Chad Nichols

@chadlowtel.bsky.social

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Writer, musician, bon vivant.

The actress Renate Reinsve (30s, long brown hair, Norwegian) standing in front of a yellow wall and looking perplexed.
A guy with a kind of alien fish head in a suit with an American flag pin. It's probably from something cool. Like a movie or something. I don't know, though. Doug made the poster.
A black-and-white picture of a rock-and-roll-looking guy in boots with a white guitar. And some colored text that recounts all the above information. The pictured man is John Schooley from Rocket 808.
Mostly green, red and white poster for the Total Punk Corporate Retreat that lists the following bands: The Drags, Cheater Slicks, Useless Eaters, Rik and the Pigs, Pyrex, Perverts Again, Lavender Flu, Class, Famous Mammals, Wesley and the Boys, The Carp, Pet Mosquito, Fan Club, Cheap Fix, Replica Watch, Vague Fugue, Girl Drink Drunks, Dirt Twins, Piggy Bank. Info: Kenton Club 2025 N Kilpatrick St. Portland, OR May 28-May 30.
Dark-haired Spanish man in an open-collared shirt facing the camera and smiling. The man is Federico García Lorca.
A bald, bespectacled man holds a microphone for Joe “King” Carrasco, who plays guitar atop a bar.
The cover of Funhouse by The Stooges. Picture of Iggy, lying on the ground shirtless in elbow-length leather gloves with other people’s faces superimposed over him.
A package of highlighters on a wood table. Yellow, green, blue, pink, and orange.
A woman’s face with paper eyes superimposed on her real eyes. Text reads Amplified Heat, Cheap Fix, Charmboat Thurs., May 21 at 29th Street Ballroom.
A closeup photograph of a Hefty gallon-size freezer storage bag with the words “trusted seal” in all-cap white text next to an illustration of a padlock.
David J Haskins and Pedal Steel Noah onstage at the 13th Floor
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory having dinner in the film “My Dinner with Andre.”
Randy Rhoads
An illustration of a big, drippy, bloodshot eyeball with lids and lashes on a pink background with yellow text that reads: March 13 & 14 Replay-o-Rama Friday Greg Wheeler and the Polly Mall Cops 12:15 Temps 11:45 Whiffs 11 Wet Denim 10:15 Jackoffs 9:30 Cheap Glue 8:45 Blanky 8 Saturday Ibex Clone 12:15 Wayne Pain and the Shit Stains 11:45 Cheap Fix 11 Pale Tongue 10:15 Discotek Mama 9:30 Burgers Gone Wild 8:45 Thimastr 8
A flyer with a group of people and maybe a disappointed Elon Musk to the side. It says ‘Sunday Night Live” in ransom letters. Advertises a standup, a magician, improv, and sketch comedy acts, but the important stuff is in the post above.
Birdstuff, the drummer from Man or Astroman, playing the drums in red light in front of a projection of a spaceman.
A terrible-looking broken gasket.
A cartoon electricity man tries to stick a plug into a little kid. From Ohio: Dana. February 15. Team Trust, Doom Babies, Cheap Fix. Hotel Vegas 21+ 1502 E. 6th St. 8 pm
A 70s stylized design in yellow, orange, and brown of the words “Soul Clap,” with hands clapping all around it.
Picture of a bald man in white sunglasses, black jacket, and red shirt next to another picture of the same man with an acoustic guitar. Image is striped with multiple colors. Text reads: “Mr. Chad Nichols will perform at The Zahir’s inaugural gala.”
Guitarist Steve Cropper, with long hair, a beard, sunglasses, a microphone, a striped shirt, and a red guitar strap.
Colorful Billie Buck poster of a man playing an armadillo like a harmonica, with insets of other musicians. Text approximated in post above.
A poster with a long-haired brunette man with blood dripping down his face coming out of the shadows. Pink text reiterated in post.
A movie poster for Shallow Grave wherein three 20-something people hover above a man lying in a bed. Text includes: "from the director of Trainspotting," "Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston," and "What's a little murder between friends?" It isn't obvious from the poster, but all the people pictured are supposed to be Scottish.
Belgian man pointing gun. Black and white photo.
The average American has only been to four: Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Boston, Miami, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Diego, Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, San Antonio, Honolulu.
Poster with black and white photo of some old guys playing guitars and drums at a cool bar. They are the band Cheap Fix. Most of the text is accounted for in the post, except for this list of artists: Marisa Pool, Bo Fahs, Bill Jeffries, Jon Kelly, Sean Sczepanik, Vajaja Vallejo, Stephen Schwake, Lindsey Barras, Alfonso Rabago.
It’s a poster for the above-described show that shows an illustration of a pouty Veronica Lodge wearing a plum-colored longsleeve T-shirt that says “Star Star.” It lists the bands: Bruised Sinatra, Larry Seaman, Texacala Jones, Nick Ferrari, Cheap Fix, The Eric Hisaw Band, Street Fighting Man, Lisa Gamache, The Midnight Ramblers, The Differentials, Cocksucker Blues. There is a costume contest.
An illustration of four young people looking at a record player with a candle on it like a birthday cake. Text accounted for in post.
An assortment of different-colored 7-inch vinyl records and black-and-white stickers for the band Cheap Fix.
A colorful collage-style movie poster for the Italian film The Conformist (Il Conformista). A man in a fedora appears several times.
Curly-haired college guy reading Forced Exposure and wearing a Galaxie 500 T-shirt.
A cowboy looking at some rock formations. He’s doing something with his hands.
Gatorade bottle duct taped over a car antenna on a blue car.
Jim Backus
That one picture of Lee Harvey Oswald with the gun from the cover of Libra by Don Delillo.
Cool illustration of a scaly guy holding his disembodied head and a hypo being confronted by Cerberus. There’s also a free-floating eye that appears to be shooting lightning?
Pink, blue, and black poster of a head in profile, cut in cross section (brain visible), on top of a 45 rpm record with a label that reads “Goodbye Boozy.” All other text in post above.
An illustrated poster on which a woman’s hands with red fingernail polish cup a 7-inch record by the band Cheap Fix called Re-animator Blues, the cover of which depicts a man apparently operating on his own severed head. Text of poster in post.
Val Kilmer trying to catch popcorn in his mouth in the movie Real Genius. He is flanked by Gabe Jarret and Mark Kamiyama.
A rectangular glass Tupperware holding cheese enchiladas on a red and white table.
Val Kilmer as Madmartigan in Willow. In gold armor.
Green mole enchiladas with yellow rice
A telephone with a man’s head emanating from the receiver. Text reads: Get off the fucking phone and dance to the hip new sounds of Peacock Hens, Cheap Fix, Something Ain’t Rights. At Tweedy’s 2908 Fruth St. Free. All ages. 7:00 pm.
I can’t really describe it? A shadowy figure in a black hat with very red lips but a lot weirder and creepier than that.
Two clowns playing guitars. Monday, March 10, 6-9 pm. July Lowery Quartet, Kathy McCarty, Wild Seeds, The Stayres, Junebird, Jean Caffeine, Bird Streets, Cheap Fix, Daphne Tunes
Red, brown, and black illustrated show poster showing a skull with words coming out of its mouth. (Mouth words in post)
Jethro from Beverly Hillbillies plays a cello like a violin. It's pretty funny.
Gene Hackman in Young Frankenstein dressed as a hermit, smiling and holding up two cigars in a V, framing his face.
Red, brown, and black illustrated show poster showing a skull with words coming out of its mouth. (Mouth words in post)
Post from Texas Monthly that reads: The year 2025 is poised to be a year of change for the taco world.
Two Fender amps on a blue bg. Text says: Retail Giant 5 pm, Cheap Fix 6 pm, Aristocrat Lounge, Sat. 1/25.
Show flyer with 1960s-style illustration of left-handed guitarist with a vinyl record for a head. Pertinent text: Cheap Fix and Retail Giant at the Aristocrat Saturday, 1/25, at 5 pm. Free.
Pee Wee Herman, Rodney Dangerfield, and David Lee Roth at the premiere of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
The introduction screen of the New York Times Spelling Bee app. Yellow background, black text. At top is an illustration of a cute bee, followed by the words "Spelling Bee." In the center, it reads "Welcome Back. You've found 2 words. That's it. So, get to work, loser." A black capsule-shaped button says "Continue" and underneath that it reads, "November 29, 2024, Edited by Sam Ezersky."
A screenshot of a spelling game from the New York Times called Spelling Bee. Surrounding the letter P, moving clockwise from the top are the letters E, O, Y, G, A, D. In a bar showing which words have been found are the words “Dope” “Pedagogy.”
A fried cabbage pancake on a blue plate set on a red and white table. The pancake is streaked with kewpie mayo and a dark (onokomiyaki) sauce and sprinkled with chives.