Your Bag of Nothing for Friday, December 20, 2024

  • A lot of teenage boys and young men of the Eighties had a huge crush on  Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles. Especially when she gave her side-eye. I recently read a couple of old articles about their hit Eternal Flame and will never listen to the song the same way again. And they have Elvis to thank for it. Per Hoffs:

    • I went over to Billy’s house and was telling him about a Bangles trip to Graceland, in Memphis. When we got to Elvis’s grave, we started recreating Spinal Tap singing Heartbreak Hotel there when we noticed that the eternal flame by the grave was out because it was raining. Billy said: “Wait, eternal flame? That is a great name for a song.” Within about an hour we had the lyrics. – Irish Times

    • Davitt had recently produced Olivia Newton-John and pranked me by telling me she did her best vocals in the nude. I imagined it would feel like skinny dipping –vulnerable yet freeing – and I decided to try it. Nobody could see me; there was a baffle in front of me and it was dark. After the first song went so well, I became superstitious about it, like in sports where you have to have your rabbit’s foot, and ended up compelled to skinny dip my way through most of the album, including Eternal Flame. – The Guardian
    • And here she is, recreating the side-eye two years ago with the original.
      @susannahoffsofficial I’ll never stop. Let’s side-eye together. #jojo #jojoreference #sideeye #walklikeanegyptian #thebangles #the80s #retrospectiva #nowandthen #rockergirl ♬ Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles

  • “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.”
  • I think everyone in corporate America has decided to put things in low gear since Thursday, which will last until the new year.
  • Yesterday, it occurred to me how much Elon Musk is like William Randolf Hearst and the lead character in Citizen Kane, who was modeled after Hearst. Both realize the way to ultimate power was to control the conversation. Hearst and Kane did it with newspapers and a media empire; Musk is doing it with what was called Twitter. I wonder what his Rosebud is. Longtime readers will know I sometimes compare Trump to Kane.
  • Orson should be a more common name. I think it’s cool and distinguished.
  • Bible removed from Texas school district due to law banning ‘sexually explicit’ content – Parent calls it ‘absurd’ to throw out ‘Good Book with bad books‘
    • Flusche’s statement cited the law’s section defining “sexually explicit material” as “any communication, language, or material” that describes or depicts sexual conduct in a manner that is “patently offensive” under the Texas Penal Code.Noting that there are 30 titles available in the library at Canyon Jr. High that are “Bible stories or portions of the Bible,” Flusche also cited the school’s “strong connections with local churches that [would be] happy to donate a Bible upon request.
  • Windchime owners have no idea how inconsiderate they are.
  • Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor
    • Once in the police vehicle, Stewart narrated to himself as his body camera recorded his comments.“So I don’t for a second believe that this woman is going into labor,” he said.He returned to find the woman sitting on the ground, with legs askew and labored breathing, waiting for the ambulance. Stewart hands her a citation, and she balls it up and tosses it aside as the ambulance arrives to take her to the hospital.
  • I finally made the jump to Bluesky, and it made me realize how much I miss the old Twitter. It’s so pleasing to click on a post and see relevant replies to it rather than videos that relate nothing to what was posted. And the vibe is much more chill. One random post that stood out was from Amanda Knox:
  • Gov. Abbott unveils new billboards meant to deter possible migrants south of the border – “How much did you pay to have your daughter raped?”
    Abbott said the messaging on the billboards is a dose of “tough medicine” to hopefully prevent people who might be on their way to the Texas-Mexico border.“They inform potential illegal immigrants about the reality of what will happen to them if they try to enter Texas illegally,” Gov. Abbott said during a news conference. “How much did you pay to have your daughter raped?”
  • Prestonwood Baptist Church is unapologetically back with the Christmas theatrics.

    So apparently the mega churches in Texas put on some insane Christmas shows and that’s cool but can we at least get them to pay some taxes for crying out loud….who needs these monstrosities

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    — WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) December 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM

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