The Buggles Sang, "Pictures Came And Broke Your Heart" Amen

 January 2, 2026

   One of my artist heroes lived just down the creek from me.

Lon MeGargee block print

Lon MeGargee on Coyote

(dig those tapaderos)

    Got word yesterday that MTV shut down for good. They ended their final broadcast with 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles, the very first video broadcasted by MTV on August 1st, 1981.

"Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles, has clocked up 93 million views on YouTube

Suggested new song title: "Now your damn phone has killed the video star as well."

Warning: Dad Joke Ahead:

I hate insect puns. They bug the heck out of me.

(courtesy Rooster Rob)

  From my Fountain Hills amigo, who created the OK Chorale, a barbershop quartet specializing in Old West themes:

"Historian and Author Bob Boze Bell tells us that Tombstone bragged that it was the most sophisticated town west of the Mississippi. It had a wine tasting room, ice cream parlor, telephones and some French prostitutes. If we put the characters of Tombstone in a time machine and shot them forward to the 21 st Century where do you think Wyatt and the boys would hangout? That’s right, STARBUCKS!"

—Allen Fossenkemper