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Detective, each of us has our part to play in the world 🪩

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I've been thinking about him in a turtleneck and needed to draw this…

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The above image is an excerpt of pages 172-173 from Kate Bornstein’s book Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. New York: Seven Stories, 2006.

I’d describe it as a survival handbook particularly meant for queer teens and other people who don’t fit in and so are fighting for their lives in a hostile, bigoted society. Some of the book’s suggestions for things to do that are better than destroying yourself seem strange or scary. Throughout, though, the book’s one rule is “Don’t be mean.” That’s important context, because that shows this excerpt about being a frightening monster is NOT saying to be cruel or harm others.

I recommend the book to anyone who thinks that sounds useful. Here is the book’s WorldCat listing, which you can use to see if a copy is available at a library near you. Or you can buy it as a print book or eBook directly from the publisher’s site. Or from whatever bookstore you like; bonus points if you can support a small local bookstore that’s worker-owned, feminist, or queer, since those are good community spaces to keep around. I’m not affiliated.

Transcript of the excerpt:

The heading says

“52. BECOME A MORE FRIGHTENING MONSTER THAN THE ONE THEY THINK YOU ARE.”

The icons under the heading indicate that this 52nd alternative to suicide has:

a low-medium difficulty level (as tricky as riding a cow)

a medium safety rating (three hearts, two skulls)

a medium-high effectiveness rating (three umbrellas)

a morality rating of G for General (meaning it’s something you could do in front of your grandma)

“Keywords: mischief, delight, magic”

For decoration, there’s an antique illustration of a costumed dancer wearing a horse tail and mane.

The body text says:

“If people knew the real you, would they run screaming from the room? Well, whatever kind of monster they think you are, it’s probably safe to say, you’re really much more terrifying. Sometimes we like to look freaky. Sometimes we like to blend in. It’s our choice. But shifting from one to another keeps people from figuring out who or what we are.

“The cultural monster here at the turn of the century is the shape-shifter. Being an outsider isn’t what makes us monstrous. We are monsters because we’re so good at either revealing our monstrosity, or keeping it hidden when we want to.

“It’s when we become something the über-culture can’t quite put its finger on that we know we’re being a worse monster than the one they think we are. In this culture, that’s a crime. You have to match your photo ID. So, go ahead. Be a chameleon. Enjoy yourself. Play safe, and try not to scare the little children.

“EXTRA CREDIT: Write an essay, poem, recipe, film or performance piece on this question: if a culture’s monsters reflect its greatest fears, what does it say about über-American culture that its monsters are for the most part shape-shifters and mutants?”

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Society (1989) // dir. Brian Yuzna

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Better days ahead (Kim sewed their new patches)

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Today's aesthetic is theatre academia

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what is even happening

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real slopfest rn i fell out of practice during finals so quickly but heres sum fanart of chapter 13 of atttp (awesome epic fic by @o-wyrmlight )

im generally not a big fanfic guy but i adore this work with all my heart, high half-light harry is incredibly dear to me and he used the au so well.

this is the line i was working off

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Quick doodle of RCM's finest

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I live in the Inland Empire. // Disco Elysium

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if you like penis coladas.. and getting shot in the brain!

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Some discarded ideas for the DE poster project

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70′s & 80′s Local Television “Technical Difficulties” Station IDs/Bumpers 1. WPTF-TV, Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville, North Carolina, 80′s 2. WTTW-TV, Chicago, Illinois, 1981 3. WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1986 4. WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois, 70′s 5. WZTV-TV, Nashville, Tennessee, 1977 6. WXNE-TV, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986 7. KYW-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977 8. WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois, 1983 9. WNEV-TV, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984 10. KMGH-TV, Denver, Colorado, 1981

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I see you're a fan of The Who and Disco Elysium. Do you think John Entwistle and Keith Moon would have gotten along with Harry Du Bois? Considering how all three of the have partied hard.

ANON I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE WIRES ARE CROSSING !! My special interests !!

euro alcoholic partyboys.....they'd fit so well together....and the sideburns....yeah I think they'd be best best friends and it would be crazy to be in a room with all three of them together 😵‍💫🫨

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Keep your hopes up!  Somewhere south of Phoenix, January 2018.

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"Good Times, Bad Times" Led Zeppelin: the very first Zeppelin song heard all over the world

Any day is good and every day can teach us new things.

Have a nice day!🤗 🫶 ☀️ 🎧 🫶 ☕

"Good Times, Bad Times" was the first Led Zeppelin song that the whole world heard in 1969, because it was she who opened the debut record of the Zeppelins, which became something truly new in rock music of that time.

The first song performed by the Zeppelins in public, apparently, was "The Train Kept A-Rollin'", with which they opened their performances in 1968, but the setlist of the debut concert in Denmark has not been preserved.

The original title of "Good Times, Bad Times" was "A Man I Know", it was written by all four Led Zeppelin musicians, but Robert Plan's name was not indicated on the first copies of the debut album due to his contractual obligations with another company.

The main riff in the song was composed by bassist John Paul Jones, and he came up with it first on the Hammond electric organ, according to him, it was one of the most difficult for him not only to write, but also to perform. Jimmy Page recorded the guitar part on a Fender Telecaster guitar, which was given to him by his former colleague in The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck. The solo was played through a Leslie speaker with rotating horns to create an appropriately "swirling", psychedelic sound.

Robert Plant's vocal part was overdubbed twice to enhance the effect in "Good Times, Bad Times". Many, including Jimi Hendrix, noted John Bonham's powerful drumming, which was very different from the usual style of drummers of the 60s.

Good Times, Bad Times" was planned to be released as Led Zeppelin's first single, but in the UK it was decided to abandon them in favor of full-length albums. In other countries, the song was still released, in the USA it was released two months after the release of the debut, there it reached only the 80th place on the Billboard chart, in Canada its result was slightly better - the 64th line, but the song performed best in the Netherlands, breaking into the local TOP 20.

And in 1971, "Good Times, Bad Times" could sound almost funky.

On December 10, 2007, at the concert in memory of Ahmet Ertegun, Led Zeppelin began their performance with "Good Times, Bad Times", performing it in its entirety and in a more familiar style, later it was released at the Celebration Day concert.

And although it's hard to imagine right now that "Good Times, Bad Times" was the first Led Zeppelin song that was heard all over the world back in 1969, in fact it's already a fact of musical history.