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OPEN POST: Do You Remember Wednesday (It's Almost September)?

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I saw this (I think) 1979 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham in the parking structure one Saturday night (I ran out there to have a very brief smoking break), and though it's not my idea of a beautiful car, it was big and boxy and flashy, so I had to take a pic. In 1979, Fleetwood Mac had a big hit with the "Tusk" album, and though the reaction from critics and buyers was mixed, I do love the title song's video: So how's your Wednesday going? Tell us all about it. After all, it's Open Post and it's almost September, darlings! Photo Credit: AK

Birthday Hors

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Keke Palmer - American actress, singer and tv personality - 33 Hayley Hasselhoff - American actress and plus-size model - 34 Dylan O’Brien - American actor - 35 Eureka O’Hara - American drag queen and reality tv personality - 36 James Harden - American professional basketball player - 37 Evan Ross - American actor and musician - 38 Cassie Ventura - American singer, model, actress and dancer - 40 Brian Kelley - American musician, member of Florida Georgia Line - 41 John Mulaney - American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer - 44 Macaulay Culkin - American actor and musician - 46 Chris Pine - American actor - 46 Amanda Schull - American actress and former ballet dancer - 48 Thalía - Mexican singer-songwriter and actress - 55 Melissa McCarthy - American actress, screenwriter, and producer - 56 Adrian Young - American drummer, member of No Doubt and Dreamcar - 57 Shirley Manson - Scottish musician, actress and member of Garbage - 60 Chris Burke - American actor - 61 Branford...

OBITUARY BY DARKSIDE: Dolly Parton, 1946-2026

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The following epitaph is by our very own Darkside.  The butterflies of the world are all lying in state today. The legendary Dolly Parton, singer, actress, songwriter, activist, philanthropist, business owner, and general ray of glittery gold sunshine in a sometimes truly bleak and tragic world, has passed away at the age of 80. While news of her passing isn't a total surprise (her husband passed away about 18 months ago and she had been canceling and postponing multiple events for undisclosed “health reasons” recently,) that doesn't make the loss any less shocking...or less painful. Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946 in a one room cabin in Pittman Center, Tennessee, the fourth of twelve children. Parton channeled the struggle of her family's poverty into music, singing in church at six and playing a homemade guitar at seven. Upon graduating from Sevier County High School in 1964, she moved to Nashville the next day to make it as a musician. Despite recording he...

OPEN POST: Connor's Gone Curlless!

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  Here's a snap of Connor Storrie on the set of Heated Rivalry this week. The second season of the hit show is currently being filmed in Hamilton, ON. Fans are already hysterical at the sighting and have mixed feelings about Storrie's haircut. Lord knows he can rock the curls, but this look ain't so bad either. What do you think, Peckers? Curls or not? Sources: Cathie Coward, The Hamilton Spectator

Birthday Hors

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  Claudia Schiffer - German model and actress - 56 China Anne McClain - American actress and singer - 28 Julian Kostov - Bulgarian actor and filmmaker - 37 Alexandra Burke - British singer-songwriter and actress - 38 Stacey Farber - Canadian actress - 39 Blake Lively - American actress - 39 Liu Yifei - American actress - 39 Rachel Bilson - American actress - 45 Kel Mitchell - American actor and comedian - 48 Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd - Swedish actor - 50 Ben Falcone - American actor, comedian and filmmaker - 53 Jo Dee Messina - American country music artist - 56 Cameron Mathison - Canadian-American actor and tv host - 57 Stuart Lee Murdoch - Scottish musician, lead vocals of Belle and Sebastian - 58 Rachael Ray - American cook, tv personality, businesswoman and author - 58 Tom Hollander - British actor - 59 Jeff Tweedy - American musician, singer-songwriter - 59 Blair Underwood - American actor - 62 Vivian Campbell - Northern Irish musician, guitarist in Def Leppard - 64 Billy Ra...

OPEN POST: The Peckerwood Book Club With Short And Long-Ass Reads And The Compelling "Tom's Crossing!"

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Welcome, sloots, to another edition of The Peckerwood Book Club, today with a vital question: do you judge a book by its page count? I'll admit that I do on occasion, much as I might judge a book by its cover art. For instance, I wouldn't be caught dead at a cafe reading this , since the cartoony cover makes it look like a twee book for halfwitted knobs (I haven't read it and likely won't, but that's besides the point). Similarly, if I find out that a novel is over 350 pages, I pause, just like I do when I learn that it's under 200.   Of course, this makes no sense at all. A novel shouldn't be judged as if you're ordering up piles of lumber or piping or bolts of fabric. The length is irrelevant, as I've learned from some terrific long-ish books, such as "Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler," which is over 500 pages, and  "Of Mice and Men," which clocks in at a supermodel-slender 107 pages.  Do you ever think twice about reading ...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 8/24/26!

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On the Turning Away Pink Floyd

Birthday Hors

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Jean-Michel Jarre - French electronic musician and composer - 78 Griffin Gluck - American actor - 26 Sofia Richie - American social media personality and model - 28 Justine Skye - American singer-songwriter - 31 Elizabeth Debicki - Australian actress - 36 Rupert Grint - English actor - 39 Chad Michael Murray - American actor, writer and former model - 45 Kaki King - American guitarist and composer - 47 Beth Riesgraf - American actress - 48 Karrine Steffans - American author - 48 John Green - American author, YouTuber, podcaster and philanthropist - 49 Alex O’Loughlin - Australian actor - 50 James D’Arcy - English actor and film director - 51 Dave Chappelle - American stand-up comedian and actor - 53 Barret Oliver - American photographer and former child actor - 53 Ava DuVernay - American filmmaker - 54 Marlee Matlin - American actress, author, and activist - 61 Reggie Miller - American former professional basketball player - 61 Craig Kilborn - American tv host, actor, comedian a...

OPEN POST: The Sunday Roast with BoyThrob!

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 It’s the Sunday Roast, and today it’s four times throbbier than normal! Not that we’re ever normal around these parts. These parts right here… Where was I? Oh, right! Throbbing. In the 60’s you had The Monkees (who were musically under-rated IMHO). In the 80’s you had Milli Vanilli, who were at least stunning to look at. And in 2026, we have BoyThrob, which may actually be nothing more than a four-headed practical joke. Yes, in These Trying Times™ even manufactured bands have evolved. Morphed. Mutated.  These pleasant-looking lads come to you from the hellmouth known as TikTok, where they have gone viral, more for their backstory than for their music (which is pleasant enough, I guess). For four part harmony you need, yes, four people. And BoyThrob IS four people, but there’s a problem. Three of them are American:  Anthony Key, Evan Papier, and Zachary Sobania.  One of them,  Darshan Magdum,   is Indian. And trying to bring him to the US to perform with hi...

Birthday Hors

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Julian Casablancas - American musician, singer- songwriter, lead singer of The Strokes - 48 Chloe Cherry - American actress and model - 29 Lil Yachty - American rapper and singer-songwriter - 29 Trixie Mattel - American drag queen, tv personality, and singer-songwriter - 37 Alice Glass - Canadian singer-songwriter - 38 Jeremy Lin - American former professional basketball player - 38 Sky Blu - American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, DJ and dancer - 40 Annie Ilonzeh - American actress - 43 Joanne Froggatt - British actress - 46 Andrew Rannells - American actor - 48 Scott Caan - American actor, director, photographer, writer - 50 Ray Park - Scottish actor, martial artist and stuntman - 52 Bone Crusher - American rapper - 55 Jay Mohr - American actor, stand-up comedian, writer and radio host - 56 Park Chan-wook - South Korean director, screenwriter, producer - 63 Alexandre Desplat - French film composer and conductor - 65 Caroline Manzo - American tv personality and en...

OPEN POST: Kacey Musgraves' Disco Balls!

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Credit: Heart US-UK on facebook Country singer Kacey Musgraves certainly kicked off her Middle of Nowhere tour with a bang! Here she is performing her song "Dry Spell" from a set of disco testicles. How cryptic! I wonder what will happen to these balls after the tour. They would make a lovely conversation piece in someone's home. Or they could be repurposed as the world's largest truck nuts!

Birthday Hors

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Roland Orzabal - British musician and singer-songwriter - 65 Dua Lipa - English and Albanian singer-songwriter - 31 Israel Broussard - American actor - 32 Yvie Oddly - American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper - 33 James Corden - English actor and comedian - 48 Rodrigo Santoro - Brazilian actor, voice actor and model - 51 Beenie Man - Jamaican dancehall DJ - 53 Howie Dorough - American singer and member of the Backstreet Boys - 53 Kristen Wiig - American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer - 53 Richard Armitage - English actor and author - 55 Rick Yune - American actor, screenwriter, producer and martial artist - 55 Giada De Laurentiis - Italian American chef and entrepreneur - 56 Ty Burrell - American actor - 59 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - British actor - 59 GZA - American rapper - 60 Andrew Wilson - American film actor and director - 62 Tori Amos - American singer-songwriter and pianist - 63 Debbi Peterson - American musician and the drummer of The Ba...

OPEN POST: Cottoncandy Rigamarole

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Cottoncandy Rigamarole, 2026 Naya Green

Birthday Hors

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Hayden Panettiere - American actress, model, and singer - (1989-2026) RJ Mitte - American actor - 34 Christian Navarro - American actor - 35 Bo Burnham - American comedian, musician, actor and filmmaker - 36 Tom Maden - American actor - 37 Paris Bennett - American singer - 38 Robert Lewandowski - Polish professional soccer player - 38 Kacey Musgraves - American singer-songwriter and musician - 38 Usain Bolt - Jamaican retired sprinter - 40 Laura Haddock - British actress - 41 Melissa Schuman - American singer and actress - 42 Brody Jenner - American tv personality, business owner and DJ - 43 Chantelle Houghton - English tv personality and glamour model - 43 Tarek El Moussa - American real estate investor and tv personality - 45 Kelis - American singer-songwriter - 47 Alicia Witt - American actress, singer and musician - 51 Joe Gorga - American reality tv personality - 52 Sergey Brin - American computer scientist - 53 Craig Counsell - American former professional baseball pla...

OPEN POST: Hosted By "Today On Cooking With Brooklyn Beckham": PAR-BROILED OXTAILS!

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