Iconography

[gridlore]

fearsclave boldly went forth and asked me to explain seven of my icons. Reply if you want me to do the same to you, knowing full well my tendency to let such things slip when I'm distracted by sports/Nethack/writing/beer/The 1812 Overture/beer/beer.



Can't remember where I found this, but it amused me in its resemblance to a famous photo of Peter Townshend. It is a detail from a work by Hieronymus Bosch entitled Beehive and Witches. I use it for frustration, anger, and my perfectly legitimate desire to beat people senseless with a lute.



Ah, the sticky spot on your radio dial... KOME was the rock station in the South Bay when I was growing up. This was back when you could listen to a DJ say things like "I'm going to play you a track from a record I found in the import rack at Tower." KOME had the best jocks, an incredible play list, and the Diamond Decal was everywhere. I remember a car that had literally been covered in the things. isomeme may argue, but I think Dennis Erectus was the best DJ ever. This icon is for nostalgia, especially of the musical kind, and for posts about my life as a teenager.



We all know I'm penguin-mad, so using an image from Poke the Penguin was a natural. Actually, I have three from that game. This is a pretty generic icon, I use it when I feel like it, or when I'm trying to get replies.



Blazing Saddles is possibly the most brilliant comedy ever made. Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr simply oozes evil. And the scene from which this icon is taken, is hysterical. I use this icon for when I'm feeling especially evil and devious.



Taken from Turn Signals on a Land Raider. This is a web comic about a bunch of Warhammer 40K figures who know they are figures, and revel in it. Fun stuff, especially if you've ever done any kind of miniature wargaming. I iconized this panel just because I loved the phrase. This icon has several uses. It's one of my "people die now" icons (scary how many of those I have...), it's a tech geek icon, and a general gaming icon.



Your basic symbol of magical wisdom. I use it for posts on ancient history, magic, or fantasy gaming where I'm doing metagame work on how magic and deities work.



kshandra and are both fans of The X-Files and Babylon 5. This poster is a spoof of the poster seen in Fox Mulder's office with a Shadow ship from B5 instead of a flying saucer. You really need to know both shows to understand why this is so funny. I use it for general weirdness and strange news.

Comments

[heartofawarrior.livejournal.com]

Hehe, dad has told me many times that I was born a generation too late, and as such missed out on the fun that was KOME.

And, even though it's been a couple years, it still disappoints me a little that "Weird Old Uncle Frank" became "Weird Old Aunt Fran"...

[kshandra]

Personally, I think it took a hell of a lot of guts to transition as publicly as she did, particularly in her chosen profession, which has always been male-dominated. I'll readily admit that it did take some getting used to; I at least had the assist of hanging out a lot in queer society and knowing several trans folks personally (including one FTM who I first met when he was in third grade with my brother).

[heartofawarrior.livejournal.com]

It was one of those things that, if they had said something, I'm willing to bet the listeners would have been a lot more accepting and supportive...it was a hell of a surprise, but I'm quite glad that those involved are happy now. The really disappointing part was that Aunt Fran didn't get to stick around and bring the listeners that special brand of afternoon radio that made commute time (and in my case, homework time) better.

[kshandra]

I have fond memories of listening to KFOX one day at shift-change; I think Frank and Greg Kihn spent twenty minutes on-air dishing about all the crap they've seen in their years in the business. Considering how conservative (and reactionary) Kihn has shown himself to be in the years post-9/11, I think I'm happier Fran didn't stay, because I have a hard time imagining that it would have been a comfortable work environment.

[heartofawarrior.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I've pretty much given up on morning radio (though part of that was forced, because I carpool with people who don't listen to the same stations I do). I love the work Greg Kihn does for charity, like for the animal shelter, and things like that, and I still like seeing him in concert, but I just can't tolerate the morning show anymore. I feel bad for Chris Jackson, having to try to put Kihn on a leash. I listened to the morning guys on 107.7 for awhile, because when I was younger, dad would always talk about how funny they were when they were on KSJO, but I wasn't allowed to listen to them until I was older...and after awhile it just stopped being funny. I still tune in for the practical joke on Dirty Friday every once in awhile (though it's been a long time since I've done that, and for all I know, they don't do it anymore lol), but that's about it.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Is that icon gankable?

And watching Heather Alexander become Alexander (memfault) has me contemplating the concept of "disappointment" and seeing it in myself as regretting only being able to hear Heather's voice again in recordings while knowing Alexander carries on and looking forward to hearing him and getting to know the material all over again.

[kshandra]

It is - I've got the appropriate credits listed in the comments on my allpics page.

There was an Alexander James Adams concert in Palo Alto last night (I spent my evening elsewhere, largely because I only heard about it at the last minute). I went to his concert at Westercon and had a lovely time; I know one person who walked into the room for about five minutes, but had to leave because the cognitive dissonance was still too much for zir.

I'm REALLY looking forward to the album of duets that Herself and The Heir will be releasing for Yule.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why the Shadow ship makes it funny, esp since B5 already has a thing about the saucer-riding bigeyes speaking in incomprehensible symbols, plus it was the Vorlons kidnapping earth people.

That said, the icon has been hilarious to me because I thought it was supposed to be a hazy silhouette of the flying spagetti monster.