The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

Walter Peck (the EPA guy from “Ghostbusters”) was right

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date March 25, 2023
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Mastodon “toot” by “Batkaren”: “I’ve become old enough to realize Walter Peck from the EPA was 100% right to try to regulate the Ghostbusters’ storage containment unit.” and Mastodon toot by “Crumbs the Cat”: “The whole movie is Reaganism in a nutshell. The heroes are scrappy, risk-taking entrepreneurs who have been rejected by elitist academia, are hounded by meddling government regulators, and ultimately have to come to the rescue of a helpless government. They prevail in the end against a world-destroying androgyne by breaking their *own* workplace safety rules (‘never cross the streams’).”

I’ve become old enough to realize Walter Peck from the EPA was 100% right to try to regulate the Ghostbusters’ storage containment unit.

And in response, “Crumbs the Cat” astutely noted:

The whole movie is Reaganism in a nutshell. The heroes are scrappy, risk-taking entrepreneurs who have been rejected by elitist academia, are hounded by meddling government regulators, and ultimately have to come to the rescue of a helpless government. They prevail in the end against a world-destroying androgyne by breaking their *own* workplace safety rules (“never cross the streams”).

Slice of Life

How’s your Daylight Saving Time going?

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date March 13, 2023
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“This is how the first few days of Daylight Saving Time feel,” featuring pictures of Joel from “The Last of Us” having panic attacks. — Tap to view at full size.

It Happened to Me

I didn’t have time to change for a last-minute meeting…

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date March 10, 2023
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Joey deVilla in his home office wearing a t-shirt with a picture of a kitten and the caption “Hug Dealer.” — Tap to view at full size.

…but my exercise shirt was a hit anyway.

It Happened to Me Music Slice of Life

I can’t tell if this Pink Floyd merch’s design is completely wrong or completely right

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date March 10, 2023
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When I first saw this hoodie, my first thought was that its design was a little too bright and bubbly.

An almost periwinkle background? Pink, yellow, and light green lettering in a font better suited to selling cotton candy? Did whoever designed it even listen to the album? Even just once?

Maybe I spent too much time picking out rock t-shirts in head shops on Toronto’s Yonge Street during my misspent youth, but it’s my opinion that prog-rock t-shirts should be black. I think that Wish You Were Here, with its themes of loss and disillusionment with the music industry, is better paired with graphics like those from the video for Welcome to the Machine.

And then it occurred to me: if you were 17 years old in 1975 (when the North American tour featured on the hoodie took place), you’d be 65 years old today. Those bright colors might work better with a retirement wardrobe of golf clothes, cruisewear, and senior chic in general.