You’ll recall wee Vlad here from our Caption Contest of last Friday. It’s now time to announce the winner of our deliberately un-seasonal captioning challenge.

Taunt Talli Says:
December 16th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

“Excuse me… which way to the nearest poetry reading?”

 Congratulations to Taunt Talli, who obviously has had her own experiences with my beloved subculture. Is that Rilke he’s carrying?

And now, the imaginary footwear for the imaginary investiture ceremony:

Goth enough?

more at twiigs.com…

Ah, the Eighties. A decade better contemplated in remembrance than lived through at the time, yet one which has a tenacious hold on our culture to this very day. Oh, sure, the shoulderpadded power suits of yesteryear may have gone the way of the poodle skirt and the bustle, but some things we have always with us.
It is with this spirit of remembrance in mind, and also to help bump that autoplaying Child’s Christmas Podcast in Wales off the front page, that we here at TeenyManolo present for your enjoyment that olde-tyme classic, Christmas in Hollis, by yo momma’s favorite rappers, Run DMC.

And lyrics over the jump because yes, you ARE going to want to sing along to this after the second eggnog.
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