The Only Band I Care About

musicAll of it is necessary. The grave nudity. The small, unexplained pyramid. The man in the middle whose only job is to steady the flautists.

“This is it, boys. I think we’ve found our sound. I really do.”

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44 Comments

        1. Cawendaw +56

          Secret relationship, though. Like, their Love Pentangles are all probably a matter of public record, but which one is secretly teaching which other one to yodel?

  1. zachariahary +149

    I’m gonna call them Peter, Paul & then another Paul.
    The guy on the ground is Paul R’s cousin Cody. He can’t be in the band because he’s not tan enough and doesn’t even have his own recorder.

      1. Kate Kane +60

        Get your shit together, Cody.

        (apologies if this gets screwed up, my tablet is not to be trusted most times!)

  2. crawlkill +77

    is that a covered birdcage off on the right? and why is a transparent nipple rising over the crags just above it?

    edit: from the color of the light I guess it’s more likely that it’s nippledusk than nippledawn, my mistake

    1. terb +18

      The transparent nipple makes me think that the entire sky is one GIGANTIC waxed man chest and this scene is really just a tiny detail in a larger, possibly weirder painting

  3. thewhelk +166

    For some reason I think thier name is something in Latin and medical and also a pun, like VAS DIFFERENCE

    1. crawlkill +45

      leaving aside that they’re obviously apples for a second I’m liking the layers of meaning of Et In Arcadia Mango

  4. Either_Ada +92

    “I’m gonna fondle your flutes, because, let’s be real, there’s really nothing else here substantial enough to grab.”

  5. Unreadaethel +55

    He’s not even steadying the flautists; he’s steadying the flutes.

    At least one of those guys has a bumper sticker that says “my other band is Theban,” or some similar wordplay.

  6. geekcrackteam +50

    In the 0.5 second look I got of this picture before I frantically scrolled down because there is a co-worker behind me; I have been very much entertained by these smooth men and their tiny pee-pee’s.

    1. raisedeyebrow +13

      I gasped when I saw the little wieners and hurriedly closed out the window because I was at work and for some reason I didn’t think the picture would have naked people. Sigh.

  7. hussified +27

    Are they in a band because they’re trying to make up for their adorable shortcomings? Or do you think they suffered from ancient steroid use?

  8. RLT +15

    Anatomy incorrect, composition ham-handed, ditto the symbolism. I can confidently say this is a bad painting.

    And yet!

  9. RudyRed +39

    I’m really digging the flute-holder’s form. Strong, secure, and symmetrical – none of that contrapposto bullshit.

  10. christianwalters505095964 +37

    Flutes and a flute steadier are fine. But to really get a full sound, you need someone near the pyramid to play a curtain rod.

  11. latenac +14

    The one in the middle looks rather like Rufus Sewell. A slightly stockier version but close enough to also make it the only band I care about as well.

  12. ela21 +21

    That dude with his back to us (and what a fine back it is) has turned away so that the other guys won’t feel inadequate. And central chap clearly has a finger up each flute. I’m sure it’s symbolic…

  13. damanoid +45

    Hey hey, we’re the Pyraminude Dudes
    and people say we pyraminude around,
    but we’re too busy pyraminude-fluting
    to put anybody down

  14. bighairnoheart +23

    My mother’s first comment on seeing it.

    Mom: Do you know who the one in the middle reminds me of?

    Bighairnoheart: Who?

    Mom: Your sister’s ex.

    I’m assuming it’s a size thing…

  15. fcjaugusta +17

    The guy on the left is completely DONE with middle dude’s shit. I predict a breakup soon. Left dude will go on to form a lute ensemble with the Merkabah as their primary esoteric geometric symbol, and the other three will sneer about how he always was a fucking sellout.

  16. terb +7

    I’m just transfixed by the flute steadier’s arms. They seem too fluid somehow, like muscular goose necks