Money is Stupid and I Hate It (Compilation Post!) by RFY (HF)
General Weirdness is in charge of this investigation. He's meant to keep the project on task, on budget, and OUT of the supernatural trenches. None of those goals will ultimately be fulfilled!
Here's some stuff!!!
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6 Jan. 2024
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"The End of the World Has Come and Gone" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, metallic marker, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Life moves pretty fast... (Didn't I just quote that a few days ago?) Flesh for fantasy! Keep the boat afloat! None of this makes much sense, but maybe that's what the universe WANTS... (Ask John Keel!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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7 Jan. 2024
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"Flash Flash" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen, gel pen, colored pencil, and felt pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] I'd swear this guy can see the future! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Journals (6 jan. 2024)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Photographs of my two most recent journals: one just finished, the other just begun! Digital collage with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] I started the "Threw It in the Trash" book at the beginning of November '23 and filled it yesterday. When an old book gets full, we move on to a new book! (I have journals going back to when I was seven or eight years old... Multiple banker-boxes full!) Mental health AND history in paper form!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Crackle in the Dark" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Acrylic marker and glitter pen on reclaimed black cardboard.] Simple impressions. Dimple compression. Dime store sessions. Dinosaur fashions! Oh lord (PRAISE BOB), please don't let me be misunderstood! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Paper Boat on Fire" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, felt pen, and crayon on notebook page with digital embellishments and color manipulation.] Words and images and colors. These are a few of my favorite things. (The image itself is probably meaningfulless.) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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8 Jan. 2024
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Humans - even old, grouchy, monster, wizard humans - can't live on ARTZ alone. Sometimes, they need TUNEZ, too. Today, I sat and listened to many tunes and painstakingly assembled a new jump drive's worth for the automobile. Here are the songz that I've included in this experience!
SONGZ 4 the CAR! (8 Jan. 2024)
---1. Roky Erickson & The Aliens - "I Walked with a Zombie"
---2. Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi - "Symphonies"
---3. Blondie - "One Way or Another"
---4. Kid Cudi feat. Kxxx Wxxx (fuk that guy) - "Erase Me"
---5. MGMT - "Pieces of What"
---6. The Cure - "Wrong Number (Mix)"
---7. Hayley Mills - "Let's Get Together"
---8. Bully - "Where to Start"
---9. The Death Set - "Negative Thinking (Treasure Fingers Remix)"
---10. Passion Pit - "Sleepyhead"
---11. Tenacious D - "History"
---12. Osaka Popstar - "Fish Heads"
---13. Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"
---14. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees - "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm"
---15. Jon Astley - "Jane's Getting Serious"
---16. The J. Geils Band - "Centerfold"
---17. Misfits - "20 Eyes"
---18. They Might Be Giants - "Where Your Eyes Don't Go"
---19. New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
---20. Candy Flip - "Strawberry Fields Forever (Raspberry Ripple Remix)"
---21. Kon Kan - "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) (12" Remix)"
---22. Santa Esmeralda - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
---23. Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy"
---24. K.W.S. - "Please Don't Go (Sunshine Mix Original Album)"
---25. Harry Nilsson - "Without You"
---26. Klaatu - "Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III"
---27. Kiss - "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
---28. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Down on the Corner"
---29. Sarah McLachlan - "Black"
---30. Suzanne Vega & DNA - "Tom's Diner (Titt's Diner - Tittsworth Remix)"
[No video available! Not even an audio only!!!! Lame...]
---31. Joey Scarbury - "Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It or Not)"
---32. Tricky - "#1 Da Woman"
---33. Enigma - "Mea Culpa, Pt. 2 (Fading Shades Mix)"
---34. Keith - "Mona Lisa's Child (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Mix Extended Mix)"
---35. The Dead Milkmen - "Punk Rock Girl"
---36. The Darling Buds - "Crystal Clear"
---37. 808 State feat. Bjork - "Ooops"
I had to start with Roky Erickson because that's still Felicity's most requested song. We've been listening to it since September (2023) at least... (The kid knows what she likes.) The rest are just fun cuts that I've been in the mood for as of late.
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And now, back to the regularly scheduled ARTZ, already in progress...
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"Florists have always been second class citizens" by RFY (Holy Fool)
[Photograph that I took with my phone in the "WILD" (when I went outside that one time.] I took this photo back in 2023, and it has haunted me ever since! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Big Bad Bird (Stares into the Distance)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone!] That look... That haunted look... B.B.Bird knows too much... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Séance in Reverse" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Oil pastel on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Who was that spirit passing through the room while we were trying to clean the crystal ball? I get so tired of these drop ins! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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Thanks for visiting the TEST DEPARTMENT. We'll try to get your results back to you within the next 23 days. They will be projected to the mental coordinates that you specified on your entrance paperwork. Be safe, and make certain that you stop by the decontamination showers before you leave...
THANKS! LATER!!!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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