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  1. The finale of #ploneconf2026 Lightning Talks is happening now! Be prepared for twists and turns and shocking moments. Expect the unexpected.

    #plone #opensource #community #lightningtalks #morecowbell

  2. The bit that you skip #232: Blue Öyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

    This is a song that feels eternal. Not because of the running time but because it feels it’s always been there, besides you, just like its subject matter. Inescapable and same for all but through different means.

    (Don’t Fear) The Reaper is a song of two audiences: the ones whose memory is attached to a particular moment in pop culture (SNL, Halloween, The Stand, Scream) or those who got blown away by that killer solo and can feel that ending sustained note ring through their souls.

    I’m on the former side. Even if my parents never liked Stephen King, I was glued to my seat when The Stand aired on ABC in 1994. The apocalyptic opening scenes with the after effects of the plague while the song plays hooks you, and although it hasn’t aged that well, I still love that adaptation. Certainly a much better effort than The Langoliers. And you can’t go wrong with Gary Sinise.

    I found a copy of Agents of Fortune at a jumble sale in Beeston, many decades ago. The CD booklet was pretty much falling apart and I think I got a contact high from how much ancient bits of weed and seeds were in there. Still, I was pleasantly surprised. I found I knew more songs by them than I realized. E.T.I. is a hoot, and This ain’t the summer of love is brilliant. No wonder L7 covered it for the I know what you did last summer soundtrack.

    In a way, I think (Don’t Fear) The Reaper is analogous as an obsession just like California Dreamin’ was to my dad. He loved all versions of the track, and so I love all versions of (Don’t Fear) The Reaper. The bootleg from Red House Painters, solemn and fuzzy in its pirated version. The H.I.M. version, eerie and perfect for a Halloween mixtape. Gus Black, when you want to be cheeky with Ghostface. Goo Goo Dolls, on their punkier phase. Hayseed Dixie, for running on fields of wheat, intoxicated with bourbon and moonpies. No matter how you tell this story, it all ends the same: the reaper wins and we all break even.

    I don’t actively look for solos, but appreciate emotion over technical prowess. Cinnamon Girl’s “simple” solo gives me much more joy than Dragonforce’s Through the fire and flames. I think (Don’t Fear) The Reaper manages to intersect both emotion and technique. I hate to repeat myself, but that sustained note by solo’s end, just before the drum kicks back? Perfection.

    -Sam J. Valdés López

    https://youtu.be/Dy4HA3vUv2c?si=MrTa0BAV7-CObRIj

    #DonTFearTheReaper #ABC #AgentsOfFortune #Beeston #BlueÖysterCult #CaliforniaDreamin #Dragonforce #GarySinise #GooGooDolls #GusBlack #HIM #halloween #HayseedDixie #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer #Moonpies #MoreCowbell #music #NeilYoung #Nottingham #RedHousePainters #Scream #SNL #StephenKing #TheStand
  3. The #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #Medicine and "Guess what! I got a fever! And the only prescription is more cowbell!"

    Saturday Night Live & Christopher Walken - More Cowbell

    youtube.com/watch?v=EGaMQzLboL

    #Music #SNL #ChristopherWalken #MoreCowbell

  4. Let’s get ready for Lightning Talks Day 2!

    Remember. Enter stage right, talk quickly, exit stage left. Follow these 3 simple guidelines and no tomatoes will be thrown.

    Maybe?

    #PloneConf2025 #Plone #Python #Volto #React #OpenSource #VaudevilleHook #Shakespeare #Tomatoes #MoreCowbell

  5. Not widely known, but *The* Bruce Dickinson plays the additional percussion on Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" himself. Wayne Ferrell was just a stage name he sometimes used - this song being the last time.

    #FilmOrShowCharacterMyths
    #HashTagGame #MoreCowbell

  6. I see Trump's using a Halloween themed AI video to scare us about Russ Vought illegally impounding money.
    Needs #MoreCowbell Donny!

    Now here's something that really scares them. #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
    @GottaLaff @lolgop
    @jimstewartson

  7. Anyone else here remember a Canadian rock band from the mid 70s called Hammersmith?

    Anyone else here alive then? #MoreCowbell

  8. #SaturdayNightLive #ChristopherWalken #WillFerrell #MoreCowbell #Comedy #BlueOysterCult #Humour #humor #Funny #DontFearTheReaper
    I’m not sure Chris Walken would approve of this (he became rather sick of hearing “More cowbell!” in real life!) but it’s always cracked me up. The way Bobby (the drummer) desperately fights and fails to keep a straight face, and if you look very closely you can even see Chris Walken laughing through the glass in the background.
    What a sketch!
    vimeo.com/467158620

  9. Discovering that #BlueOysterCult is more than just #MoreCowbell and heard this demo from the Rarities album. It's sad some of their best songs weren't released. Certified banger that would have fit the 1984 vibe to perfection. #80s

    youtu.be/CBCdYxyj7qs?si=JwhJ8o

  10. GOOD MORNING! #Humor #mentalhealth 🔔😂 Mark Parisi’s Off the Mark hilariously spoofs the SNL "More Cowbell" sketch—because what really makes a masterpiece is excessive doorbell. #MoreDoorbell #SNL #MoreCowbell #ChristopherWalken #BlueOysterCult #Webcomics #Comedy #Cartoon #Parody #90sNostalgia

  11. As per usual I'm a bit all over the place with the genres. 😅 It was a fun theme!

    Back Stabbin' Betty - Cage the Elephant youtube.com/watch?v=G9jIVuwlxDM

    We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad youtube.com/watch?v=QxNXFNCTr2I

    Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye youtube.com/watch?v=Ayyy-03ITDg

    No One Loves Me And Neither Do I - Them Crooked Vultures youtube.com/watch?v=oMLHqAUyhEk

    The Black Rider - Tom Waits youtube.com/watch?v=CIqvbHvEyLg

    #ThursdayFiveList #MoreCowbell

  12. This week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme: #MoreCowbell. Songs that feature (or at least contain) ANY auxiliary percussion instrument - cowbell, conga, timbales, güiro, agogo bells, cabasa, maracas or other shakers, djembe, etc.

    Green Tamborine - The Lemon Pipers (vibraslap)
    youtube.com/watch?v=o6IEgrQ4lr

    All Along the Watchtower - Jim Hendrix (vibraslap)
    youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYyn

    Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (glockenspiel)
    youtube.com/watch?v=flA5ndOyZb

    Steppin’ Out - Joe Jackson (vibraphone)
    youtube.com/watch?v=PJwt2dxx9y

    Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye (xylophone)
    youtube.com/watch?v=jg51kFe7CW

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