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1980s rewind: Just when you thought it would hit No. 1…the stories of hit singles with the most frustrating No. 2 chart peaks during the 1980s; #Foreigner, #Bruce Springsteen, #JohnnyHatesJazz, #Madonna, #MichaelJackson, #TinaTurner

(January 29, 2022).  Just when you thought it would hit No. 1…it suddenly didn’t.   Exactly 40 years ago this week, one of the most historic and, to Foreigner fans,  disappointing milestones in Billboard chart history occurred on the publication’s flagship singles chart, the Hot 100.   It happened when, after nine frustrating weeks of sitting at No. 2 on that chart behind Olivia Newton-John’s…

Midnight Mass E04 “Book IV: Lamentations”

Father Paul (Hamish Linklater) Bev Keane (Samantha Sloyan)

As if this nerd couldn't get any nerdier, he has a stamp collection and prints of Audubon bird lithographs. Let's explore the set again:

1) Framed bird prints

The ones over his bed look like shorebirds but the one on the back wall look like perched birds of prey. I wasn't able to find prints of these exact layouts, but this brown pelican is almost most deffo one of Audubon's:

2) Framed stamps, collecting tools, and binders

The framed stamps are also prob centered around baseball, the second from the top is this centennial celebration of professional baseball.

BONUS:

I'd bet money the patchwork quilt on his bed was made by women (as is tradition in this traditional community) in his congregation that would've been made during church-based sewing circle as a group quilt. It prob would've been given to him as a gift on a worthwhile occasion:

What I Realized

MIDNIGHT MASS + PAINTINGS