I watched that Warhol Frankenstein flick this evening. I'd never heard of it till yesterday. What a cinematic trip. A smattering of Factory escapees make an Italian horror film with German dialogue and unintentional humor. At least I think it was unintentional. The movie has a certain Pasolini feel to it, but given the time and place, I'm not surprised.
The book is way different from the movie. Frankenstein brings the creature to life in chapter four in what is no more than a couple of pages of exposition.
Well I guess our alfresco lunch plans with the hound are cancelled. Flood advisory just issued and it’s coming down in buckets out there. I guess it’s chicken salad sandwiches & chips instead of TexMex. Drats.
They used to say that everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. Not anymore. Big Oil doesn't complain about the weather. They change it for the worse.
I've been thinking for a while I need to take advantage of all this anti-science grift. Anyone want to start a homeopathic coffee company with me? We'll get the good stuff, made in America (of course), the esteemed Hawaiian Kona. Out investment dollars will go far though, since we will be succussing it and diluting it at least 30-fold. We will sell the homeopathic coffee (water) and drink the fine Kona blend ourselves. I only see upside - nice toned arms from the succussing, fine coffee, and pools of money.
30-fold dilution is nowhere near enough. True homeopathy goes for anywhere from a million-fold to 10-to-the-60th-power fold. It has to be enough that the final cup that you drink contains at most a single molecule of coffee, or less.
Mr. Star reminisces about the days when he was OneOfTheKids and thought about sex all the time. Now when he thinks about wood in the morning it is "what can I finish building today." and I gotta say, he builds a damn fine deck!
I had an English professor who told us that society was obsessed with re-animation at that time, and that a miscarriage that Mary W.S. suffered contributed to the story (poor woman!).
There's a whole industry of scholarship around Shelley's Frankenstein encoding themes relating to miscarriage and abortion. That novel is an endless font of themes and interpretations.
OT: You're not worried about food-borne pathogens, are you? Good, good because what's left of the CDC isn't tracking them anymore. Good luck, Americans!
I. Do. Not. Eat. Raw. Fucking. Fish. And grew up part-time on the coast of Maine, checking in with the occasional marine biologist to confirm that I was right.
As waters warm we're going to see all kinds of sick shit. Somebody got the flesh eating bacteria swimming on Cape Cod in Massachusetts this summer. I never heard of that here before.
Friend of mine wanted me to convince my family to join his at the cape this year. I already had “planes be falling out of the sky” dialed up as the excuse not to. I need to add flesh eating bacteria to the nope list for next year.
Lots of this to do on the Cape besides swimming. The bay beaches are the ones that warm up (I believe the case was from Nantucket Sound). The ocean beaches are colder and have surf so they’re probably safer for now (Orleans to Provincetown). And that’s where the National Seashore is.
I watched that Warhol Frankenstein flick this evening. I'd never heard of it till yesterday. What a cinematic trip. A smattering of Factory escapees make an Italian horror film with German dialogue and unintentional humor. At least I think it was unintentional. The movie has a certain Pasolini feel to it, but given the time and place, I'm not surprised.
If I remember correctly, "Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Andy Warhol’s Blood for Dracula" were both X-rated when they were first released.
I feel this is the best and truest version of Ms. Shelly’s book - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1166038-frankenstein_the_true_story
I actually remember watching that on TV when it was brand-spankin' new!
Same here. Leonard Whiting and Michael Sarazan fighting in the Arctic. That was something!
The book is way different from the movie. Frankenstein brings the creature to life in chapter four in what is no more than a couple of pages of exposition.
This calls for a roll in zuh hay!
Frankenstein is iconic. Bought this print many years ago.
https://substack.com/@bagelsofdoom/note/c-150769505?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1wenwg
I'm not going to scroll through 500 comments to find if anyone posted this, so here it is again if it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsGjFh1ke44
Irving Berlin was still alive when this became an international hit in 1983. I wonder if he heard it.
"[H]er dad was the philosopher William Godwin, so she had little choice in this matter."
And then someone brought up Nazis, and that ended the argument.
TFG and co. would like to reanimate Ashli Babbitt.
With any luck, they’ll very soon have the chance to try to reanimate Pres. Pedo.
Maybe he can go down there personally and wake her up. I'd happily make the trade.
Alright, gotta go make a couple of calls before darkness falls over on the other side of the planet. Bye.
Well I guess our alfresco lunch plans with the hound are cancelled. Flood advisory just issued and it’s coming down in buckets out there. I guess it’s chicken salad sandwiches & chips instead of TexMex. Drats.
They used to say that everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. Not anymore. Big Oil doesn't complain about the weather. They change it for the worse.
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Hoping for good news for your extended fam.
It's pronounced Frankensteen
Similar to another name that frequently appears in the non-comments.
Froderick?
I've been thinking for a while I need to take advantage of all this anti-science grift. Anyone want to start a homeopathic coffee company with me? We'll get the good stuff, made in America (of course), the esteemed Hawaiian Kona. Out investment dollars will go far though, since we will be succussing it and diluting it at least 30-fold. We will sell the homeopathic coffee (water) and drink the fine Kona blend ourselves. I only see upside - nice toned arms from the succussing, fine coffee, and pools of money.
30-fold dilution is nowhere near enough. True homeopathy goes for anywhere from a million-fold to 10-to-the-60th-power fold. It has to be enough that the final cup that you drink contains at most a single molecule of coffee, or less.
All the Kidsthesedays™ think about is money. When I was a boy, all the Kidsthesedays™ thought about was sex.
Mr. Star reminisces about the days when he was OneOfTheKids and thought about sex all the time. Now when he thinks about wood in the morning it is "what can I finish building today." and I gotta say, he builds a damn fine deck!
Better idea, buy the waste water from decaffeinating coffee. Its got caffeine!
And its totally homeopathic! Might need to filter out any color though.
Heck, you can probably get paid to dispose of it.
This is the MyPillow business model btw. He gets memory foam offcuts that are waste, chops then into cubes and sells it to rubes.
Well, some contract manufacturer does the actual work.
Welcome to the company Chief Business Officer!
What's your cap table look like?
How much runway?
I was going to grind up my sunflower stalks and put them in capsules and sell them as hard dick pills!
Welcome to the company Chief of Product Development!
Tee hee!
There's already lots of those, you need a marketing budget.
I had an English professor who told us that society was obsessed with re-animation at that time, and that a miscarriage that Mary W.S. suffered contributed to the story (poor woman!).
Seems plausible, but I haven't researched it.
There's a whole industry of scholarship around Shelley's Frankenstein encoding themes relating to miscarriage and abortion. That novel is an endless font of themes and interpretations.
Really, the first modern novel, conceptually.
OT: You're not worried about food-borne pathogens, are you? Good, good because what's left of the CDC isn't tracking them anymore. Good luck, Americans!
𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/08/cdc-confirms-cuts-to-program-that-tracks-foodborne-pathogens/
22 people in Louisiana gravely sickened by "flesh-eating bacteria" most likely from eating raw oysters. Four of them have died.
Not a peep out of this misdadministration.
VIBRIO FTW!
I. Do. Not. Eat. Raw. Fucking. Fish. And grew up part-time on the coast of Maine, checking in with the occasional marine biologist to confirm that I was right.
Same Down Here in Florida. I've caught enough fish to know what lives in them.
We dug a LOT of clams for dinner, in front of the house, but they got boiled, basically. That's as far as I've ever gone in danger-cuisine.
Growing up in a sub-tropical climate makes you "particular" about ensuring your food is cooked.
*fear face*
As waters warm we're going to see all kinds of sick shit. Somebody got the flesh eating bacteria swimming on Cape Cod in Massachusetts this summer. I never heard of that here before.
Outbreak in Arkansas, too.
Friend of mine wanted me to convince my family to join his at the cape this year. I already had “planes be falling out of the sky” dialed up as the excuse not to. I need to add flesh eating bacteria to the nope list for next year.
Lots of this to do on the Cape besides swimming. The bay beaches are the ones that warm up (I believe the case was from Nantucket Sound). The ocean beaches are colder and have surf so they’re probably safer for now (Orleans to Provincetown). And that’s where the National Seashore is.
(The authoress of this article is named "Coral Beach," which I think is delightful.)
There's an old joke about children being named after the place where they were conceived...
Quickie Out Back is pretty sensitive about it
I rarely use my real name, Chevy Backseat.
Paging Mr. Motel! Paging Mr. Motel! Will Mr. Notel Motel please pick up the white courtesy phone!
Devil's Tower is rather pleased with his name.
But Changing Room At The Pool went on to a respectable career as a sculptor.
Mostly ceramics.
𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸; 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/08/salmonella-outbreak-traced-to-eggs-almost-100-sick/
Don't lick the eggshells, duh.
"Sure, people got sick, but at least Trump made them cheaper, right?"
( Trump did not make them cheaper. )
Overseas vendors stop buying American-made food products in 5...4...3...
Rugby update: That was the jammiest conversion.