Playing the Fool

Not much of a stretch for me.

Playing the Fool

New York's alright if you like tuberculosis

This is Fear from a 1981 performance on Saturday Night Live, a Halloween episode. Apparently, reruns of this episode during that season excised the performance.

I love how the band fucks with the audience, the audience responds nastily to them, and the band fucks with them all the more. "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones" is an inspired choice for pissing off the venue.

It's all so pretty.

Nothing beats a good moral panic

Every single generation.

They tempered brutality with Elegance, debauchery with Taste.

--Robert Fuller, speaking on the nature of the members of the Hell-fire Clubs of the 18th century, Hell-Fire Francis

Playing Sophisticated Trash: Duke Nukem 3D and the History of the First Person Shooter

Everything goes better with trash, even the history of video games.

Playing Sophisticated Trash: Duke Nukem 3D and the History of the First Person Shooter