#Frank Sidebottom

[longreads]

But what do we really mean when we call someone eccentric? The word renders a verdict of harmlessness: A person’s style, conduct, or mannerisms may be memorable, but not concerning. And truthfully, we need people who are a bit of a character (to use an equally common euphemism). Their difference reinforces our sense of stability, their peculiarity a necessary splash of color in a landscape of conformity. We love to hear about them, to speculate why they are as they are — the odder, the better. Whether in documentaries like Grey Gardens or the five stories collected here, well-reported tales of quirkiness always invoke a small thrill, vaulting their subjects out of the realm of local gossip and into a wider imagination.

However, it’s no accident that every entry here concerns individuals who are, to varying degrees, rich or famous. The sad truth is that the lives of the everyday working class are seldom celebrated, and least of all those whose habits and personalities fall outside of the bounds of “normal.” To quote a character in Ellen Raskin’s novel The Westing Game, “the poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric.” Wealth affords many privileges in life, among them the indulgence of oddity, and such indulgence is only magnified in the face of celebrity. Behavior that would be considered problematic becomes acceptable, even admired as a natural by-product of genius.

Check out “Pawns, Puppet Heads, and Paranoia,” Chris Wheatley’s quirky new reading list on eccentrics!

#longreads #longform #nonfiction #reading recommendations #reading list #eccentrics #quirks #weird #Bobby Fischer #Frank Sidebottom #John McAfee #Josephine Baker #Edith Sitwell

[oldshowbiz]

Cult favorite Frank Sidebottom

#history of british comedy #frank sidebottom #uk #Youtube

[getoutofmyhouse]

#Alessandro Baronciani #Rumore #The Residents #Gorillaz #Daft Punk #Burial #Ghost #MF DOOM #Frank Sidebottom #Orville Peck #Pussy Riot #GWAR #SAULT #Buckethead #deadmau5 #Liberato

[jimmyjampots]

#frank sidebottom #little frank

[browsethestacks]

Myriad Masks

Tallulah Bankhead And Jeffrey Hunter (1952)

Tribal Masks

Papua New Guinea

Gold Mask

China (c.1000 B.C.)

Hollywood Masks (1964)

Women Seated With Mask

Ancient Greek Theatre Masks

Tibet (1920's)

Photography by Joseph Rock

Dogs With Masks

Frank Sidebottom

Woman With Mask

#Myriad Masks #Masks #Tallulah Bankhead #Jeffrey Hunter #Horror Films #Frank Sidebottom #Vintage #Photography #Advertising #Tibet #Papua New Guinea

[lesserknownhusbands]

#Frank Sidebottom #Chris Sievey #music #mascots #anon #mod: blini

[major2501]

If you know, you know.

#frank sidebottom #manchester #the freshies #chris sievey #northern england

[ktae]

a drag king who never tops and also enjoys non-penetrative sex called frank sidebottom. yes he wears a frank head

#frank sidebottom #frank 2014

[starbug]

#Frank Sidebottom #statue #Timperly #Christmas #2017 #2010s

[dronef257]

What wwould happen if little frank, frank sidebottoms(who remember is also a puppet) own puppet was a dronified...

Would little Denise e grieve the loss of cardboard humanity of the smaller of the two puppets or would she take the opertunity to run the hive, possibly regaining a head in the process. I. Mean big frank would have to go leaving only her to tun the show. No more living in Chris sieveys briefcase, she could take over the world.. A benevolent dictator for our times.

Heh, I've been mixing frank sidebottom jokes with drone and bdsm jokes in bed n this can only end one way.

#Drone #Frank sidebottom #Little frank #hexcorp

[senorboombastic]

a/s/l: Wesley Gonzalez

Remember the days of the old schoolyard? Remember when Myspace was a thing? Remember those time-wasting, laborious quizzes that everyone used to love so much? Birthday Cake For Breakfast is bringing them back!  Every couple of weeks, an unsuspecting band will be subject to the same old questions about dead bodies, Hitler, crying and crushes.   This Week: Off the back of releasing their latest…

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#Bingo Records #Birthday cake for breakfast #Dress Rehearsal #Frank Sidebottom #Ghostwatch #II Proud II Beg #Let’s Wrestle #Old Town #Taste of Something New #Wesley Gonzalez #Westlife #When I Rot #Wild Garlic

[julio-viernes]

La versión de "Hit The North" de The Fall por Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Supergroup: Frank (creo que Chris Sievey de los Freshies, los de la cajera del supermercado), un descolocado David Soul que colabora tocando el organillo, y Paul Ryder de Happy Mondays en el bajo. Bizarrote.

"Es la cosa más estúpida que he hecho en mi vida", se dice que dijo David. También que Mark E. Smith afirmó que era mejor que el original. La banda sirvió como inspiración de la película “Frank” (2014). 

#franks sidebottom fantastic supergroup #chris sievey #david soul #paul ryder #the fall #happy mondays

[yesterdayscapers]

so seemingly there are other brits slagging off mr blobby in the notes of that post. give me your addresses, i just want to talk. and possibly injure your kneecaps

#i am not in the slightest bit serious btw i dont even care much for mr blobby. my memories of him are vague #at best #frank sidebottom on the other hand

[punk-chicken-radio]

frank sidebottom - electricity

-ax and TOS

[astrophysicist-guitar-god]

Frank As Freddie

English musician and comedian Chris Sievey (1955 - 2010) in character as his comic alter-ego, Frank Sidebottom, 1988. Sidebottom is wearing a false moustache and imitating singer Freddie Mercury of Queen, while his puppet sidekick, Little Frank, stands in for guitarist Brian May. 

Date created:January 01, 1988

(Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images) (x)

#Brian May #my guitar god love #Freddie Mercury #Queen #found the other day while looking for new pics on Getty #what's hilarious is that I recognize Lil Brian's outfit #cute #oops! #Chris Sievey

[gayrudeboy]

men can be in drag as men but only if they have autism or similar swag. For instance david byrne big suit, and frank sidebottom

#shut up david #me after 1 pint