Comme des Chatons

Fruity middle aged aesthete and shitpost connoisseur

[cosmonautroger]

5 FEEP DEET

[cymae-mesa]

I miss rainbow capitalism, that was really good actually.

The alternative to Lockheed Martin having a float in the pride parade is them pointedly not having a float at the pride parade, and that's worse.

[comme-des-chatons]

Walasse Ting, “Cat & Grasshopper” (1980)

[cavatas]

Three Black Horses, Leo Gestel 

[facts-i-just-made-up]

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is the opiate of the very, very few.

[comme-des-chatons]

Ugh the Ferrari Luce is so fantastic and fresh. This is what the new BMW i3 should’ve been like.

(To be clear, the i3 is nice IMO, but feels like a throwback relative to this.)

[nedison]

Some recent one-line reviews from my wife regarding my listening habits:

Kimono My House - Sparks: 

“Are you listening to the soundtrack of RuPaul’s Haunted House?”

Randy Newman’s S/T album:

“Is this the debut album by Koko the Gorilla?”

Be With Me - The Beach Boys:

“It’s the sound of everyone asleep on an airplane.”

Roger Waters’ live version of Goodbye Cruel World:

“Are you watching Princess Diana’s funeral?”

[nedison]

Break The News - The Who

“Is this a new track by Avicii?”

[nedison]

John Barleycorn - Traffic

“Is this the story of the baby Jesus?”

[nedison]

When I Sit Down To Play The Organ At The Notre Dame Cathedral - Sparks

“Whatever you’re listening to sounds like if Eminem was featured on Eureka’s Castle.”

[nedison]

Firth Of Fifth - Genesis

“Were you watching Riverdance?”

[nedison]

Erk Gah [Live in Vevey 1976] - Henry Cow

“It sounds like you’re listening to an opera written about a faulty zipper.”

[nedison]

I’d Rather Go Blind - Etta James & Dr. John

“It sounds like literal war torture.”

[nedison]

Biker Like An Icon [Live In Boulder] - Paul McCartney

“Are you listening to Slipknot? It sounds very intense.”

[nedison]

Keep It Dark - Genesis

“Did you make this song in GarageBand? It sounds homemade.”

[nedison]

Love Song To A Vampire - Steve Hackett

“This sounds like an adult-themed remake of Halloween Is Grinch Night.”

[comme-des-chatons]

This is how my partner reviews perfumes

[lockssteps]

nonsense

[dqnquality]

[vincent2845]

[playlander]

[comme-des-chatons]

Susan Logothetti and two colleagues stood outside the yellow home in Everett, Washington, donning T-shirts and holding flyers promoting a chewing gum company.

Mitchell Gaff opened the door wearing pajama pants, welcomed the trio into his house and agreed to a taste test, sampling different sticks of gum with enthusiasm, Logothetti recalled of the January 2024 encounter.

When the time came for Gaff to try a new flavor, one colleague held out a small dish, Logothetti said.

“I remember watching him spit the first piece of gum into the ramekin and seeing the saliva, and it was very hard for me to contain my excitement,” Logothetti told CNN.

How discarded chewing gum helped convict a serial rapist of two cold case murders | CNN

A “gum ruse” led to a breakthrough in the investigation of two 1980s murders and showed how crucial modern DNA technology is in solving cold

[catcatcat6]

[comme-des-chatons]

From Evasive on YouTube

[worldsandemanations]

Nishiyama Hoen, Insect Procession detail, ink and color on silk, 1851

[cupofmeat]

"Amphore", Markus Lüpertz, 1987. Oil, watercolour and wax crayon on paper. [Christie's]

[dsunearthed]

Green Plaza Capsule Hotel in Shinjuku Kabukicho, 2008

[paper-wounds]

“If I Am Killed For Simply Living” — Althea Davis

[comme-des-chatons]

God help me, I’m thinking again about learning toki pona