Here in the Pac-Northwest, we had an emergency, extreme weather alert for the last few days for super-high wind speeds, unseasonably warm temperatures, thunder & lightning, and HAIL (possibly as large as "tennis balls.") It did hail, but it was normal size. I didn't notice much wind (and I had the window open all night, hoping for a nice disturbance...) Didn't even see any lightning flashes, although Mariah says SHE saw some... (Is she fibbing?) And now the "DANGER" has gone, and we didn't get anything damaging or horrible. I suppose that's good... Good is good, right??
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Time warp!!! 20 Mar. 2025
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"Yikerz" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with MS Paint on my new, fancy laptop. (THANK YOU, MARIAH!!!) I'm so glad that I can still draw badly, even with a brand, spanking, new machine!] Rift in reality, I assume... Evil jerk monster looking, disapprovingly, thru the rift into our universe.
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/31
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Time leap, BACKWARDS!!! Whoa! - 18 Mar. 2025
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I made a video today in which I shared a bunch of my recent art production. I think it's fun, even if I do go ramblin' a bit. (I'm a ramblin' kinda guy!)
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I ALSO updated my NEOCITIES page, mostly with a bunch of stolen stuff. Theft is for heroes!!!
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20 Mar. 2025 - Now we've yo-yoed to the 20th again! Weird...
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"Traveling to Oregon Ghost Con 2025" by RFY (HF)
20 Mar. 2025. Mariah and I leave tomorrow for Oregon Ghost Con. It's one of our favorite outing of the year, and we can't wait to get to Seaside (Oregon), and get to chill with the spooky-folks for a couple days... Since we're driving (cheaper than astral travel, now that psychic energy is so expensive), we'll need TUNES for the drive. I picked 59 cuts that are "MARIAH FRIENDLY," (she always says, "You know what I like,") and then picked 59 cuts that are primarily for me. (I avoided the weird, noisy, and psycho-folk stuff that I know she really doesn't like --no Nurse with Wound or Current 93 or Chris & Cosey, sadly-- but the list I came up with is still pretty interesting, so I'm sharing it!!)
The "OLD MAN" picks for our drive to the coast:
---1. The Adverts - "I Surrender"
---2. Aesthetic Perfection - "Dead Zone"
---3. America - "Lonely People"
---4. Beck - "Old Man"
---5. The Beta Band - "Broke"
---6. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - "Knock Three Times (Skinny Kinda Mix)"
---7. Blatz - "Lullabye"
---8. Blondie - "Maria"
---9. Bob Marley and The Wailers - "Rainbow Country"
---10. Borghesia - "Am I? (Version Two)"
---11. Citizen Fish - "Break Into a Run / Rainbows"
---12. Cracker - "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
---13. Cracker - "Low"
---14. The Cure - "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
---15. Deathray - "Scott"
---16. Devo - "That's Good"
---17. The Dream Academy - "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime"
---18. Edge of Dawn - "Black Heart (Beta)"
---19. Eels - "Last Stop: This Town"
---20. Empire of the Sun - "Way to Go"
---21. The Godfathers - "Something Good About You"
---22. Go-Go's - "We Got the Beat"
---23. Groovie Ghoulies - "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)"
---24. The Housemartins - "Drop Down Dead"
---25. Implant - "The Drive"
---26. Jane's Addiction - "So What!"
---27. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says"
---28. Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - "Rock N Roll Beethoven / Yakety Yak / Blue Moon"
---29. Joy Division - "Isolation"
---30. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
---31. Kepi and Friends - "The Perfect Girl"
---32. Kepi Ghoulie - "Spell Caster"
---33. Kim Wilde - "Midnight Train"
---34. Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra"
---35. The Legendary Pink Dots - "Junkyard"
---36. The Legendary Pink Dots - "Waiting for the Call / You 'n' Me"
---37. The Legendary Pink Dots - "Frosty"
---38. Long Hind Legs - "Open Wide"
---39. MC 900 Ft. Jesus - "Killer Inside Me (Killer Long Version)"
---40. Milly Shapiro & Gregory Diaz - "My New Philosophy"
---41. The Mission - "Stars Don't Shine"
---42. The Prodigy - "Stand Up"
---43. The Prodigy - "G-Force"
---44. Queen - "Dragon Attack"
---45. Queen - "Let Me in Your Heart Again (William Orbit Mix)"
---46. Shakey Graves - "Roll the Bones"
---47. Shelter - "We Can Work It Out"
---48. Simon & Garfunkel - "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall"
---49. The Sisters of Mercy - "Lucretia My Reflection"
---50. Tegan & Sara - "Walking with a Ghost"
---51. They Might Be Giants - "Purple Toupee"
---52. Two Door Cinema Club - "Something Good Can Work"
---53. The Vapors - "Letter from Hiro"
---54. VNV Nation - "At Horizon's End"
---55. "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Polkamania!"
---56. Whiskeytown - "Mirror, Mirror"
---57. The Wombats - "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
---58. X-Ray Spex - "Warrior in Woolworths"
---59. XTC - "Ball and Chain"
Yep. That's the kind of music that I've been digging on, lately, (minus the too "OUT THERE" stuff that bugs the Boss!) If you know of any tunes that I might enjoy (based on my choices here or on past-posts), let me know! Otherwise, drop some of these names into the music playing application of your choice, and ENJOY!!!!)
Yeah...
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"Teasing the Flesh" by RFY (HF)
[Digital drawing and layers over photograph that I took with my phone.] It might mean something to someone. (To me, it's just fun!)
https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/34
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27 Mar. 2025
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Hey peeps, this is Richard F. Yates. (STILL ALIVE! WOOOOOO!) Mariah and I were out of town for a few days, then I had a few GRANDPA days, and now (on Thursday) I have a "DAY OFF." HA! Spent most of the morning listening to music and drawing in my notebook. Jeepers-creepers, I've been doing a ton of notebook and scrap paper art lately! (CAT is meowing at the window. I guess I better go let him in...)
(TWO cats needed to come in... Damn. How could I have TORTURED them like that, just because they BEGGED to go out a couple hours ago, and like a jerk, I LET THEM OUT! I'm clearly evil, in the eyes of cats...)
Anyway... Where was I?
The RETURN of PHYSICAL MEDIA!! (Time to put together another back of photos to have PRINTED! Make the electrical-ethereal into TANGIBLE objects!)
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I've been slacking lately (actually, I've been OFF-LINE), but I finally posted a new NEOCITIES page! Almost like a blog, but mostly images. I write in other places...
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0134
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"Who are You Fooling?" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, liner pen, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] If the world is falling down around you, try to dance... Maybe you're just fooling yourself into empty joy, but at least the dance is fun!
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/32
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We wuz trippin' (but now we're back...) Do you see what we see-ed?
Fun!
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"Swirling Towards Whateverville" by RFY
[Felt pen, gel pen, liner pen, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] It's throbbing and growing near... (Yuck...)
https://rodeo.club/post/0x7E06037AB61D4180009Bd93357045A7fCF6E1c68/35
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"Before I Go Insane" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, colored pencil, and mechanical pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Them dang Ramonies played some rockin' tunes, but are we certain that we learned the proper lesson from PUNK as an aesthetic? (How can I convince you that I'm not just a fool... I mean... Not ONLY a fool....)
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