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    This Mime Has a Beautiful Voice

    NOVEMBER 5, 2012 2:16PM

    By Elizabeth Blessing


    Topics: lost coast blues, sharon nesbit-davis, mimetalker, memoir, writing, interview, talk show, twilight zone, alien

    • 0 Ratings
    • 225 Views
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    The Things That Got Away

    JULY 10, 2012 10:29AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: objects, books, extinction, twilight zone, burgess meredith, birthdays, regrets, lust, p.r. lancaster. premium pure whiskey, bloomington indiana, owensboro kentucky, bloomington antique mall, owensboro antique mall, turkey drops, jugs, william s. burroughs, collections, collectibles, antiques

    • 3 Ratings
    • 519 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Fourth of July in the Twilight Zone

    JULY 6, 2012 12:52AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: houston, texas, houston + fourth, politics, flag quilt, american flag + patchwork quilt, congenitally wealthy, congenital wealth, economy, corporate art patrons, danagram, daniel rigney, fourth of july + twilight zone, fourth of july + spectacle, texas + twilight zone, houston symphony, carbon-based politics, carbon-based economy, david dewhurst + runoff, fireworks, big bang + fireworks, higgs boson, fourth of july + 1812 + overture, corporatocracy, twilight zone

    • 2 Ratings
    • 889 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Rodeo as Twilight Zone

    MARCH 22, 2012 12:06AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: environment, sports, politics, comedy, helicopter hog hunting, hog depredation, corporate football, corporate sports, half-governor palin, endless urban sprawl, metastasizing urban sprawl, cajun food, texmex, texas bbq, business, belief/religion, domination of animals, buffalo + burgers, boudain, beaumont + texas, perry probe, sonogram, vaginal ultrasound, houston fat stock show, bareback riding, perry + prayer, reliant stadium, houston texans, rural nostalgia, hollywood texans, spindletop, dominion + genesis 1, fried alligator, danagram, daniel rigney, twilight zone, conventional worlds, perry + inarticulate, forced sonogram, sonogram + rape, sonogram + dildo, perry + probe, rodeo houston, rodeohouston, rodeo

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1986 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Country of Pig People...

    JANUARY 2, 2012 9:22PM

    By Stephen Robinson


    Topics: twilight zone, rick santorum, michele bachmann, mitt romney, newt gingrich, politics

    • 19 Ratings
    • 854 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    why the f. are they playing a 'twilight zone'marathon new yr

    DECEMBER 31, 2011 3:20PM

    By James M. Emmerling


    Topics: new years, twilight zone, fifth dimension, rod serling, time, 2011, 2012, old school

    • 2 Ratings
    • 447 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Even in heaven, someone has to be the raccoon...

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 3:04PM

    By Stephen Robinson


    Topics: heaven, twilight zone, comedy

    • 1 Ratings
    • 403 Views
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    Hot Wings in the Twilight Zone: A True Vignette

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 11:03PM

    By TaosGirl


    Topics: acid trip, twilight zone, buffalo hot wings, deprivation, food/drink, comedy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1347 Views
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    REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS: MEAN GIRLS

    OCTOBER 11, 2011 12:35PM

    By Pam Malone


    Topics: gossip, lisa vanderpump, kyle richards, kim richards, fashion, twilight zone, bravo, real housewives of beverly hills, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3948 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Dispatch from Perry's (A)political Prayer Rally

    AUGUST 8, 2011 7:50PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: rick perry, the response, apolitical, (a)political, reliant stadium, christian contemporary, contemporary christian, charismatic, evangelical, fundamentalist, shallow south, call and response, machiavellian, prince of peace, rove, doctor dobson, aclu, first amendment, freedom from religion, oil patch, joel osteen, young evangelicals, houston, changing of the gods, august 6 2011, twilight zone, unconventional worlds, book of joel, emerging church, unitarian universalists, nonpolitical, non partisan, (non)political, daniel rigney, danagram, open call, for sale, belief/religion, comedy, family, environment, economy, feminism, gay/lesbian, fox in lamb's clothing, state religion of texas, official state religion, state administered prayer, state organized prayer, sadness of joy, burning city on a hill, congenital curiosity, perry watcher, perry prayer zone, fundamentalists and other evangelicals, praying for prayer, gullible birther, semi-secular, music, news, television, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1012 Views
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    Unconventional Worlds: The Gun Show

    JULY 15, 2011 4:48PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: business, animals, comedy, technology, fashion, family, belief/religion, open call, danagram, daniel rigney, tribes of gun nation, field cutlery, stunware, hurricane next time, communal survivalists, gun nerds, tribes of gun nation, john wayne+fictional character, historical reenactors, cheney expedition, woman the hunter, man the hunter, extended magazines, gun magazines, fear industry, predators and prey+guns, knifewear, gunwear, second half of the second amendment, flintsons, jetsons, flintstocks, blue steel democrats, pink pistols, liberal gun club, communal survivalists, individual survivalists, insider/outsider paradox, houston, unconventional research, conventional research, defamiliarize, twilight zone, gun culture, gun world, overlapping tribes, collector, fantasist, corporal punishment, walter mitty, sports shooter, warrior, pretector, woman the protector, laser tag, paintball, earthlings, john wayne+fictional character, save the skeet+click and clack, parapolice, paramilitary, the larger the angst the larger the arsenal, fbi+fast and furious, featherwoods, houston chronicle, arms'r'us, hunter

    • 1 Ratings
    • 646 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Unconventional Worlds: Preface

    JULY 4, 2011 10:40PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: open+call, business, comedy, new texas, the imaginary state, new texas+the imaginary state, tabloidization, alice in wonderland, through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole, harry potter, entrance to hogwarts, entering hogwarts, thoreu's budget+walden, literal cannibaism, dull normals, other cultural worlds, subcultural worlds, twilight zone, human comedy, ephemeral culture, ephemeral history, keynes+in the long run, art cars, artcars, art car parade, belief/religion, incurious george, cultural travel, cultural tourism, rigorously unscientific, lifestyle celebrations, sideshows, carnivals, political liturgies, hogwarts, harry potter, magic doors, amusing detail, urban ethnography, urban anthropology, hawkeye, houston metrorail, trade shows, pageants, spectacles, bridal extravaganza, nerd convention, gun show, open call, danagram, daniel rigney, george brown convention center, ephemeral culture, ephemeral history, rod serling, legacy of rod serling, hawkeyeing, zoning in, zoning out, conventional worlds, unconventional worlds

    • 0 Ratings
    • 309 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Unconventional Worlds: The Baseball Card Show

    JUNE 28, 2011 12:48AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: open+call, travel, fashion, rimshot, baseball tradition and heritage, heritage jerseys, heritage uniforms, heritage cereal, heritage+tradition+old, comedian cards + jokers, comedian cards + baseball cards, comedian cards, feminism, business, twilight zone, cultural worlds, subcultural worlds, old texas, new texas, players in the game of sports memorabilia, players in the game of sports collectibles, memorabilia, woody allen, nostalgia shop, midnight in paris, used card dealers, negro league + grays, alfred schutz+phenomenology of the social world, finite provinces of meaning, baseball cards, football cards, trading cards, sports collectibles, sports memorabilia, comedian trading cards, doll world, stamp world, wealth world, bridal extravaganza, gun show, astrologers + astronomers, florida marlins, 1997 world series, honey nut cheerios box, aunthentic+authenticated, authenticated+autograph, commercializers, card collecting, bob uecker + baseball card, bill rigney + baseball card, joe garagiola + baseball card baseball+twilight zone, jack kemp + football card, maria sharapova, casey stengel + you can look it up, comedy, humor, unconventional worlds, houston reliant center, daniel rigney, danagram, you wouldn’t understand + it’s a baseball thing, new texas, old texas, social conventions, sports

    • 1 Ratings
    • 851 Views
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    Driving in the No-NPR Zone

    JUNE 20, 2011 7:05PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: old texas, new texas, new houston, npr, state-riotic, stateriotic, austin npr kut, houston npr kuhf, npr zone, no-npr zone, willie nelson, zz top, within-booth integration, road kill+ fundraiser, roadkill+fundraiser, renegade radio, retro-futurist, sonic drive-in, corporate flags, we need a corporate flags of all nations display, car window as television screen, windshield as television screen, pbs, npr, ben franklin, flags in texas, god as torturer, god as love, we refuse the right to refuse service to anyone, gated restaurant, gated ranch, whattaburger, venti+starbucks, urban, exurban, rural life, smalltown life, 21st century texas, observational high gear, saul bellow, first class noticer, columbus tx, lagrange tx, best little whorehouse in texas, rosemary’s winery, times they are upgrading, times they are updating, comedy, humor, rural ethnography, exurban ethnography, texas exceptionalism, texas mythology, liminality, between worlds, mazda patriotism, it’s newer it’ bluer, get used to it, television, urban ethnography, radio ethnography, patriotic cattle, three flags over texas, yogi berra, participant observation, six flags over texas, texas tri-color, greening of texas, faint of stomach, road kill, roadkill, environmentalism, politics, radio industry, daniel rigney, danagram, open salon, twilight zone, salon zone, radio advertising, billboard advertising, texas stop sign, silence, conspicuous patriotism, jetsons era, gated and segre-gated, deep south and shallow south, belief/religion, business, economy, food/drink, first class noticer, music, open+call, technology, travel

    • 4 Ratings
    • 890 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Lunch with Hansel and Gretel

    JUNE 2, 2011 12:20PM

    By Hayley Rose


    Topics: to serve man, thomas kinkade, kinkade cottages, working towards goals, no such thing as free lunch, to serve man, twilight zone, fairy tales, hansel and gretel, aliens, moon cheese, waterbury, ct, food/drink

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1187 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    I Say Grapefruit, You Say Pomplamoose

    MARCH 17, 2011 9:29AM

    By LuminousMuse


    Topics: diy, pomplamoose, twilight zone, rod serling

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1091 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Entering the Salon Zone

    FEBRUARY 24, 2011 6:29PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: daniel rigney, danagram, open call, twilight zone

    • 7 Ratings
    • 375 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Lost

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 4:06PM

    By Gerald Andersen


    Topics: humor, comedy, dreams, prallsville, stockton, rod serling, twilight zone

    • 0 Ratings
    • 686 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Load of Capra!

    DECEMBER 5, 2010 3:54PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: prof grampy, christmas comes but once a year 1936, cartoon, max and dave fleischer, netscape, ghosts of christmas past, agatha christie, midsomer murders, a christmas carol 1951, charles dickens, alistair sim, 1950s tv, media, the nativity, tweens, b&w movies, bad taste, cult favorite, family movies, family values, socialism, populists, marxism, television opera, amahl and the night vistors, gian carlo menotti, ambrose bierce, incident at owl creek bridge, twilight zone, hype, american banks, 2010 elections, tea party, george bailey, dick cheney, gop, mortgage crisis, lionel barrymore, egotism, flunky angel, depressing, sadism, christmas favorites, christmas tradition, suicide, jimmy stewart, tips on choosing a christmas movie for kids

    • 0 Ratings
    • 458 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    American Shape-Shifting: A William Self Production

    NOVEMBER 22, 2010 3:57PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: martin scorsese, pirandello, last temptation of christ, alan alda, m a s h, robert altman, all quiet on the western front (1989), richard thomas, ron howard, paladin, richard boone, wyatt earp, hugh o'brien, adult western, the shootist, john wayne, andy hardy, eisenhower era, room 222, ellen degeneris, funky, mike douglas show, redd foxx, the cosby show, julia, diahann carroll, pop culture, camp, frank gorshin, batman, alien, star trek voyager, lost in space, 90210, aaron spelling, mia farrow, ryan o'neal, 20th century, american history, media history, tv executives, house tv series, damon knight to serve man, roald dahl lamb to the slaughter, alfred hitchcock presents, movie producer, tv producer, actor, bing crosby, dean martin, frank sinatra, i was a male war bride, cary grant, great gatsby (1949), peyton place, m*a*s*h, the thing (1951), sci-fi, star trek, majel barrett, gene roddenberry, twilight zone, rod serling, william self, frank d gilroy, from noon till three, charles bronson

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