NYT bestselling biographer and big mouth, now coming to you from the wilds of New Mexico. Come for the Muppets, Star Wars, and Dr. Seuss; stay because I make a mean cocktail. Up next: the U.S. Capitol. He/him. Go Lobos 🐺
Brian Jay Jones
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My book is apparently number one on Amazon in the “Landmarks & Monuments” category. TAKE THAT, STICKER BOOK.
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.
Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
"Lastly came the KNICKERBOCKERS...These derive their name, as some say, from Knicker, to shake, and Becker, a goblet, indicating thereby that they were sturdy toss pots of yore..."
#WashingtonIrving #HistoryofNewYork
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
Happy Watchmen Day to those who celebrate it!
(Watchmen #1 on sale date: June 5, 1986)
Brian Jay Jones
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This was Jim Henson’s favorite bird as a kid, and its name likely inspired the Cigar Box Frackle in THE GREAT SANTA CLAUS SWITCH— a character which evolved into the Great Gonzo— and then was later slightly softened to create the word “Fraggle.”
There's a nice (and quick!) one-pager in the new issue of Washingtonian magazine, spotlighting some of the greatest hits from THE CAPITOL.
(There IS a bit of a misunderstanding in here, though. Washington was a Thornton guy, not a Hallet guy, though he did *respect* Hallet. Hallet thought he had the inside track on winning the contest for the Capitol's design, until Washington fell in love with Thornton's more elegant look.)
I got to know Michael a bit a few years ago while working on the Jim Henson exhibit in Albuquerque, and he was not only a brilliant artist and craftsman but an absolutely lovely guy—which seems to be a constant with the artists who worked around Jim.
Apart from designing Ludo for Labyrinth and assisting with the Skekses for The Dark Crystal, he also sculpted the crystal shard itself.
