It was a slow Sunday.

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain….and now Amy Winehouse.  All 27 years young.

Well, you’ve all heard about it by now. No need to belabor the sordid details further. She had a great voice, and she’s history.

Just a little over two years ago I posted an article here: http://www.fistofblog.com/2008/06/26/ap-amy-winehouse-has-emphysema/ wherein I wrote–

Really and truly, I’d like to see her get her shit together, but looking at the behavior and health patterns she’s displaying, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if she doesn’t make it to the end of the decade.

Well, slap my arse and call me Sally. She made to the end of the decade. And just a butthair beyond.

Brother Dirt wrote, in the comments:

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were both interviewed seperately recently, and both were asked if there was anything exciting in music that they liked. Both of them said “That Amy chick”. Keith followed it up by saying “But she really needs to get herself sorted fast”.

When Keith Richards says you need to get your shit together…

That’s right.

AMY WINEHOUSE: 1983-2011

…and named “Mothers Day.”

Disturbing.

"Mother's Day"

Ran across this the other day–

Each year, the City of Bellingham and the Whatcom Museum sponsor the “Essence of Bellingham” photography competition. Digital or scanned entries gathered over the previous year that capture the “essence” of Bellingham are showcased and added to a collection documenting Bellingham and the diverse nature of life in our city and county.

Entries may appear in Whatcom Museum and City of Bellingham publications and in various places such as print, TV, and the Internet.

The contest is open to all county residents, and submissions will be accepted April 1-May 2, 2011. Anyway, I was thinking: why not send in some high-rez wallshit snaps, Thumb? Hagrid Bum dying his beard suggests itself, as well. Or maybe just a turd, with the evocative title, “Bumshit.”

Alternatively, the Fist could host its own alternative, “Essence of the Assy Side of Lemmingham” contest, or something along those lines.  Realistically, I doubt it’s possible to garner the enthusiam, even among the Fingers themselves, but I thought I should mention it nevertheless.

Follow this link for complete rules and galleries of submissions from past years.

I have returned from Italy and I bring Fisty goodness in the form of Fisting-Fotos and a discovery of interest to Fans of Fists everywhere.

Let me start with Venice, where I have discovered that there is a bridge called…drumroll… Ponte dei Pugni, or as we would say in English, THE BRIDGE OF FISTS!.

No shit. So I fisted it. Sort of. you can’t just go around slapping stickers on the beautiful Venetian bridges, so I stuck it on a nearby pipe.

There was another sticker with a fist on it too, so I put ours just under it. It looked cool. I took photos.

The Bridge

Fisted

Like So

And here it is, back in the day (pre-Fisting)….

More Italian Fistings to come….

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Hey folks…

The fist got too big and awesome for our previous server. Maybe you noticed a bunch of crashing and crying and slowness?

Well that should be gone for now.

We’re now on a new, screaming fast server that can allegedly handle huge amounts of traffic without dying. So let’s get digged, eh? Heh.

This new flashy server costs some bucks, all of which comes out of my very own pocket unless you y’all want to pitch in a bit.

You can donate to the cause by sending paypal payments to info [aht] viscocityproductions [dawt] com or contacting me through the site and hooking me up with cash, checks or your firstborn child (although I think I have enough children, so I’d recommend NOT sending me any of those).

Every dollar helps keep the fist fast and flashy.

Love,

Thumb

Please note, dear fingers, that our sidebar now includes a place for you to take a snapshot of your pretty face (or whatever else you can shove in front of your webcam), and it will show up on our sidebar.

I smell disaster, but I’m going to put it up there for a little while, anyway.

Gallery lives here. Please don’t let me be the only person in the gallery.

So Michael Jackson is dead. Bummer, dude.

Here are some links to old fist posts about the guy.

PINKY fisted: Neverland Ranch for sale
DIRT fisted: Neverland Ranch auction
THUMB fisted: Fist-Exclusive photos of the auction

Brett Ratner and Michael Jackson dancing in the car:

Prison Thriller posted more than once, and great every time.

DIGIT fisted: The evolution of Michael Jackson’s face