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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Salad dressing on the side or on the top?

Marlowe Brint, artisnal jewelry designer

Reportedly outside Santa Fe, NM

On the side, obviously. A salad should retain the illusion of free will until the very last moment. Once dressed, it has chosen a direction and can never go back.

Evelyn Voss, lobster fisher person

May once have lived in Bangor, ME

I prefer it on top, but only in a thin ceremonial line, as priests once applied oils to objects they feared and respected. A salad without dressing is just yard work in a bowl.

Clyde Ketter, attack dog trainer

Unverified, but emphatically from Akron, OH

Neither. The correct approach is to keep the dressing nearby in a separate vessel and let the salad absorb its presence psychologically. That is how my father did it, and his lettuce feared him.

Adverse Effects

The following lines may induce brief clarity, misplaced certainty, and the sense that something has already been decided without your approval ...

There is a moment, just before sleep,
when the mind loosens its tie
and admits what it spent all day denying.

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There is a moment, just before sleep,
when the mind loosens its tie
and admits what it spent all day denying.

You remember the thing you said—
not the words,
but the angle of them,
how they leaned slightly wrong
and stayed there.

A life is not ruined in grand gestures.
It goes soft at the edges first.
Corners round off. Standards blur.
You start calling things “fine”
that would have once kept you awake.

Which is the problem.

Because now you do sleep.

Beautifully. Efficiently.
Like someone who has made a series of
very small, very reasonable surrenders
and arranged them into a pillow.

Roger Daltrey of The Who in performance, hitting himself in the head with a swinging microphone, his pot belly visible beneath a tight navy t-shirt—capturing the tragic comedy of aging rock stardom.

"Ouch! Mother-fucker.

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The Who Threatened with Deportation by President Trump

As told to The Pug Bus 7 months

Look, I’ve always been a huuuuuge fan of rock and roll. Big fan of The Who. Tremendous music. But what’s happening with them–The Two, really–is… Read More

Morgan Wallen performing live on stage in a trucker hat, stadium crowd cheering, symbolizing his post-scandal comeback.

Morgan Wallen went from “canceled” to packing stadiums faster than you can say “hold my beer.”

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Morgan Wallen vs. Cancel Culture: Who Really Got Canceled?

philmaggitti Morgan Wallen 7 months

One blurry TMZ video, one slurred word, one cancel culture tantrum–and Morgan Wallen became the biggest name in country music–if not all music. Before that,… Read More

Cartoon of Mike Love's latest album--Unleash the Love

"All you need isn't Love."

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Mike Love: The Man, The Myth, The Me-Me-Me

philmaggitti trump 8 months

Welcome to the latest Mike Love advertisements for himself, where the Beach Boys’ front man continues his tireless mission to transform narcissism into a religion.… Read More

Adrian Dunbar singing at an old age home

"That bastard can't sing a lick, Emma."

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Adrian Dunbar Sings the Beatles

philmaggitti 8 months

Adrian Dunbar, beloved for playing steely-eyed detectives in Ridley and Line of Duty, has finally unleashed the project nobody asked for: a Beatles cover album.… Read More

"Poor me. pour me another round ..."

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Morgan Wallen Secretly Married

philmaggitti Morgan Wallen 9 months

Morgan Wallen might have traded in his barstool for a wedding band – at least if the internet’s rumor machine is accurate. Whisper campaigns, blurry… Read More

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