HAPPENING NOW

My momma talkin' to me, try to tell me how to live.

Don't hate the player.

cartoon of chubby guy in t-shirt that reads "Don't Hate The Player" singing a lyric "But I don't listen to her cause my head is like a sieve" from Cheech & Chong's "Earache My Eye"

From the Wikipedia article on Cheech & Chong’s “Earache My Eye”:
Once the song hit its peak on the charts, radio station managers and owners, especially the AM stations, pulled the song off the air following multiple complaints. Phone calls and angry letters came from parents, teachers, psychologists, clergy, principals, school administrators, and counselors. Complaints stated that this song mostly appealed to junkies, dropouts, drug addicts, and drunkards as well as students playing hooky from class, giving them a bad model for their behavior. Those who opposed the track threatened to boycott the stations unless the song was permanently withdrawn. “Oldies” station AM 1110 KRLA banned the track, and some radio managers threatened to fire any disc jockey who played it. Sponsors threatened to pull their advertisements unless the song was completely removed from playlists. The AM stations threatened to fire any radio station employees who accepted requests or discussed the track on the air.

Shout out to my guy, wherever you are: The Unknown Karaoke Singer, Coney Island Boardwalk, June 10, 2010.

The Unknown Karaoke Singer, Coney Island Boardwalk, June 10, 2010. his t-shirt says "Don't hate the player, hate whoever makes up the rules."

cartoons karaoke Cheech & Chong "Earache My Eye" radio Coney Island Boardwalk The Unknown Karaoke Singer

IN THE RECENT PAST

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Go ahead, bite the Big Apple.

Don't mind the maggots!

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The world on you depends.

I was amused to discover I'd already done a karaoke drawing based on this song, back in 2024.

NOTES

Notes for September 17, 2026: I read a book and watched some movies.

I just re-read The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. He mentions a dozen movies in the book, of which I’d seen eight. Now I've seen nine.

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I let go of some art that had been allowed to decay too much.

I had a couple of old pieces that had been stored outside for too long. Additionally, I had about a year's worth of yard trash to burn. So the time seemed right.

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There is no relief.

I think I remember hearing this particular AT40 as a kid because it has Patrick Hernandez's "Born To Be Alive", which was, to me, the lamest, stupidest song I'd ever heard in my life.

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