Vinyl memories

Although it’s virtually a relic of the past, I have always considered the album – or LP, for “long-player” – as they used to be called – as a collection of songs with an overarching theme and a certain stylistic unity. In the case of an artist with a long recording career like Bob Dylan, […]

Political correctness

The Trump clan is destroying American culture. What passes for culture in America is already a whitewashed, dumbed-down Leave It To Beaver version of reality. Our true, vibrant multi-cultural history of art, literature and music is all but ignored in the mainstream media (MSM). The problem has always been that some of our country’s most […]

remake, remodel

Hollywood lost any shred of credibility a long, long time ago. “The Biz” is all about selling as many tickets as possible; so they make films which they think will sell the most tickets. It has nothing to do with ‘art’ or talent. So we get lots and lots of super heroes, cops and lame […]

god calls

Last week, “president” tRumps’ propaganda mouthpiece Sarah Huckleberry Hound Sanders made an astounding claim, even for her: “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president, and that’s why he’s there,” She told Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, according […]

So now we know why “president” tRump refuses to back down on his 6 Billion dollar demand for the border wall…

This newly released FOIA phone transcript between tRump and his Russian handler Semion Mogilevich sheds some new light on the subject: (BEGIN TRANSCRIPT) Mogilevich: Good day, comrade Trump! Trump: Hi, Semmie. How are you? Mogilevich: Doing well, comrade. Once again I congratulate you on your efforts to undermine so called democracy in free world… Trump: […]

privacy schmivacy

For years, people considered me out of touch and old fashioned for refusing to have anything to do with Facebook or smartphones or this whole “social media” thing. Only now are people beginning to realize how pernicious and Orwellian these platforms are. The whole concept of “social media” – especially Facebook – is anathema to […]

Santa redux 2018

A belief in Santa Claus could have a detrimental effect on parent-child relationships according to a recent study in the medical journal Lancet Psychiatry. The paper suggests that a child’s moral compass could be permanently damaged by what is normally part of the Christmas tradition: being lied to about Santa Claus. The darker reality is […]