Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

George Santos
George Soros

obviously they are quite different aside from their names

Same

Al Capp

Andy Capp

Zoe Chao
Chloe Zhao

mac demarco
mac miller
post malone

Suetonius
Sallustius

Rilo Kiley
Riley Keough

Roy Thomas Baker
Roy Ward Baker

Good one.

Yeah three-named people can trip one up at times

Paul Thomas Anderson
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Bobby Elliott (drummer for the Hollies, turned down the chance to join Wings)
Bobby Graham (session drummer, turned down the chance to join the Beatles)
Bobby Harrison (original drummer for Procol Harum)

B-b-but you left out Bobby Gregg!

I don't get him mixed up with the other three.

Washington Times
Washington Examiner

Interesting! Started as very different publications and somehow converged into the same space.

For a while I _almost_ respected the Washington Times, because it understood the assignment: a moderately right wing counterpoint to the (allegedly) left leaning Post. It kept getting weirder as the Moonie influence intensified, but no one cared. When they stopped trying to compete in the print space, it just spiraled off into the conservaspace.

The Examiner, at first, had a goal of occupying the quick-read tabloid commuter market. In print, it competed with the _Express_. (Disclosure: my beloved wife worked for the Examiner when it was still kinda legit. Then it followed the same weird trajectory into the dextrosphere and was never seen again by normal humans.)

The moral of both stories is that for the last 20 years, ad-supported print journalism was just barely sustainable outside a few legacy institutions. As long as the ostensible "left" flank was held by a duopoly (WaPo/NYT), there was no room for a center or enter-left publication. Hence, both the Times and Examiner knew where to go: the loony conservative fringe.

Cate Blanchett / Tilda Swinton

Washington Post headline: Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill

Washington Times headline: Biden Signs Bill Allowing the Eating of Puppies

Washington Express headline: Biden Eats Puppies

xp Washington Examnier headline: Biden Eats Puppies and Stomps on Kittens

The Necks
No-Neck Blues Band

(must have been done already?)

!

!!!

Just had some mental problems with Tony Williams and Tony Allen

Pennies from Heaven
Heaven Can Wait

Harriet Walter
Fiona Shaw

... Juliet Stevenson

Feel like Juliet Stevenson would be the same casting conversation as the other two (and Kristin Scott Thomas) but I wouldn't actually mistake her for them.

Nia Archives
Sudan Archives

my 30s
my 40s
my 50s

Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tune

Opera edition:

Janai Brugger
J’Nai Bridges

The Addams Family
The Munsters

Medes
Persians

... though I was right to apparently.

Return to Forever
Weather Report

Ariadne
Arachne

20 years ago
30 years ago

The Necks
The Nails

Trey Songz
Tory Lanez

+ Tre Cool

Trey Lorenz tho

Deerhunter
Deer Tick
Deerhoof

20 years ago
30 years ago

― MarkoP, Friday, February 10, 2023 11:05 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

omg this

Yes, ^this

Deerhunter
Deer Tick
Deerhoof

Tom Hiddleston
Michael Fassbender

Nicole Scherzinger
Iliza Shlesinger

Because of the proximity of Close Encounters and E.T., I get Melinda Dillon and Dee Wallace a little bit confused.

Azimuth - 1970s British jazz trio
Azymuth - 1970s Brazilian jazz trio

Wow Fetter that's a real TIL for me, especially since the first Azymuth LP was called Azimüth.

Nicole Scherzinger
Iliza Shlesinger

+ Nicole Dollanganger

(FWIW I don't have any trouble keeping the Nicoles apart but I've never heard of Iliza.)

Iliza Schlesinger is a comic with a completely gonzo style and flawless delivery. Her wit is very sharp, and often devilishly clever.

Her tragic flaw is that she has a narrow topical range. I am slightly sad that she uses so much of her considerable talent to rehash the overdone heteronormative "men and women are different, amirite?" type of material.

In a just world, her laserlike mind and OTT satire would help us unpack issues that aren't limited to the overtrodden ground of "wtf is up with dating?"

I don't have a beef with Nicole Scherzinger, she seems harmless and occasionally charming. My son loves "The Masked Singer" inordinately. Her genial presence is among the least troubling things about it.