Hola, Peckerdears! Today we take a gander at this little nugget I plucked from the world wide internets for you: an artfully enhanced image of polyethylene-based human buoy Marla "Be Yourself ™ "   Hooch and her cursed Victorian marionette, Timotheeeeeeeeee Chamalamadingdongallthelivelongday. And what a fetching couple they make! Honestly, I'm way more interested in the Face/Off version of these two than I am the Face/On, which is still only very slightly because my interest-level in general lies beneath the basement.  Photo Source: Reddit

    

Just saw this beauty and I was SO agog that I didn't even notice the classy vintage convertible in the background until I cropped the picture (please note my exceptionally professional Microsoft paint job obscuring the Fury's license plate). It’s as hot as H-E-Double-Toothpicks here (pardon my unpardonable vulgarity) so let's cruise to the beach and chill (even if Netflix hasn't been invented yet) and listen to the menthol-cool vocal stylings of The Association: I unashamedly, unironically love this song and video. So much charming awkwardness. Happy Wednesday, darlings! Photo Credit: AK

TheStewartofNY/GC Images Here's Jessica Alba sporting a vinyl dress from the Willy Chavarria Spring 2026 collection on her way to CBS Mornings yesterday. While the colour and cut looks nice on her, I can't help but feel like the vinyl trend needs to take another long hiatus before we see it on the runways again. Not to mention the fact that it would be unbearable to wear in the NYC heat. What do you think of this lewk, Peckers? Source: The Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Greetings, music trollops, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with a little opera, a little Broadway, and a big serving of jazz. Confused? Don't be. Back in the day, whenever a musical opened on The Great White Way, the cast album would frequently rise to the top of the music charts. But wait - there's more. When "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway, for instance, and released its cast album, what followed were seemingly endless LPs in which singing stars and celebrated jazz luminaries released their own versions of "My Fair Lady." Want to hear jazz notable Shelly Mann kick it with "My Fair Lady?" Step right up ! And on and on. With many musicals, it was an embarrassment of riches, like when "West Side Story" hit the boards and then the record stores . My grandmother, who was way into jazz, was all over these albums. Want to know - and hear - what this transformative music trend was all about? Then make sure and swi...

I'm always surprised when I revisit the original "Dennis the Menace" comic strip, since it's wittier, livelier and more sophisticated than the somewhat bland, late-1950s TV series. Created by artist Hank Ketcham - who began his career in the 1930s as an animator on Disney's "Pinocchio" - the strip was inspired by the exploits of his rambunctious six-year-old, Dennis. "Your son is a menace! " exclaimed Hank's wife, Alice, and that's all it took: "Dennis" was born. After Alice died of a drug overdose when Dennis was only 12, Hank moved himself and his son to Geneva, Switzerland, where Hank remained for nearly 20 years, continuing to draw the strip. Sadly, after serving in Vietnam, Dennis suffered for decades with debilitating PTSD, which was little understood at the time. He and Hank mostly led separate lives, a poignant, even tragic, contrast to the fictional fun of "Dennis."  ''He's living in the East som...

Eminem, his weird Just-For-Men beard, and Devon Sawa have reunited 25 years after the iconic music video for the rapper's song, Stan . They attended the premiere of Eminem's new documentary film called Stans , in which director Steven Leckert showcases the complicated relationship between the rapper and his legion of fans.  Eminem originally coined the term "stan" to describe fans who have become stalker-ish in their obsession with him. The rapper has maintained a pretty private lifestyle in the last 20 years, and it has proven difficult to manage the millions of fans who were shaped by his music during the height of his fame.  The documentary was released in theatres on Friday, August 7th. Will you plan to watch it, Peckers? Source: Shady Support on X    

Excuse me while I wipe away the tears fallen from my eyes as they witness the sheer beauty of this incredible masterpiece! * tingle *

 

In about 1820-something, the first European immigrants to settle hereabouts (fuckin' Krauts, just like me) built a mill, and it made them very wealthy. They were generous and decent people over the years (their former home is now a museum) and "The Old Mill" (even though it was disused the last few decades) stood tall. People loved it. It was one of those places that made everyone nostalgic, even as weatherbeaten and decrepit as it must have looked by the 1950s. But then it burned down one night, and as much as I've looked online, I've never found a picture of it. But clues remain. After it burned down, they left the cogs and gears where they fell, possibly out of respect for the old structure (but more likely because they probably weigh about 6 tons; they're so heavy they've sunk to slightly below ground level), but either way I like it. If we don't remember where we came from we'll never know where we're going. Oh sheeit, that sounds almost p...

Today in "WTF?", Tiffany Haddish looks to have had a baby with her friend, Jason Lee. The 45-year old comedian shared this photo to her instagram with the caption "Cat's out of the bag." This seems totally random, but the two had previously discussed their baby pact on Lee's Hollywood Unlocked podcast this past November. Lee, who is gay, expressed his desire to raise a child with Haddish but did not have any interest in conceiving the old fashioned way. It appears they have figured it out! Haddish has long expressed her desire to adopt a child, despite previous controversies that suggest she is a child abuser. In 2022, Haddish was sued by two anonymous plaintiffs who allege that they were groomed and abused by Haddish when they were children. The lawsuit was subsequently dismissed.  Well, this is certainly odd. I wish that baby luck. They're gonna need it! Source: Tiffany Haddish on instagram, Rolling Out

Greetings, music hors, and welcome to another edition of Music Manor Monday. Hold tight as we skip-to-me-lou to the recent past, or the early 2000s, a time where you could whiz-bang down the street on Razor Scooters, sashay around in Heeleys , and blast irritating songs like "Hey Ya" by OutKast if you really wanted to work my last nerve. "Fo shizzle my nizzle," as the kids said back then. Right about that time, "nu jazz" - which blended jazz, funk, soul and electronica - reached an amazing creative peak. The heyday didn't last long, since the continued rise of Hip-Hop all but obliterated mainstream niche genres. It's a shame. There was an intelligence at work with nu jazz, which often took existing standards and souped them up to sometimes sublime effect. The long-running  Saint Germaine  series is a good example of this, where jazz tunes from the 1930s and 40s was reinvented, electro-jazz-style, "for the new millennium." Yet at its very ...

"Jesus was black, 9/11 was an inside job, and Ronald Reagan was the devil." "I'm gonna find me a white man and lie to him right now!" These are just two memorable quotes from a short-lived comic strip which left a scorched-earth impression - one that people are still talking about. Before it was an animated series that got a little too real on Adult Swim, "The Boondocks" was ruffling plenty of feathers as a nationally syndicated comic strip. From 1999 to 2006, creator Aaron McGruder launched a full-scale assault on...well, just about everything, including Black culture, conservative politicians and generalized idiocy in American society. It was essential reading for me, since it didn't hesitate to skewer the deserving, and with arguably more daring, more bite and more spit-taking humor than the politically-prevaricating, libertarian "South Park," which started airing only a few years before on Comedy Central. The strip introduced Huey Fr...

  60-year old Elizabeth Hurley just shared this photo of her and her 85-year old mother on IG. Haters will say it's heavily photoshopped, but what do you think?  Source: instagram

"GET OUT OF MY SWAMP!" If you've ever heard the phrase, "The nose knows" and wondered to yourself, "What exactly DOES the nose know?" , be sure as fuck not to ask this guy! That's because he's the Burbank Serial Butt-Sniffer, otherwise known as Calese Carron Crowder, and he's got a really shitty way of getting information.  First arrested in 2023 for sniffing ass at Barnes and Noble, he was arrested again last week for sniffing ass at Walmart - fucking WALMART,  where all of the ass I've ever smelled was against my will! Can you even imagine?? I can, I did, and I wish I hadn't! Anyhor, his bail is set at $100,000, and he's expected to go before a judge today. Let's just hope Goopy isn't inspired with any new ideas...

 

It's sunny and warm and gosh DAMN, that's a beautiful car. I think it's a '67 Impala. So hop in, manually roll down the windows and turn on the radio. It's Wednesday and there's a groovy new song by The Tremeloes coming on in a sec! I don't have the musical knowledge to express why I love this song so much, except that the lyrics are sincere and the vocals keep building and building and building. Happy Wednesday Open Post, darlings. Let's all keep building and building and building! Photo Credit: AK

Siren's Curse is the newest roller coaster ride at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio. The attraction, which opened at the end of June, is the first tilt coaster in the USA. This means that it has a section of track that disconnects from its starting position, turns 90 degrees, and attaches to a steep decline track. But last week, the ride came to a stop mid-tilt, stranding its passengers. This is the fourth time that this has happened since the ride opened! The park's spokesman says that this is due to the ride's safety system restarting, and says it's the equivalent to a check-engine light. Riders had to safely exit the coaster before it could resume. Would you ride on Siren's Curse after so many incidents in its first month of operation? Are you a roller coaster junkie or do you prefer safer amusement park rides? Source: UPI, Cedar Point amusement park

Greetings, hootchies, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with added oomph! and hotch-cha! Oh, and a visit to your local AA meeting and local sanitarium. What does that mean? You'll definitely want to know, so make sure to sashay over the Manor's newest nightery, "Midnight Salami" where DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing some very snazzy tunes by a gal who went through it - and how! - and triumphantly lived to tell.  And now, behold the lady who put the "yum" in "dayum!" Yes, it's Lillian Roth, the wowza actress and singing star who hit it big in the early 1930s in several Hollywood movies, like the delirious " Madam Sin ." She began her road to success years earlier on Broadway, in concert halls, and in the Ziegfeld Follies, like their 1928 "Midnight Frolics" show, which she performed in as a not-so-demure 18 year-old: Then it all came crashing down. Big time. There was the sudden death of her fia...

The party is already in full, frothy swing when you arrive, and you're 45 minutes late. Welcome to Greenwich Village, mid-1980s, and Elkie’s apartment is packed tighter than a cocaine executive’s day planner. Her duplex walk-up smells like Campari, Shalimar, and hair products. The stereo's blasting the Talking Heads at an anxiety-inducing volume, and someone’s brought a ferret. It’s wearing a leather collar. Naturally. Elkie herself—daughter of a dubious, possibly fascist German businessman and a former Miss Switzerland runner-up—is gliding around in a backless gold lamé number and neon green heels. She has the posture of a disco giraffe and the voice of a chain-smoking dove. She never blinks. No one knows what she *does*, but everyone knows she’s *done* things. Legendary things. She curates chaos. Warhol is in the corner, snapping Polaroids with slow, skeletal movements. Basquiat’s tagging the inside of Elkie’s coat closet with a Sharpie he stole from the hostess stand at Danc...