{"id":34,"date":"2014-07-29T18:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T22:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=34"},"modified":"2014-12-02T19:48:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T00:48:42","slug":"the-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Folder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-folder\/biul_folder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg?fit=1200%2C706&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,706\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"BIUL_folder\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;a folder&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Folder&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg?fit=500%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-33 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder-1024x602.jpg?resize=500%2C293\" alt=\"BIUL_folder\" width=\"500\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg?resize=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BIUL_folder.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Behold- the folder I&#8217;ve been using since the late 1990s for <strong>Bands I Useta Like<\/strong> strips.<\/p>\n<p>Note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early on (1999-2002), I would jot ideas onto the folder; see <strong>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to become the Tori Amos Guy&#8221;<\/strong> in pencil at bottom, &#8220;Guy Sieg Heiling&#8221; and &#8220;Guest Conductor&#8221; next to Scatterbrain, and &#8220;hippie ballsmokery&#8221; next to The Doors<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>West Side Story\/Freddy Kreuger(sic)\/Dave Brubeck<\/strong> thing is too complicated for a single strip, or to delineate here; I&#8217;ll probably write about it eventually<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s hard to make out, but next to <strong>Nelson<\/strong> (ha) are the notes &#8220;Village of the Damned&#8221;, and &#8220;Nelson Muntz Haw Haw&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Ha ha ha,<strong> Better Than Ezra<\/strong>. Remember that cushy little 90&#8217;s bubble of <strong>Jerky Boys\/Dirty Work\/Collective Soul?<\/strong> That&#8217;s probably what I was going for. It&#8217;s a safe bet I was gonna make fun of the guy from Collective Soul again for not knowing what &#8220;sophomore&#8221; means, somehow.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m putting this picture up for posterity as there are over a hundred strips at this point and the damn folder will eventually fall apart or be sold for a ludicrous sum long after I croak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behold- the folder I&#8217;ve been using since the late 1990s for Bands I Useta Like strips. Note: Early on (1999-2002), I would jot ideas onto the folder; see &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to become the Tori Amos Guy&#8221; in pencil at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/the-folder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[21,18,16,20],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic-comix","category-site-stuff","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-comedy","tag-comic","tag-strips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p53HmY-y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":397,"url":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/madness\/","url_meta":{"origin":34,"position":0},"title":"Madness","author":"MattyBoy","date":"07\/19\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"There's an episode of The Young Ones where they go to a pub, and Madness is performing (\"House of Fun\", what else). 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