MarianneSp

MarianneSp
Location
Seattle-ish, Washington,
Birthday
April 06
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Pop culture, progressive politics, weird family life, music, photography, humor, the world outside delivered daily. Like sands through the hourglass, this is the feed from popthomology.com. You may also at your leisure see my freelance words or images for TheAudioPerv.com, Back Beat Seattle, and Seattle Weekly around the interhaps.

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MAY 29, 2012 10:42PM

VIDEO: MISS NINE'S ANIMATION FOR "DATING COPS" BY THE INTELLIGENCE

MissNine learned a valuable lesson yesterday, and I didn't even have to lay it on her like a wet smelly blanket for a change. She and I were hanging out at home, she was bored out of her skull, and I once again informed her, as I was working over processing…

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MAY 28, 2012 11:30PM

PHOTOS & SHOW REVIEW: BRONCHO, SAILOR MOUTH @ THE SUNSET, SEATTLE WA, 5/26/12

On this Memorial Day weekend, many of my fellow local concert photog friends and music pals made the journey out to the beautiful Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington to experience all that is the mighty Sasquatch music festival. But this little black duck made the trek into Ballard on Saturday n…

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MAY 28, 2012 2:56AM

RESCUED FROM STORAGE: MY 1965 FENDER ELECTRIC XII GUITAR!

We got it, I guess, about 20 years from a guy who lived in Westminster, Colorado from an ad in the newspaper, and for a good price. But around that same time I was also in college, having my first kid, and adult responsibilities soon took precedence over me banging around…

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MAY 26, 2012 10:15PM

MY SMACKDOWN, STRAIGHT-TALKIN' HERO OF THE DAY: DAVID M. ON YAHOO! ANSWERS

The more that religious extremism infects the world, the more destabilized, divided, and hate-filled the world becomes. I'm FED UP and PISSED OFF. Think whatever you want to think, believe what you need to, but KEEP OUT OF MY LIFE AND MY COUNTRY'S LAWS. How DARE anyone be so ARROGANT to…

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MAY 26, 2012 1:43AM

VIDEO: "BOWLED A STRIKE" BY MELVIN G. FROMM JR.

OH BOY.

I'm reeeeeeeeally happy to bring this to you today. Because of the Wonders of the Interhaps, I can spread the gospel of Melvin G Fromm Jr.! I really don't know much, or anything, about the man, but when I came across his song "Bowled A Strike" on the…

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MAY 24, 2012 10:00PM

MY SON'S ADVICE TO A FRIEND WHO WAS ATTACKED

Yesterday, the only child of some of my closest friends, a very sweet and smart young girl, was stalked and attacked by an older boy, a stranger to her, as she walked home from her elementary school in the suburbs of a large city. The boy had in the past already…

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MAY 24, 2012 12:51AM

IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP & GUEST POEM: ALL FLOWERS HAVE A STORY

Some more beautiful spring flowers to share with you, because sometimes even a single lovely image can bring a moment of peace and warmth to an otherwise grey, stressful day. MissNine and I took these (I honestly can't remember which one of us took each one, but you can click them…

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MAY 22, 2012 11:25PM

VIDEOS: BIZARRE BIRDS!

Are birds weirder and funnier than the goats I often feature on this humble internet repository? Well, I'll leave that up to you to decide for yourself with today's video featurette! BIRDS!



This insanely proactive owl actually transforms its features according to the size and type…

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MAY 21, 2012 5:17PM

IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP: MORE WEIRD STUFF FROM VALUE VILLAGE!

After an exciting run of awesome sunny warm weather, Seattle-ish has now returned this week to grey gloom and annoying moistness. What better way to protect yourself from the elements and be entertained than to high-tail it over to a thrift store to look for oddities? It's an activity that is…

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MAY 20, 2012 9:34PM

IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP: SEATTLE/TACOMA SPRING GUITAR SHOW, BELLEVUE WA, 5/20/12

Even though I am a pretty limited guitarist, I really like guitars, kind of in the same way that I like cars but hate to drive. I'd like to have lots of cars and guitars if I were a rich person because then I could, I dunno, play "You're Gonna Miss… Read full post »
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MAY 20, 2012 2:26AM

ONCE UPON A TIME...OR MAYBE TWICE: THE BEATLES' "YELLOW SUBMARINE" @ THE ADMIRAL THEATRE, WEST SEATTLE, 5/19/12

When I was small, there was no event more important to me than a Beatle Event. It didn't matter what it was -- a new Beatles single getting a first play on my local WOKY-AM, a Beatles television appearance, or -- OH MY GOD -- a Beatles MOVIE in the THEATER…

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MAY 19, 2012 12:58AM

THE CRIME OF THE QUIET CHRISTIAN

I am perfectly comfortable with accepting the fact that I shall leave the planet knowing not really all that much more than I did when I got here. I mean, I can do a little math and run a washing machine and proofread a legal brief and train a dog. I…

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MAY 17, 2012 11:10PM

THE 4TH GRADE BAND CONCERT

Ah, I do remember my days in the school band very well, especially the excitement of our concerts, the culmination of all our months of hard work and lessons. The night came, the school auditorium filled up, we dressed up, acted spazzy backstage, and felt a mixture of pride and relief…

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MAY 17, 2012 1:16AM

I MADE YOU MORE CHILDREN'S BOOKS










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MAY 16, 2012 2:05AM

THE SASHA DOLL

I was, I think, a bit of a toy maniac when I was a kid. I really LIKED TOYS A LOT. I mean, all kids did, but I think I spent more time fantasizing about having all kinds of toys more than the average kid. It's not like I was toy-deprived…

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MAY 14, 2012 10:41PM

VIDEOS: 1980's KIDS DANCING TO BAD 1980'S MUSIC

I really, really, really didn't like the '80s. After the torpid hippie disco bad facial hair sleazefest that was generally the '70s, as a newly-minted adult I was looking forward to a fresh start in music, fashion, and culture. But aside from a scant few bands and neon hair accessories, I…

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MAY 14, 2012 1:44AM

PHOTOS & SHOW REVIEW: X, THE SUICIDE NOTES @ SHOWBOX MARKET, SEATTLE WA, 5/12/12

I sincerely doubt that when the band X (John Doe on bass and vocals, Evene Cervenka on vocals, Billy Zoom on guitar, and DJ Bonebrake on drums) began playing together years ago in Loa Angeles that they could have imagined that they might be performing to a raucous, sell-out crowd in…

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MAY 12, 2012 8:08PM

GUEST IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP: DOLLS IN THE GARDEN

MissNine gets to show her photos today of some of her dolls posed in our front garden. They are now all safely returned to the Great Indoors, no doubt gossiping to each other about their magical adventures amongst the giant flowers.




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MAY 11, 2012 11:55PM

IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP: MOTHER'S DAY TEA & THE RETURN OF THE FRIDAY MARKET!

I've teamed up with MissNine to bring you photos of a lovely afternoon we spent together today in some absolutely gorgeous Northwest spring weather. We shared my iPhone; whomever had it in hand at the time took the photos. First on the agenda was Mother's Day Tea at her school, where…

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MAY 10, 2012 12:51PM

MISS NINE DOES NOT LIKE "ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY"

On a normal day at 8AM, I like to be unconscious. Comfy, warm, and all delightfully unconscious in my bed, because it's pretty likely that on any given night, I am not even hitting the sack until 3AM. However, this week my taxi skills are needed in both the morning and…

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MAY 10, 2012 2:15AM

IPHONE PHOTO ROUNDUP: THE SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR

Yes, tonight was MissNine's school Science Fair, all set up in the gym to share with the parents, excitement in the air. The kids patiently stood by their white boards and explained how their experiments turned out, while parents ooh'd and ahh'd and nodded in somber scientific agreement. When patienc…

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MAY 8, 2012 9:30PM

PREVIEW: THE 3RD ANNUAL HARVEY MILK FESTIVAL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA MAY 10-12, 2012

I don't know that you would expect that I -- a West Coast livin', solidly librul, garage punk lovin' heathen -- would consider the state of Florida something of an adopted second home. But I really kinda do. For all its faults, political, racial, religional, and hurricanical, it still remains a…

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MAY 7, 2012 11:55PM

PHOTOS & SHOW REVIEW: TY SEGALL, WHITE FENCE, THE PHARMACY, & TEA COZIES @ CHOP SUEY SEATTLE, 5/5/12

When I arrived home last Saturday night around 2AM from Seattle's Chop Suey club, I noticed that not only did my clothes, hair, and camera gear have beer all over them, but there was beer actually in my shoes. On my shoes, of course, but also inside my shoes. This will give…

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MAY 7, 2012 2:32AM

YOU ARE NEVER TOO BUSY FOR A GOAT

Between photo processing from last night's awesome show at Chop Suey (details tomorrow!) and helping out with MissNine's science fair project (OF COURSE), eating Brazilian cheese bread and pizza and drinking coffee, I HAD NO TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE. Therefore, what you get today is a video of a goat h…

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MAY 5, 2012 4:52PM

THE MOST DISTURBING MICHAEL JACKSON FAN ART IN THE WORLD (NSFW)

Oh my.

Oh my.

Um.

Uh.

OK.

I think...I think I will just say no more, other than the visions of Jackson as Peter Pan-Jesus-Winged Wood Nymph-Not Pedophile-Not Asexual-Savior of Humanity-Trumped Up Royalty is well represented here. Please keep this post away from children and other…

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