R.I.P. Gary Moore
Sad news in the guitar-playing world today:Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore found dead in hotel roomRock guitarist and former Thin Lizzy star Gary Moore has died in Spain.The 58-year-old, originally...
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Who is the best male Rock'n'Roll singer working today? Probably a stupid question; there are many fine ones.But I think a case can be made for this guy:
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Dear nuclear power supporters: Please buy an airline ticket to Japan and camp out near the Fukushima reactor. Unless you're willing to do that, fuck you.Update:Reactors at two Japanese power plants can...
View ArticleI cried a river over you
Perfect music, performed perfectly:Guitar: Barney Kessel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_KesselBass: Chuck Domanico: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_DomanicoJulie London:
View ArticleA little people magic if you will
That line makes me mindful of the good folks in Wisconsin, fighting a corrupt dishonest felonious governor and state Senate.Meantime some fun, artful, no-holds-barred rock'n'roll with the lyric in its...
View ArticleThere are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
Politics is so awful these days, it's hard to know where to start. My supply of outrage seems to have limits, sadly.Oh, and the Republican Party has no one working in it that is sane, and wants a...
View ArticleIt's true, I was made for you
Perfect music, performed perfectly:You don't have to be a Grey's Anatomy fan to appreciate Sara Ramirez's performance of The Story, originally recorded by Brandi Carlile, written by Phil Hanseroth. But...
View ArticleBound to lose . . .
I've been missing lately. I could dissemble: "Working to hard . . . family stuff... blah blah." Fact is, I'm heartsick abou the direction our nation and our discourse is taking.Watching Mike Huckabee...
View ArticleI focus on the pain
From Esquire, by The Collective.Posted in full because editing or cropping would be a sin."Compassionate conservatism" was a hell of a brand name. You have to give Karl Rove credit for that. It was a...
View ArticleGive the poor man a chance, help stop these hard, hard times
Screaming liberal Sensible conservative Bruce Bartlett decimates the lunacy that is Paul Ryan (R-Cheezwhiz)'s modest budget proposal:House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan has been the...
View ArticleLet me sing you a waltz; Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Perfect music performed imperfectly, but it lends it a certain charm. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Julie Delpy:
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You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, Take the sheet off...
I was hopeful when former MSNBC talking head Dan Abrams started his own website, http://www.mediaite.com.OK, the name is dumb, doesn't exactly fall trippingly off the tongue, but it has its...
View ArticleOh, don't ask why . . .
Can we now, post Bin Laden, at long last admit Iraq was the epic clusterfuck of all time, and move on from it? No good has resulted, much bad has happened, and, well, please remember what the long lost...
View ArticleI only want to be with you
Perfect music, performed perfectly. RIP Dusty:26 years later, in 1989:Dear musical performing artists everywhere:Please don't sing this song. Ever. Anywhere. At any time. It's been interpreted...
View ArticleKeep yourself alive . . .
Dear Republican people:Anthony Wiener will resign. I can predict exactly when: when David Vitter (R-Diapers/hookers) resigns:D.C. MadamIn early July 2007, Vitter's phone number was included in a...
View ArticleThere but for fortune . . .
Phil Ochs never said it better:Perfect music, performed perfectly. He left us much too early, wish he was still around telling the story.
View ArticleWhat a fool believes
Michael Smerconish is an especially frustrating right-winger. While he seems to try to be reasonable and adult about the insane positions and policies the Party takes, he none the less stays faithful...
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