The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

I always bring my accordion to whatever New Year’s Eve party I’m attending, which means I always end up playing my first song of the year very soon after midnight.

At one point in our host Tom’s rousing, rambling, and raunchy “Welcome 2016” speech, there came the perfect opportunity for an appropriate song: Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys. One of the partygoers managed to capture a few seconds of my performance, but it should be more than enough to give you an idea of what the party was like.

Happy new year, everybody!

And now, the original:

In case you were wondering, I live in the area marked “Strip Clubs” — Tampa has a rep for being the peeler capital of the world, although that’s not really the case. We do have a colorful local who built an empire on exotic dancing, though.

Found via Oliver Willis. Click to see the source.

If the news about Tamir Rice wasn’t a sign that something’s terribly wrong with the state of American law enforcement, how about the fact that as of December 21st, there are 14 large police departments that killed only black people?

So long, and thanks for all the beautiful noise. On the bright side, he’s one with The Force now.

In his honor:

Head on down to the Star Wars official site and take it out for a spin. And yes, someone’s already used it to Rickroll.