Archive - Bad Spit

Batman Onomatopoeia

The Batman TV series used animated comic-book style onomatopoeia filling shots during fight scenes; describing the impact of a given punch on the TV…

Jul 22 •

June 2025

WHERE ARE YOUR GUTS? JOHNNY CASH’S FULL-PAGE PROTEST LETTER ADVERTISEMENT IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (1964)

Upon learning his song “Ballad of Ira Hayes” was not being played by radio, Cash paid for and published a full-page protest letter in Billboard…

Jun 2 •

May 2025

The Futurist Manifesto (F.T. Marinetti, 1909)

In his Futurist Manifesto, Marinetti expresses an artistic philosophy called Futurism, which rejected the past and celebrated speed, machinery…

May 8 •

The Fabulous Wilson Mizner

Playboy, Raconteur, Entrepreneur, Miner, Gambler, Wit, Playwright, Epicure

May 5 •

April 2025

PEPÉ LE PEW PICK-UP LINES

Depicted as a French anthropomorphic striped skunk, Pepé is constantly on the quest for love and pursuit of romance but typically his skunk odor causes…

Apr 29 •

JERRY RUBIN – DO IT! (1970)

This is a short extract from the writings of Yippie co-founder Jerry Rubin, one of the most ebullient individuals that appeared on the American scene…

Apr 28 •

FART PROUDLY: Benjamin Franklin, “Letter to the Royal Academy of Brussels” [1781]

“Fart Proudly” (also called “A Letter to a Royal Academy about farting”, and “To the Royal Academy of Farting”) is the popular name of an essay about…

Apr 24 •

Victor Lustig's 10 Commandments For Con Men

Victor Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower…

Apr 22 •

CHARLES DARWIN: THIS IS THE QUESTION – MARRY/NOT MARRY (1838)

Darwin's Handwritten List of Arguments for and Against Marriage

Apr 21 •

POETRY IN MOTION

Ken Nordine, Tom Waits, Lightnin' Rod, Lenny Bruce, Kenneth Patchen

Apr 18 •

The Wit & Wisdom of Foghorn Leghorn

Foghorn Leghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster who appears in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson, and starred…

Apr 17 •

The GG Allin Manifesto

This is the GG Allin manifesto, written by GG himself while in prison in 1990

Apr 16 •

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