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Category: Art

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Sports, Television1 Comment

Saturday Odds & Sods: My Rival

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: My Rival

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack

Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

August 8, 2026August 7, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack3 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

July 25, 2026July 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Sway

September 20, 2025September 19, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Sway

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, R.I.P.

Saturday Odds & Sods: Wake Up Everybody

November 2, 2024November 1, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Wake Up Everybody

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Language, Music, Odds & Sods, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Gaslighting Abbie

January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Gaslighting Abbie

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music

Album Cover Art: Mark Ryden

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Pop surrealism on parade. Continue reading Album Cover Art: Mark Ryden

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Music, Odds & Sods, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Shakedown Street

December 16, 2023December 15, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Shakedown Street

Adrastos, Art, British Politics, Fog Of History3 Comments

Losing Their Marbles

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

You say Elgin, I say Parthenon. Let’s call the whole thing off. Continue reading Losing Their Marbles

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Sports, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Chameleon

September 16, 2023September 15, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Chameleon

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: People Got To Be Free

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: People Got To Be Free

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music

Album Cover Art: Once Upon A Dream

July 11, 2023July 10, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cover art by Dino Danelli. Continue reading Album Cover Art: Once Upon A Dream

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Political Crack1 Comment

Quote Of The Day: Apathy Edition

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cynicism and apathy go together like red beans and rice. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Apathy Edition

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Fog Of History, Music

Album Cover Art: David Stone Martin

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

The art and artistry of David Stone Martin. Continue reading Album Cover Art: David Stone Martin

Art, Education, Florida Man, Immoral Values, Jamie O, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

Dick Joke

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 JCO

The guy behind the firing of a principal for showing Michaelangelo’s David to a class is exactly what you would imagine he would be like. Continue reading Dick Joke

Adrastos, Art, Books, Diary, Film, Music, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretzel Logic

March 4, 2023March 3, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretzel Logic

Adrastos, Art, Carnival, Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of Scandal, Law/Justice, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Sports, Television2 Comments

The Domino Effect

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Of Van Morrison, the Dominion-Fox case, Feeble Feebs, and Steve Scalise’s violation of the King Cake rules. Continue reading The Domino Effect

Adrastos, Art, Carnival, Congress, Krewe du Vieux, New Orleans, Political Crack, Sports

I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Peter Adrastos Athas

Of dreams, political payback, Republican wishful thinking, Krewe du Vieux, Mayor Teedy, and Sean Payton. Continue reading I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Film, Florida Man, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, R.I.P., Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Mingus Eyes

October 8, 2022October 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“What a fool I was, what a thin disguise. Brando mumble, Mingus eyes.” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Mingus Eyes

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music2 Comments

Album Cover Art Wednesday: Laughing In Rhythm

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cover art by Joe Sacco. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Laughing In Rhythm

Art, Environment, Shapiro

Another Roadside Attraction

July 29, 2022July 28, 2022 shapiroout

Down the street from where I live there is a new roadside attraction that’s a tribute to the power of art, resilience, and love. Continue reading Another Roadside Attraction

Adrastos, Art, Comedy, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Supreme Court, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Machine Messiah

June 25, 2022June 24, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Machine Messiah

Art, Business, Food and Drink, Music, Shapiro, Television, Travel2 Comments

Some Final Thoughts From The Road

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 shapiroout

“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going ’till we get there.’
‘Where we going, man?’
‘I don’t know but we gotta go.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road Continue reading Some Final Thoughts From The Road

Art, Business, Economy, Russian Imperialism, Shapiro, Travel1 Comment

A Postcard From Russian River Brewing

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 shapiroout

Would you wait six hours on line for a chance to sample a beer that is only available for two weeks each year? Thousands just did that at the annual release of Pliny The Younger at Russian River Brewing. And you know what? It’s a good thing. Continue reading A Postcard From Russian River Brewing

Adrastos, Art, Comedy, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: All Things Must Pass

March 12, 2022March 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

This week: The Godfather at 50, Ward McAllister, The Gilded Age, Lucy and Desi, and fictional presidents. Music by George Harrison Paul McCartney, Wille Nelson, The Waterboys, Utopia, Little Richard, Frank Zappa, James Taylor, and John Lennon. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: All Things Must Pass

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music

Album Cover Art Wednesday: De Stijl

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The White Stripes second album. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: De Stijl

Adrastos, Art, Congress, Film, Gret Stet Politics, Language, Music, Political Crack, Teabaggery, Television, Twitter

Tweet Of The Day: Woke Sky Edition

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Woke skies, nothing but woke skies from now on. Continue reading Tweet Of The Day: Woke Sky Edition

Adrastos, Art, Bigotry, Congress, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Irksome Things, Political Crack, Supreme Court, Twitter

More Irksome Things

February 3, 2022May 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

First Draft surrealism. Continue reading More Irksome Things

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music

Album Cover Art Wednesday: La Costa Perdida

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

Camper Van Beethoven are a band whose music is as quirky as their name. The 2013 album La Costa Perdida has a cover as quirky as both. FYI, the title means The Lost Coast. The artist is Michael Wertz who … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: La Costa Perdida

Adrastos, Art, Diary, Malakatude, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Malaka Of The Week: Lena Ruseva

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

Visit the Parallel Universe of a kitschy-n-crappy MAGA Artist.
Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Lena Ruseva

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