The Moon and Pig

Culpa's Dipsy Doodle Diary 4/20/20:

                               

    Last night's Swords of Cerebus Vol. 1 was so much fun I've decided to keep right on going.
Vol.2 features issues 5 through 8 which were originally published in 1978 and 1979, and   includes the first appearance of Jaka and the return of Elrod.

For tonight's musical accompaniment, it's Who Are You, originally released in August 1978, just a few weeks before Keith Moon's death.  It was very popular at the time although generally recognized as inferior to what Who had come before. The original CD release sounds great, however the later reissue CD (the one with bonus tracks) is virtually useless in Culpaland.

                        

   

Clovis' beads!

Culpa's Dipsy Doodle Diary 4/19/20:

Sitting back on a Sunday evening, enjoying some classic music and comic books. Tonight it's the Stones' Love You Live and Dave Sim's Swords of Cerebus Vol. 1.  They're from the same era and seem to go together pretty well. Love You Live was originally released in September '77, and Swords includes the first four first issues of Cerebus, from '77 and '78.

Shake it down, shake it down. And mind your manners, son, I've got a tall pointy hat!

Great version of Star Star.  So I guess the question is, if I start rereading Cerebus now, can I finish all 300 issues before I'm able to walk into Wawa without a mask on?

      

Is it about the bunny?

So it's almost Easter again, and I can't help but wonder.....is it about the bunny?

Here's the late great Sally Starr's classic non-LP single "Rocky the Rockin' Rabbit".

And here's Our Gal with a different rabbit, Goldie the Bunny.

And of course, here's Deputy Hawk:

Experience Twin Peaks

Here's something you don't see too often. From my personal collection, the sign is from the bookstore stand-up display for The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer from 1990. The book in the picture is the hardcover (with dust-jacket), but the display was for the soft-cover.  It was a 3-piece display, all cardboard. There was a generic floor-stand that held a boxy piece which displayed a couple rows of front-facing copies of the book, and the sign attached to the top. The stand and the box are long gone, but I've still got the sign.

A quiet vibration land

Culpa's Dipsy-Doodle Diary 4/9/20:

"A vague haze of delirium creeps up on me".  So now this virus is starting to affect my routine. They warned me a few weeks ago, so I got a card, and sure enough I had to use an ATM for the first time the other day. I did manage to figure it out, but did you know there's a limit??!!  I mean, wtf 'm I 'posed to do with three hundred dollars??!!  Then its off to the supermarket, where I don't realize they have the aisle floors all marked with one-way decals until I'm on my way to check-out. No wonder people were giving me stranger-than-usual looks.

On the amazing journey, together we'll ride.

The mystery begins

It's hard to believe its been 30 years, but there ya go. I was ready for it, watched the original broadcast while taping it on VHS. 2-hour speed of course.  Twin Peaks, where "health and industry go hand-in-hand".

"Come on cowboy, light your fire..."

The Bridge of Death

Culpa's Dipsy Doodle Diary 4/2/20:

"...answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see."

If the answer is "yes" to any of the following questions, access to the facility will be denied.

1. Have you returned from the Bedrock area in the past 14 days?

2. Have you had close contact with or cared for someone diagnosed with Dipsy-doodle-itis in the past 14 days?

3. Have you experienced any Dipsy-doodle-itis-like symptoms in the past 14 days?

April Fool's Month

Culpa's Dipsy Doodle Diary 4/1/20:

So it's April Fool's Day, now the official start of April Fool's Month. Brings to mind John Entwistle singing "everybody takes me for a fool, it's so uncool".  Been spending a lot of time indoors lately; as I consider the impending day that the comics page catches up with current events, I can't help but notice how badly these windows need to be cleaned.

Here's Entwistle's "I Found Out" from his classic 1972 Whistle Rymes LP.  "I'll find out tomorrow, I've been led up the path again..."

                             

                                                                                                                                                                                       

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_Rymes