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| Chelsea Handler |
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Today we celebrate JRR Tolkien Day! "Yes" It's the author of The Lord Of The Rings trilogies Birthday!
And you’re encouraged to toast him in celebration. You may remember from the story that Frodo toasts his Uncle Bilbo on Bilbo’s birthday every year. Now, over sixty years after the trilogy’s original publication, The Tolkien Society asks fans to honor Tolkien’s birth, which itself was January 3, 1892. Come up with a few words of adulation on your own, or use the official Society phrase: “The Professor!” If you want to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien Day with a few extra meals in addition to the toast, in true hobbit fashion, Frodo would certainly approve!
So today ask yourself what would Frodo do???
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| Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins |
It's the first Friday of 2026 and there is one word that best describes it, I bet you can guess what that word is...
It's supercalifragilisticexpialidociousEven though the sound of it is something quite atrociousIf you say it loud enough you'll always sound precociousSupercalifragilisticexpialidociousUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
You tell em' Mary Poppins!
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"Can't stop, comin' in hot"
Michael Shinafelt
"So raise your glass if you are wrong
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| Michael Shinafelt |
2025 was a rough year and were still standing. 2026 will more than likely prove equally as challenging.
Remember the chutzpah that got you through last year? Well you'll need more of that this year to be certain.
Be Fearless Minions!
Happy New Year!
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Heading into 2026 what John Waters says echoes my sentiments 100%.
"Yes" these are the things I find shocking as well. Not to mention the not funny actions and other things that go hand in hand with them.
There's got to be a morning after, or something.
WERD!
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| Wanted Noise |
Pacific Beach punk mainstays Wanted Noise are kicking off 2026 early with their explosive new single “Burn The Time Away,” out January 6. The track marks the first taste of the band’s upcoming studio album Easy Listening and adds a deeper emotional punch to their signature skate-punk, surf-punk, SoCal-bred sound.
Formed in 2014, Wanted Noise have carved out their own lane within Southern California’s alternative music scene, blending high-energy punk with the genre-blurring influences that first defined them. The band has performed everywhere from Baja, Mexico up the U.S. West Coast to Vancouver, Canada, and across to Arizona and Colorado—sharing stages with The Ataris, Punk Rock Karaoke, and appearing at the 2025 Punk Rock Rodeo headlined by Guttermouth. In recent years they launched their own DIY touring concept, “Hit the Slopes, Hit the Stage,” a punk-rock snowboarding tour that pushes their dream of combining music, surf trips, and mountain weekends into a full-time reality.
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The band first earned critical attention with their 2017 release Plate Lunch. In a 2020 San Diego Reader feature, journalist Dryw Keltz described Wanted Noise as “a throwback to the free-for-all attitude that bands such as The Minutemen personified,” noting that while their songs sit comfortably under the punk umbrella, “the influences at play are what set them apart.” Guitarist/vocalist Suri Sherman likened the record’s multi-genre personality to “a plate lunch where you’ve got your beans, meat, and veggies… a little sampler of everything.”
After releasing their skate-punk driven album Next Generation in 2022, Wanted Noise are now gearing up for Easy Listening, their most fully realized project to date.
Facebook: facebook.com/wantednoiseca
Instagram: instagram.com/wantednoiseca
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0ky0RnLH6ovRHbeKp71uuY
Bandcamp: wantednoise.bandcamp.com
