#dancing bugs

[get-back-homeward]

Ringo's Love of Jive Dancing

Playing skiffle with Eddie Clayton introduced a welcome way out from the street-corner existence Richy Starkey had known more than a year. It would take a long time to remove himself completely, but being with a group was an alternative to “walking” with the gang, and when he and Roy weren’t doing one or the other they were often dancing. Both were athletic and acrobatic jivers, accomplished rock and roll dancers able to flip, flop and fly their female partners, hold them up in the air and send them scooting through their legs.

Richy was a good jiver and so was I. We used to go to all the hops, to the Rialto and the Cavern, and girls liked to dance with us because we could do it. We had denim suits and denim jackets so the lads and girls in the Cavern called us “the Binmen.” We had regular jiving partners and loved it. But we were seriously threatened in the Rialto one night. Some feller got stabbed in the face with a pair of scissors and I was told, “You and your mate are next.” We were out of there like a shot. We didn’t like that at all. That was me and Richy—out the door.

—Tune In (Ch. 7, July 15–Dec 15, 1957)

A jukebox pumped out records when the Hurricanes took a break and [Ringo] was easily the best jiver in the group, never short of a dance partner. Margaret Douglas, on holiday here from Liverpool, says, “Ringo was a brilliant rock ’n’ roll dancer. He knew all the moves.”26

—Tune In (Ch. 15, May 31–Aug 15, 1960)

#i can find no photos of 50s richie jive dancing and that is a shame #but i love this quote and needed an aesthetic post to bring it alive #ringo starr #richard starkey #none really show the big jive moves #which are crazy and incredible and a good partner is worth their weight in gold #ringo #i cheated with the middle twirl thats just stock #the rest are all ringo #dancing bugs #mia farrow #cilla black #astrid kitcherr #ringo stories #ringo appreciation post #prebugs #reading tune in #i love all the young ringo details #i really need to post more i dont see enough ringo posts on my dash #underrated how dangerous those dance halls got #that john scissor story from hambug gets a lot of play but all he did is chop up a dress #the teds are gouging peoples eyes out with them at dances when someone eyes their girl wrong i mean yikes

[danskjavlarna]

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Here’s my collection of vintage dancing imagery.

#dancing bugs #dancing #anthropomorphism #bee #bugs #insects #vintage illustration

[maxknightley]

this is a new one.

#gif #someone who knows how to do this: please add stick bug dance to the rightmost side.

[character-of-all-time]

ROUND 6: BUGS (bnnuy) VS BARBIE (girl)

#tournament #now kill #bugs #bugs bunny #e bugs #barbie #barbie and the twelve dancing princesses

[msexcelfractal]

I used to believe that bugs were little robots. Lots of people do, it’s the prevailing opinion next to “i’ve never thought about it”. Then I watched a mother wasp mourn her child. An animal who stretched after a nap and did little dances when her daughters returned from flight. Now she is opening her fourth capped hexagon and finding a pale white stillborn. She grasps the baby gently in her jaws and does not put it down for over 24 hours. Carries her loss, pacing back and forth the length of her enclosure. It is not the behavior of a robot.

So I think about the prior odds. Scenario A, bugs are robots. Why do I believe that? Because they are so tiny. Because if they are not robots then my world [where “insect exterminator” is a job title and I can buy a can of mass death at home depot] does not make sense. They must be insignificant.

The wasp makes me reconsider. Scenario B: her kind are like mine. cry when we are sad and happy when we play. Has this feature evolved many times? Or is it common to all the children of the precambrian worm? Every shark in the ocean swimming in their own feelings. Every bird and every cat knowing the thrill of being alive? The wasp made me realize that my whole moral picture is wrong. We’re not alone on this planet,

#the prevailing thepry is bee dances communicate info #i dont think thats all #they dance because they are happy to see each other #the info is communicated by antennae tapping #I think people hate wasps because they remind us that insects are not insignificant. #If I disrespect her I can be stung - she is no longer insignificant. #bug #interesting: tunicates are closer to human ancestry than arthropods. adult tunicates have secondarily lost concsness - baby tuni r lil worms #I love wasps. I love the caterpillars who are eaten by the wasps. I no longer see a contradiction. #(The contradiction is industrial humanity terraforming six continents in 400 years) #the contradiction is 100 billion living minds in cages #the problem (when humans treat humans like animals) is that humans treat animals like dirt to step on #5AM

[valentimmy]

redraw

#it’s actually very funny how the way I got into ff7 was because I saw pictures of Sephiroth being friends with pichu #I already knew who cloud and Reno were but I didn’t pay that much attention then I saw these on Pinterest and I was like. YOU 🫵 #they’re watching dancing fruits on a little tv #Sephiroth has the sword bc he was using it to cut a cake bc it’s pichu birthday. I don’t Know #also he took a horrible amount of effort to render I want to squash him like a bug #timmy draws stuff #fanart #digital art #my art #ff7 #ffvii #sephiroth #pichu #final fantasy vii

[schwarzfee]

#looney tunes #bugs bunny #elmer fudd #dancing #cross dressing #cartoon #animated gifs

[garfield0-o]

Overwatch stufffsssss

Babtqftim in 2023😭😭😭

And some oldish oc stuff

#overwatch #roadhog #lifeweaver #torbjorn #tracer #swap!sans #fresh!sans #silver the hedgehog #six little nightmares #meow skulls #bugs bunny #mickey mouse #felix the cat #bendy the dancing demon #boris the wolf #cuphead #ortensia the cat #jessica rabbit #babtqftim #my ocs #original character #knuxadow #shadow the hedgehog #knuckles the echidna #miss pauling #zhanna tf2 #king dice #donald duck #alice angel #widowmaker

[clonemexx]

#silly billy #what a goofy guy #frank iero #mcr #my chemical romance #frank is a dance bug #gerard way #mikey way #ray toro

[copperpipes]

🧚‍♀️✨She was a fairy✨🧚‍♀️

There he is, bug man, now with wings!

I've entertained the idea of mantis wings, and I know this is far from the original concept but I still think it turned out cool

Man did this thing piss me off, I don't think i will do it again

Mind, thats still repo. there's some more of him.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt art #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #rottmnt fanart #repo mantis #insect art #bug art #🕺dancing in the dark🕺 #mantis art #lighting study #my art

[neechees]

common windmill butterfly?

[image description: semi realistic digital drawing of a pale person with black hair in fancy shawl regalia, standing with a light smile. Their shawl is pink satin with two black ribbons sewn all along at the bottom of the hem, and white fringes. A white laminated paper titled "Red Thunderbird Pow wow" and the number "858" printed in the center of it is pinned to the shawl. The dancer's hair is wrapped in pink hair wraps and tied at the ends with pink shell, and black ferret fur dangling at the end of it. Their underdress is also pink satin, and their waist is covered with a black leather mirror belt, and the front half of the vest sits in front of their chest. The vest, moccasins, choker, and leggings have a design mimics the pattern of the butterfly wings. They wear a black eagle feather behind their head. end description.]

(send me a butterfly or moth species and I'll draw a fancy shawl dancer inspired by it)

#insects #insect tw #fancy shawl #pow wow #dance #bugs tw #butterfly #butterflies #justin's art #ndn #native american

[talos-stims]

初音ミクシンフォニー 5th anniversary ver.

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#talos stimboards #stimboard #stim #gold stim #gold #glow #light #yellow #orange #white #black #figurines #vocaloid #hatsune miku #hatsune miku symphony #glitter #butterflies #fake bugs #crystals #dancing #ballet #gif ids #id in alt

[rubberlemon]

#himerita #ohsama sentai kingohger #king ohger #hymeno ran #rita kaniska #himeno ran #yuri bugs #lemonarte #YOU moved from them dancing together I'm still here

[lochthefishy]

Michael Davies in class

unfortunately I don’t have the tools to make his limbs go right to left so it’s all just going random

#michael davies #faith the unholy trinity #faith game #michael davies faith #I wanted him to do the stick bug dance : #But instead he’s having some sort of seizure

[mudwerks]

(via THE BRAND NEW VOLUME IN THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG: ALL-MIGHTY COMICS! – Tom The Dancing Bug Page)

#Ruben Bolling #Tom The Dancing Bug #art #satirical comic strip #the republican circus #politics

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Diner Journalism

Tom the Dancing Bug – Chagrin Falls: "Diner Journalism"

TOM the DanciNg Bug Chagrin Falls "DINER JOURNALISM" by RUBEN BOLLING

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Panel 1: a sign outside a diner

CENTRAL DINER WELCOME BACK ELITIST COASTAL REPORTERS

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Panel 2: a reporter talking to a waitress

Waitress: Hey, Bill. It's been a while! What's your angle, hon? Reporter: Trump's enduring popularity with salt-of-the-Earth real Americans. Waitress: You'll want Roger and Abby over in booth 4. Roger (in a red cap): Over here!

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Panel 3: A reporter calling out to men in red caps in booths

Reporter: Anybody here a real American farm owner with a severe labor shortage who doesn't know that Trump opposes immigration? Man in red cap: Me! Have a seat!

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Panel 4: A reporter and a cameraman at a booth with a woman (Sandra) eating a hamburger

Reporter: Hi, Sandra. Just sit here while I tape my intro... Sandra: Alright. Reporter: "Here in America's real heartland, very real Americans have not wavered in their support of Donald Trump."

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Panel 5: The reporter from panel 4 continues to speak, while a woman reporter holding a notebook calls out to men in booths wearing red caps

Panel 4 reporter: Outside the ivory-tower confines of the coastal bubble where not-real Americans live, the prosecutions of Trump are seen as... Woman reporter: I'm on deadline! Anyone here a charismatic White Supremacist? Man in booth: Yo!

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Panel 6: Reporter with a laptop at a booth with a woman drinking coffee

Reporter: Maybe with less racism, tell me again why you support Trump. Woman: Well, when he talks about non-Whites, he really tells it like it is. Reporter: Mmm... A little less.

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Panel 7: Angry man in MAGA cap at booth talking to rapt reporter

Man: Yes, I'd like to punch you in your lamestream vermin face. Reporter: Fascinating! What are your views on Bud Light? On the price of eggs? Tell me *every*thing!

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Panel 8: Couple talking to reporter while new man enters diner and speaks to Beth, the waitress

Man from couple: Everyone at January 6 was an FBI agent! Woman from couple: And everyone was a freedom-fighting patriot! Reporter: Got it. Both. Man talking to Beth: Table for one.

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Panel 9: Man who entered restaurant turns to leave while Beth the waitress talks with him

Beth: Are you coastal media elite or heartland real American interview subject, hon? Speech bubble from out-of-panel: "Then Jack slams his real American fist into my effete, overeducated jaw!" SFX: POW! Man leaving diner: Never mind. I'll eat at home.

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The End

#ruben bolling #tom the dancing bug #maga #media criticism #iowa caucus