me: wait in the “Homerpalooza” episode of the Simpsons, a cannonball that traveled a few feet but didn’t tear through Homer’s guts was clearly just fired with a trivial powder charge

me: like how circus acrobatic “fired from a cannon” effects are just spring-loaded with minor pyrotechnic charges for smoke & sound

also me: okay but it’s weird to put that on The Simpsons when that Lollapalooza sideshow revival was an ambient mid-90s vibe

also me: adjacent to the ska and swing and rockabilly revivals, really

me: no YOU’RE the blinkered one for trying to periodize-to-dismiss that as ‘90s after you moved to a part of town that still had firsthand stories about Dingo Dizmal’s compound, after “Dream of the 90s” explicitly highlighted the sideshow thing’s continuance as a distinguishing quality of Portland

also me: …touché