Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, Dead at 67
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, famed for his unique voice and cutting humor, has died of what his family describes as “a long illness” at age 67.
Monthly Archive: April 2022
Make the 1920s Great Again? A Superficially Appealing Story of The Republican Party
Rather than a return to the Republican past, Trump was a bombastic expression of existing and continued trends.
Wonderful Cruelty: It’s Not Funny Until Someone Gets Hurt
I think that timing is a requirement in comedy, but it’s cruelty that matters. The cruelty is the point. I should note that that’s wonderful.
Confessions of A Rock and Roll History Teacher
I blow hot and cold on whether rock and roll has been, on balance, a force for good or bad. It’s powerful; there’s no denying that.
Sunday Morning! “Nina Simone’s Gum” by Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis’s new book “Nina Simone’s Gum” is everyone he encountered in his mad quest to save a piece of chewing gum that the legendary singer had left behind on her piano
On Believing Oil Company Executives
So to reiterate – you are paying more at the gas pump because oil company executives are more concerned with their dividend rates then anything else.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Recreational Snooping With Beholder
Beholder is a game where you play a member of the Stasi. But it’s kind of fun anyway.
Well-Tuned: The Show Must Go On…Or Not
Looking back into the history of rock and roll you can see how bands dealt with the loss of one of the group.
From CNN Business: Deutsche Bank is the first big bank to forecast a US recession
The Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation will spark a recession in the United States that begins late next year, Deutsche Bank warned on Tuesday.
POETS Day: Ozymandias
Ozymandias is cast as a reflection on the passage of time and the mortality of effort, fame, and completion. It is that. But there’s also a dig at a de facto King…
Here’s Who You Should Be Mad at Online
The online left has achieved extraordinary gains in American society over the past decade.
Weekend Plans Post: The Stolen Day Off
Sometimes you ask for a day off.
Sometimes you get one anyway.
Words Have Meanings, Part Ten Thousand
I don’t like the word “rape” used to describe anything but rape. And nothing is cancer except cancer. Words have meanings
Mini-Throughput: Maunder Minimum Edition
Ever since the Maunder Minimum was discovered by 19th century astronomers poring through old records, we’ve wondered what caused it and if it might occur again.
