They sounded more 60ish than what I posted and folksy or something, like they had something to say. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give them a solid B.

@Baden gets a C-, like always.

Just started a band: Terror Misus. Italian punk quartet. Hanover on the electric harp.

George Harrison playing slide

I would have thought you'd go for the always-in-demand kazoo d'amore--the kazoo of love--as necessary in a Italian Punk band as the viola d'amore was to a Rococo band. The viola d'amore had sympathetic strings that really cared. The kazoo d'amore is sympathetic too -- it has pity on those who have to listen to it.

They sounded more 60ish than what I posted — Hanover

You nailed their decade -- Mendocino was written in 1968. I still think they share a certain, hmm, Je ne sais quoi.

Here is a fine lieder first performed by Elton Motello. I think this arrangement and performance by The Damned is more distinguished and elegant.

Guess the date?

I didn't Google it, but I'm going with 1974 based upon the punk sound.

Now I'll check...

It was 77. I almost said 75, which would have been closer, but I went earlier because it sounded more old school than the 80s, but I call my guess pretty close.

I've been listening to a lot of punk lately actually.

Jocaxian’s time definition (pdf)
^{— João Carlos Holland de Barcellos · Jan 27, 2023}

The publisher seems a bit shady.
At least the article is short.

The publisher seems a bit shady. — jorndoe

Perhaps it's a giveaway that the article uses the word "zillion." Everyone knows the correct word is "bazillion."

I always thought it was bajillion. the more you know...

I've been listening to a lot of punk lately actually. — Hanover

I hope this doesn’t mean you’re abandoning beatnikism.

Gazillion.

Your brain is a balloon being pulled along by an empty skateboard.
It's always downhill until your wheels land in the bay.
And now you're a balloon tied to something sinking as it's carried along by the currents, further and further out to sea.
When you washed up on the shore in China, a child picked up your brain and ran screaming.

:clap: :flower:

I always enjoyed the imagination in literature among the friends in this forum. I don't want to swim so deep in your thoughts on why you wrote that. Nonetheless, I want to highlight two aspects:
How you compared the brain with a balloon (interesting, indeed) and how is pulled along by different factors or scenarios.

On the other hand, may I ask you why did you choose China in your story?

On the other hand, may I ask you why did you choose China in your story? — javi2541997

I heard a song a long time ago about a "slow boat to China."

hope this doesn’t mean you’re abandoning beatnikism. — Jamal

So I looked up the sort of music a beatnik might listen to and it was cool jazz, so combining that with punk, I arrived at jazz punk, which turns out is a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_jazz

A leading band of that genre is:James Chance and the Contortions.

And this is a sample of that, which is all I listen to these days. It is my exclusive jam, and I have this condescending dickish hipster attitude to those who disagree. Sorry daddy-o, it's who I am these days.

I heard a song a long time ago about a "slow boat to China." — frank

:up:

Sounds like Mick Jagger to me.

sniveling nabobs of negativism — BC

:lol:

Here is a fine lieder first performed by Elton Motello. I think this arrangement and performance by The Damned is more distinguished and elegant.

Guess the date? — BC

Not my expertise. Ask me about 80s and 90s thrash and death metal, and maybe.

Your brain is a balloon being pulled along by an empty skateboard. — frank

:up:

This one's for you @BC

Sort of reminds me of this:

Sort of reminds me of this:

Not sure what I just watched.

Me either. Let us never speak of it again.

I always thought it was bajillion. — john27

Gazillion. — Jamal

Those are metric. Here in the USofA, we still use the inch/pound/bazillion system.

Yawn.

Gluten-free with home made pesto + mozzarella and salami.

Do you just use the cardboard insert as the crust to avoid the glutton?

Haha, NO! It’s made with fancy-ass Italian flour. Most folks probably couldn’t tell it’s gluten-free.

Gluten-free with home made pesto + mozzarella and salami. — praxis

Looks tasty! Love salami, I always have some pieces in my kitchen :up: