Wow. Just listened. Recollections of college days come flooding back. I never listened to the lyrics closely, loved the instrumentals.
One of a kind, that guy. “Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.” Indeed.
Zappa seemed to have insight about our culture far in advance... I can’t help thinking of the 4-part series, The Century of the Self (was available on YT (I mean PooTube) a couple of months ago). Zappa was long gone by the time the series came out.
I remember him talking to guest host Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show sometime in the late 80s (I think) positing that HIV was created in a lab, perhaps government lab. At the time I dismissed it as Frank being his usual eccentric self. Now I wouldn't be surprised if he had inside information.
Alright fans, Yuri bezmenov is stepping up to the plate. And he knocks it clean out of the park!!! home run yuri!!! Very well done I am laughing my posterior off
GB- The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. Frank Zappa
I wonder if this is what the brick wall at the back of the theater will look like?:
The federal government collected $5.0 trillion in revenue in FY 2022.
Our current debt plus unfunded liabilities is $130,000,0000,000,000 trillion.
In other words; think about owing 96% more (with compounding interests) than you make annually. If someone were to start today, it would take 75 years to pay that down if you cut your budget by 7% every year, during that time, and/or get an annual raise that will leave 7% more disposable income.
That's a tits up, no shot, tight spot. Nobody seems to notice this, even though the math is easy.
While we're whistling past the graveyard, the "scenery" will be wheeled out and replaced with a Hellscape.
I just rolled out of bed and this is the first thing I saw in my laptop. Thanks Gatito, this is
hilarious and oh so true. Of course, the news is the biggest pile of clogged poo, however some tv shows are beginning to get some seepage from the toilet.
That took me a couple of glances to notice (as there are so many distracting elements to focus on) but then immediately understood why this is a Gatoland posting.
Back when there was a late night TV host I'd watch 'Stupid Pet Tricks' segments on I said most consumer recycling was Stupid People Tricks. I knew the Waste Management facility was single stream, the different trucks picking up trash and recycling went to the same facility for processing. Even the same docks. Knowing that people sorting their trash was pointless. Human conditioning to make people *believe* they were helping the environment. The public policymakers mandating recycling and fining the noncompliant knew it was training people just like a pet to do their stupid tricks.
I remember one time a neighbor across the alley angrily accused me of using her recycling bin for my recycling (it was a public alley in a big city, plenty of passerby's). I laughed out loud in her face, told her I never did stupid people tricks like using separate recycle bins, and laughed at her for bothering to separate her trash in the first place. Let's just say she wasn't expecting that.
"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater." ——Frank Zappa
[Verse 1]
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
[Verse 2]
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me, yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
[Verse 3]
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help, no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
[Interlude]
That's right, folks
Don't touch that dial
[Chorus]
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
https://youtu.be/JPFIkty4Zvk
Wow. Just listened. Recollections of college days come flooding back. I never listened to the lyrics closely, loved the instrumentals.
One of a kind, that guy. “Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.” Indeed.
Zappa seemed to have insight about our culture far in advance... I can’t help thinking of the 4-part series, The Century of the Self (was available on YT (I mean PooTube) a couple of months ago). Zappa was long gone by the time the series came out.
Frank's dad created WMDs for the Deep State. No doubt that left Frank without any illusions. https://youtu.be/kaKNI5TTsAo?t=2684
I remember him talking to guest host Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show sometime in the late 80s (I think) positing that HIV was created in a lab, perhaps government lab. At the time I dismissed it as Frank being his usual eccentric self. Now I wouldn't be surprised if he had inside information.
Or was it mental floss?
Thanks for that! 📺
The modern versions are PooTube and ShitTok.
Excrement in. Excrement out. The only thing that does not change is that everything changes.
Add Fecesbook to that?
Instacrap
***** Fecesbook ******
Love it!
Alright fans, Yuri bezmenov is stepping up to the plate. And he knocks it clean out of the park!!! home run yuri!!! Very well done I am laughing my posterior off
Zappa crappa. Frank knew from the beginning.
Yes he did!
oh sure that is Frank Zappa! I was hoping it was el gato's human
GB- The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. Frank Zappa
One of the best quotes ever.
I wonder if this is what the brick wall at the back of the theater will look like?:
The federal government collected $5.0 trillion in revenue in FY 2022.
Our current debt plus unfunded liabilities is $130,000,0000,000,000 trillion.
In other words; think about owing 96% more (with compounding interests) than you make annually. If someone were to start today, it would take 75 years to pay that down if you cut your budget by 7% every year, during that time, and/or get an annual raise that will leave 7% more disposable income.
That's a tits up, no shot, tight spot. Nobody seems to notice this, even though the math is easy.
While we're whistling past the graveyard, the "scenery" will be wheeled out and replaced with a Hellscape.
Does CRUNCH make a sound if nobody's "listening"?
Is easy though.
When you're too deep in debt, burn it down and cash the insurance, then start anew.
"As above, so below" as they say.
Buy guns and ammo.
Stock up on 32-0-0 ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
Yeah yeah yeah...easy for you to say. Well??? Do I get the loan or not? 🤨
Frank Zappa FTW ... always ahead his time
Really far a head. I was a fan as a teen; many of my friends wondered why. I’ve always been “weird”
I have never in my life watched so little TV.
It’s freeing
There is so little TV...it's all nauseating ads.
Even the subscription stuff is just crap!
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Gil Scott Heron
Zappa!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
funny comments below.
I just rolled out of bed and this is the first thing I saw in my laptop. Thanks Gatito, this is
hilarious and oh so true. Of course, the news is the biggest pile of clogged poo, however some tv shows are beginning to get some seepage from the toilet.
I like that he's holding a cat! 🐱
That took me a couple of glances to notice (as there are so many distracting elements to focus on) but then immediately understood why this is a Gatoland posting.
FZ was pure genius. Pity it wasn't passed down.
True way back then & even more so today
Just a little innovation and an additional litterbox hookup could revolutionize the media landscape.
Purrfect!
Back when there was a late night TV host I'd watch 'Stupid Pet Tricks' segments on I said most consumer recycling was Stupid People Tricks. I knew the Waste Management facility was single stream, the different trucks picking up trash and recycling went to the same facility for processing. Even the same docks. Knowing that people sorting their trash was pointless. Human conditioning to make people *believe* they were helping the environment. The public policymakers mandating recycling and fining the noncompliant knew it was training people just like a pet to do their stupid tricks.
I remember one time a neighbor across the alley angrily accused me of using her recycling bin for my recycling (it was a public alley in a big city, plenty of passerby's). I laughed out loud in her face, told her I never did stupid people tricks like using separate recycle bins, and laughed at her for bothering to separate her trash in the first place. Let's just say she wasn't expecting that.
I used to watch the trash guys in my alley dump it all in the same truck. Stupid indeed
"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater." ——Frank Zappa
Zappa, based and red pilled
https://open.substack.com/pub/confusedpepe/p/based-and-red-pilled-frank-zappa?r=o9q29&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
He nailed it