts to mess with people's minds Robert E. Howard: now hold on there, pard Howard: ya don't mess with Texas!

Young: now this black obelisk is messing up everyone's brains Young: filling them with scenes of gore and violence that never were Young: naturally everyone is pissed that their tax dollars went to building this giant black obelisk that messes with their brains Young: prime example of government pork

Young: so they go to yell at the mayor for approving the construction of a giant black obelisk that messes with people's brains Young: because, look, this sort of thing wouldn't happen if people just paid attention to local politics before a giant black obelisk that messes with your brain just appears on the green

Poe: it sounds like you're speaking from experience Young: don't even get me started on how many times I've woken up to find that the municipal government is diverting funds earmarked for road maintenance and extra library hours to the acquisition and construction of giant black stone obelisks that mess with your mind

Young: so people i am begging you Young: get involved Young: go to your city council meetings Young: write to your congressman Young: educate yourself on the issues Young: before they just put a giant black obelisk in your town

Lovecraft: so how does this giant black obelisk mess with people's minds anyway? Young: well, for one thing, it makes them really racist Lovecraft: Lovecraft: Poe: don't say it howard Barker: he's gonna say it Lovecraft: how is that messing with their minds? Barker: ha ha ha he said it! the absolute madman, he said it!

Young: see, it makes people think they're fighting in the civil war Young: so they're just goring each other all over the place King: wow! sounds like a real UNCIVIL war! Young: King: get it? see, it's a pun on- Barker: jesus christ steve

[the-bug-carnival]

love a woman who just sort of walks around shattering people’s inner peace and self-confidence

[gatutor]

Lex Barker-Mari Blanchard "Jungle heat" 1957, de Howard W. Koch.

[veryverytemporary]

Charles Howard Smith, The 1,004-foot-long laker James R Barker heads out of Duluth Harbor and into Lake Superior, beginning its long journey down the lakes, 14 June 2025. instagram

[ghassanrassam]

1954 looking for gold in Nevada

[emilyaxford]

having old parents is so funny. why is my dog’s nickname g. gordon licky

[hotvintagepoll]

Congrats to the ultimate winner of the Hot & Vintage Movie Men Tournament, Mr. Toshiro Mifune! May he live happily and well where the sun always shines, enjoying the glories of a battle hard fought.

A loving farewell to all of our previous contestants, who are now banished to the shadow realm and all its dark joys and whispered horrors—I hear there's a picnic on the village green today. If you want to remember the fallen heroes, you can find them all beneath the cut.

What happens next? I'll be taking a break of two weeks to rest from this and prep for the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament. I'll still be around but only minimally, posting a few last odes to the hot men before transitioning into a little early ladies content, just like I did with this last tournament. The submission form for the Hot & Vintage Ladies tournament will remain up for one more week (closing February 21st), so get your submissions in for that asap! Once the form closes, there will be one more week of break. The first round of the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament will be posted on February 29th, as Leap Year Day seems like a fitting allusion to leaping into these ladies' arms.

Thanks for being here! Enjoy the two weeks off, and send me some great propaganda.

In order of the last round they survived—

ROUND ONE HOTTIES:

Richard Burton

Tony Curtis

Red Skelton

Keir Dullea

Jack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas

Marcello Mastroianni

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Robert Wagner

James Garner

James Coburn

Rex Harrison

George Chakiris

Dean Martin

Sean Connery

Tab Hunter

Howard Keel

James Mason

Steve McQueen

George Peppard

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut

Ray Milland

Claude Rains

John Wayne

William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert

Ramon Novarro

Slim Thompson

John Barrymore

Edward G. Robinson

William Powell

Leslie Howard

Peter Lawford

Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten

Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine

Spencer Tracy

Felix Bressart

Ronald Reagan (here to be dunked on)

Peter Lorre

Bob Hope

Paul Muni

Cornel Wilde

John Garfield

Cantinflas

Henry Fonda

Robert Mitchum

Van Johnson

José Ferrer

Robert Preston

Jack Benny

Fredric March

Gene Autry

Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas

Ray Bolger

Orson Welles

Mickey Rooney

Glenn Ford

James Cagney

ROUND TWO SWOONERS:

Dick Van Dyke

James Edwards

Sammy Davis Jr.

Alain Delon

Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford

Charlton Heston

Cesar Romero

Noble Johnson

Lex Barker

David Niven

Robert Earl Jones

Turhan Bey

Bela Lugosi

Donald O'Connor

Carman Newsome

Oscar Micheaux

Benson Fong

Clint Eastwood

Sabu Dastagir

Rex Ingram

Burt Lancaster

Paul Newman

Montgomery Clift

Fred Astaire

Boris Karloff

Gilbert Roland

Peter Cushing

Frank Sinatra

Harold Nicholas

Guy Madison

Danny Kaye

John Carradine

Ricardo Montalbán

Bing Crosby

ROUND THREE SMOKESHOWS:

Marlon Brando

Anthony Perkins

Michael Redgrave

Gary Cooper

Conrad Veidt

Ronald Colman

Rock Hudson

Basil Rathbone

Laurence Olivier

Christopher Plummer

Johnny Weismuller

Clark Gable

Fernando Lamas

Errol Flynn

Tyrone Power

Humphrey Bogart

ROUND 4 STUNGUNS:

James Dean

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Sessue Hayakawa

Harry Belafonte

James Stewart

Gene Kelly

Peter Falk

QUARTERFINALIST VOLCANIC TOWERS OF LUST:

Jeremy Brett

Vincent Price

James Shigeta

Buster Keaton

SEMIFINALIST SUPERMEN:

Omar Sharif

Paul Robeson

FINALIST FANTASIES:

Sidney Poitier

Toshiro Mifune

and ok, sure, here's the shadow-bracket-style winner's portrait of Toshiro Mifune.

[kaantt]

Barker il a vraiment dit Fuck les nice guys et he is so real for that

[burntthebacon]

guess who just graduated 👩🏾‍🎓 grown fine shyt here i comeeeee!!

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Birthday Shenanigans

Stephen King: boy, looks like that bungler elon musk really bungled it again! King: another rocket exploded! boy! Elon Musk: [appearing from ushes] eyyy Stephano king Musk: you thinka you so smart? Musk: whatsa matta for you?? Musk: i breaka you face!!!

Musk: checka dis out [Elon posts an AI image, again it is unclear what it is supposed to be] King: oh yeah uh King: i still don't know what that is King: joe what is that Joe Hill: i can't help you this time, dad

Musk: eyyyy brazil, you thinka you can enforca laws? Musk: checka dis out! [elon posts poop emoji, Brazil bans twitter] Musk: mama mia!!! Musk: dissa spicy meatball!!

Musk: dissa take ALLA my genius brainapower to meme outta dis one! Musk: [takes extra big bump of ketamine]

King: whoa elon i don't think a person is supposed to take that much ketamine Musk: shut uppa you face Stephano king! Musk: you thinka you know about takinga too many drugs? King: King: yeah i kinda think i do

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers? Poe: oh mary it's you Poe: steve is talking to his friend elon again King: for the last time, we're not friends! Shelley: you want me to take care of this, steve? Shelley: i can make it look like an accident

Poe: now mary there's no need for violence Shelley: i didn't say i need to do violence Shelley: i said i want to do violence Shelley: its my fuckin birthday Shelley: so i get a fuckin treat, okay?

Barker: wasn't your birthday yesterday? Shelley: yeah and what did you all get me? Poe: Barker: king: Lovecraft: Koontz: i drew you this picture of Frankendog

Koontz: he's like Frankenstein but a dog Koontz: i thought he would be better as a dog :) Shelley: yes dean i remember Shelley: that was real nice Shelley: so for that, you're exempt from paying the penalty

Poe: the penalty? Shelley: yeah since you all forgot my birthday Shelley: i get to punch each of you Shelley: in the dick Poe: now come on mary Barker: don't argue with her edgar, we're getting off easy

Shelley: step right up, who's goin first? Shelley: how but you, 2 gun bob? you think you got some brass ones? Howard: now hold on thar, parda- [Shelley punches Robert E Howard, he doubles over] Poe: oh no! 2 Gun Bob! Lovecraft: 2 Gun Bob! Barker: 2 gun Bob! King: 2 Gun Bob!

Shelley: who's next eh? i ain't got all day! Barker: how about jack? Jack Ketchum: Shelley: Ketchum: Shelley: Ketchum: Shelley: yeah i'll pass on that Ketchum: smart choice

[dancindivas]

TDA Vegas Predictions

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Juniors: Top 20: neala murphy, maylin munos, bianca lewis, mila ayshford, collins glenn, palmer peltier, harper stiglbauer, melina biltz, tatum self, kynzlie plote Top 10: bella charnstrom, vera souvanavang, kate baker, brooklyn ward, mali photnetrakhom, kaia erby, elsie sandall, kennedy marble Top 3: lucia piedrahita, malia scott, emery duffin Males: blais lingle, jaden gonzalez, truett ziemke

Teens: Top 20: harlow pike, giselle mourad, ava rothmund, claire pistor, daphnie braun, kira reissner, tori chun, brynn jones, mariah reuvers, kennedy brandon, london mandell, taya osso, fiona wu, emilie ko Top 10: tahari conrad, finely ashfield, kelsie jacobson, georgia beth peters, lilly allen, keelyn jones Top 3: stella condie, taylor morrison, jaya campagna-terrell Males: josh lundy, tristan redley, logan macy

Senior: Top 20: makaia roux, ashley schultz, ceilidh mcseveney, colby rich, brynn kostka, hudson benayon, kieran holmes Top 10: izzy lynch, preslie rosamond, bella jarvis, claire monge, laci bloss, olivia shelton, lekha rajkumar, brooklyn law, maliah howard Top 3: keira redpath, emma donnelly, beth anne mcgowan Males: cameron kennedy, caleb abea, erik barker

[bandy-draws]

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