Martin McClellan

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Picture of Trogdor in the SDCC crowd
An image depicting cosplay. An very large (10’ tall or so) inflatable representation of Trogdor the Burninator from Strong Bad’s emails.
Picture of a box truck. Black cursive type on the back reads (quotes sic) “Service our Motto, Quality our Brand”
Picture of Phil Specter from his trial, in an oversized curly wig
This image shows a three-section Venn diagram. The top circle is labelled Hard Rock, the right circle is labeled Pop Rock, and the left circle is labelled Occult Rock. The intersection between Hard Rock and Pop rock is labelled Queen. The intersection between Pop Rock and Occult Rock is labelled Led Zeppelin. The intersection between Occult Rock and Hard Rock is labelled Black Sabbath. The middle intersection has the logo for the band Blue Öyster Cult.
A screenshot of the Apple Music Pink Floyd page. It shows the layout with "Latest release", "Top Songs", "Essential albums", and "Albums", but all of the artwork has been replaced with terse alt text. For "Essential Albums" it has: * "A wall of white bricks with red graffiti" for The Wall. * "Two men in suits shaking hands one man is on fire" for Wish You Were Here. * "A prism refracts light into the spectrum" for Dark Side of the Moon. * "Four young men viewed through a Kaleidoscope" for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". For "Albums" it has: * "Four men walk across the ruins of Pompeii" for "Pink Floyd at Pompei * "A man rows across a sea of clouds" for The Endless River (Deluxe Edition) * "Two giant metal faces in a field" for The Division Bell * "Ultralight flys over rows of hospital beds on a beach" for A momentary lapse of reason (2019 remix) * Rows of hospital beds on a beach" for A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Screenshot of a video game store featuring game titled “Jesus Simulator”. The illustration shows white Jesus ascendant in heaven, angels looking up at him as he glows and looks up to his godly father represented by billowing clouds
Screen capture of a movie credits title card from the movie Airplane! Text reads “Stephen Stucker as Johnny” and shows the actor looking mischievous in the control tower after unplugging the runway lights.
Picture of Nick Cave in profile singing, microphone in hand, in the audience, people in the foreground reaching out to him
A trading card picture of a bunch of people, the staff, sitting amidst a pile of vintage Fender amps. It says “The Trading Musician”
A newspaper advertisement shows a detailed comic of a dungeon with BDSM themes. The picture shows a man being spanked with a paddle, weird sex robots, a businessman clawing to get out, a man being pegged behind the counter, and a lot of other weirdness. Hand lettered text reads: “Get out the whips and handcuffs! It’s The Trading Musician’s Fetish Guitar and Equipment Sale Acoustic contact mics that can be mounted on anything. (ANYTHING!). Strange-shaped electrics…Fat keyboards from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s! Touch the infamous IRON CROSS GUITAR! MEET SINGLE PERSONS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS! Check out our necks, bodies, tubes, speakers, microphones and cases! Learn new positions in which to hold your guitar! Don’t just fantasize about better equipment; go out and get it! Try our new twisted stomp boxes & vintage sex machines! Circle-jerk in the drum shop… used sound systems for your special events! Instructional videos and how-to books! Black leather straps with spikes… 5908 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle Washington, 522-6707 * Ask about our torture chamber basement treatment * Sessions available with our dominatrix owner (Robin von Bartlett) * *Special rates for collectors who can’t play a G chord!!!* * Mention this ad and get a free lube job on your guitar Illustration by Tracy • Lettering by Jeri Francis”
Picture of pretty clouds on a deep blue sky over apartment buildings, looking east from Queen Anne hill in Seattle.
Picture of book titled “The Design of Medical and Dental Facilities” by Jain Malkin. A sticker on it has a hand written price of $10 from PATM (Page Against the Machine bookstore)
Screenshot from the trailer of the Apple TV+ show Murderbot that shows a pink planet with gold fancy type over it that says "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon"
A bad photograph of a poster that shows a giant capsule pile, half red and half white, with a logo for CONSPIRACON 2002 on the pill. Text on the poster says "How much can you swallow?" and then, below, gives some faux location and time information for this fictional conference.
A picture that shows a clean white toilet with the top down. To its right an empty sanitary seat cover dispenser. An accessibility bar right above it. And then, above that, is art. Painted on the wall is an image of a bakery window. On the viewer side is a window box bursting with flowers. Three shelves hold. Cakes, cinnamon rolls, breads, cupcakes, and a bottle of wine with two glasses full and waiting.
Comic book illustration from the early 70s, in the style of the Archies comics, of young people in groovy clothes ascending to heaven amidst rays of golden light and sparkles. One young woman in front wears a denim mini shirt and green slides, green sweater with a white collar under and a denim cap, blonde hair flowing. To the left, two boys point at her and say “THE POETS!!!!” To the right, a girl in a striped shirt is saying “YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD”
Picture of a printed manuscript, a sheath of pages. The top sheet reads “53,900 words.” At top right. In the middle text reads “THE HANGED MAN, by Martin McClellan.” The light on the paper is warm.
The cover of Marianne Faithfull's Broken English, which has the artist and title in all caps yellow type in the upper left, and is otherwise a dark blue tinted duotone photograph of a woman's face with her arm shadowing her eyes, a cigarette between two fingers, the tip neon pink.
At the Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, a woman sits on a bench wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. She has hair past her shoulders, and it's primped up a bit in an 80s style. She's leaning on her left knee, in front of her, the Bob's Big Boy character stands tall, polished in red-checked overalls, holding a burger in one hand over his head, his astro-boyish hairdo gelled to a point in front, his white t-shirt pinstriped with blue lines.
Screenshot of a Google search summary. It shows a picture of a mole, the animal, poking out of a mole hole. It says: "AI Overview: Moles are [highlight] noncancerous skin growths that appear when pigment cells cluster together.[end highlight]." It says more about moles, the skin growth, not the animal.
An old photo from 1903 of an old man with a large beard in a suit kissing a woman in a white blouse and long skirt who is standing inside of a framed pyramid shape, with many sub-pyramids breaking up the space. At the bottom of the photography is wax pencil scribblings, probably index numbers from some library or another.
Screenshot of Apple summary of a Bluesky notification that reads “Mike Fragassi focused on wholesome comedy after being unnerved by his performance”.
Photograph of a stack of books for the sci-fi horror game Mothership. The top book has a line illustration of a person in a space suit holding another person whose chest has been burst open, gripping their hand. It a Says MOTHERSHIP: SCI-FI HORROR RPG, WARDEN’S OPERATION MANUAL. in the background are standees of a big bug monster, a spaceship, and a person holding a gun. Behind that is a box, black with gold line art that has the MOTHERSHIP logo.
Photograph of a white dog sitting on a couch seemingly enthralled with looking at a tv screen where Sigourney Weaver is in character as Ripley from one of the Alien movies.
Vintage photo of a man in a marina standing next to a large marlin strung up to a rope. He’s smiling, holding a fishing rod in white slacks, dress shoes and a nice shirt
A photograph of a neon white traffic sign taken on the dark with the lights of the city motion blurred behind it. The sign says “SPEED LIMIT 40. S O DOWN” (the L and W are burned out on the sign)
Photograph of a stack of letter sized paper a few inches thick. Upper right, text reads “179,400 words”, and centered it says “HOLDING SPACE by Martin McClellan”
A hand holds a book called The Erotic Tongue: a sexual lexicon, by Lawrence Paros. It as a faux corner peel in the bottom right that reveals: “The last word on s*x”. A speech balloon in the upper left reads “terrific, entertaining, well researched, and just plain f**king good” - George Carlin
Screenshot of a signup form asking for a password and confirmation. A bar on the bottom, which is red, says “Password is: Week”
Video of a timelapse looking east from Queen Anne hill over lake Union and Capitol Hill in Seattle. The video shows fog clearing and wispy clouds roll through as cars and planes streak by, the sky lightens over the mountains on the horizon
Screenshot from Apple Music’s Replay year end roll up. It shows a picture of musician Samantha Crain and a caption that says “you made it into Samantha Crain’s top 1,000 listeners”
Screenshot of a Google search. The search box says "what year did" Autofill suggested (all casing SIC): * what year did michael jackson die * what year did the titanic sink * what year did 9/11 happen * what year did covid start * what year did Elvis die * what year did slavery end * what year did beetlejuice come out * what year did jesus die * what year did tupac die * what year did To the right, an info box shows a picture of Micheal Jackson, and says "June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson / Date of death"
Photograph of a turntable with records stacked beside it in a rack. On the wall an album holder that says “NOW PLAYING” holds the cover of Dungen, “Häxan” ‘Versions’ by Prins Thomas.
Photo of a letter board that shows an ascii Homer Simpson and says “IDK BOUT U BUT I THINK DINNER’S GONNA BE FOWL”
Screenshot of a paragraph from Moby Dick. It reads: "Chapter 11. Nightgown. We had lain thus in bed, chatting and napping at short intervals, and Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely sociable and free and easy were we; when, at last, by reason of our confabulations, what little nappishness remained in us altogether departed, and we felt like getting up again, though day-break was yet some way down the future."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow verification notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow profile improvement notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow reports and insights notifications", and has two tabs: "Editor's choice", which is inactive, and "Reports and insights", which is selected. An on/off switch is set to "off", and smaller text says "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow editorial notifications", and has two tabs: "Editor's choice", which is selected, and "Reports and insights", which is inactive. An on/off switch is set to "off", and smaller text says "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow event notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow page notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow group notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow messaging notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow post related notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Weekly summary" and has explanatory text that says "These are weekly catch-up summaries"" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has two options. The first is "Push notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Pushed to your device immediately". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off" The second is titled "Email" and has an envelope/email icon. Explanatory text says "Sent to your primary email". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off".
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Education changes" and has explanatory text that says "These are catch-up updates and notifications about education changes in your network" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has one option, "In-app notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Delivered inside the app". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Work anniversaries" and has explanatory text that says "These are catch-up updates and notifications about work anniversaries in your network" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has one option, "In-app notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Delivered inside the app". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Birthdays" and has explanatory text that says "These are catch-up updates and notifications about birthdays in your network" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has one option, "In-app notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Delivered inside the app". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Hiring" and has explanatory text that says "These are catch-up updates and notifications about hiring in your network" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has one option, "In-app notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Delivered inside the app". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. It's titled "Job changes" and has explanatory text that says "These are catch-up updates and notifications about job changes in your network" Below that, header says "Choose where you get notified" It has one option, "In-app notifications", which is shown next to a bell icon. Explanatory text says "Delivered inside the app". To the right, an on/off switch is turned to "off" Text below says "When in-app notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive push notifications"
A screenshot from LinkedIn titled "Allow network catch-up updates and notifications. Below, it lists 6 categories, all of which have the word "Off" below them in gray text, and are clickable to go one level deeper.
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow connections related notifications". An on/off switch is set to "off", and smaller text says "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow project work notifications", and has two tabs: "Job posts", which is inactive, and "Service page projects", which is selected. An on/off switch is set to "off", and smaller text says "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow job post notifications", and has two tabs: "Job posts", which is selected, and "Service page projects", which is inactive. An on/off switch is set to "off", and smaller text says "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you"
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Allow job search notifications" with an on/off switch that is set to off. Detail text reads "When Notifications are turned on, you may choose to receive the ones relevant to you."
A screenshot from LinkedIn. The page is titled "Notifications you receive" and has the following twelve categories you can click inside of to change settings: "Searching for a job", "Hiring someone", "Connecting with others", "Network catch-up updates", "Posting and commenting", "Messaging", "Groups", "Pages", "Attending events", "News and reports", "Updating your profile", "Verifications"
Picture of a hand holding an old gray hotel key card with a label that says “602”, and a series of dot patterns punched out from the top. Stamped in to the plastic is the company name VingCard.
The 1793 painting "Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David, picturing the French revolutionary figure Jean-Paul Marat. He is figured in a bath draped in cloth, holding a note in his left hand and quill in his right, which drapes over the lip of the bathtub and lays on the ground. Blood stains the water. Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
Picture of a television screen showing a still of a guitar player and sax player on screen, from the movie Groundhog Day.