BACKDOOR MAN

Whatever the outcome of the made-for-TV “feud” between President Donald Trump and Dr. Evil Elon Musk, the fact is that Trump didn’t “fire” Musk. Musk and his evil DOGE minions spent the last 5 months auditing all of the federal governments computer infrastructure, running AI surveillance scans on all the data. They were looking for […]

MAGICAL THINKING

Donald Trump believes only HE can solve America’s many problems. At least he believes in something, right? Come to think of it, Adolf Hitler believed in something, too. Quite fervently, if memory serves. It was something really fucking awful, but he sure as hell believed in it. So did enough other people… But this is […]

MY SWEET LITTLE GUY

PLEASE BE THEREWHEN I OPEN UP MY EYESI STILL SEE YOU IN MY MINDLIKE A GHOST IN EVERY ROOMI CAN CLOSE MY EYES AND TRYAND COUNT TO TEN ORI WILL KEEP THEM SHUT FOREVERIF I CAN JUST SEE YOU AGAIN I TOLD MYSELF A LIE TODAY:I AM DEFINITELY NOT OKAYIF I SHUT MY EYESAND WISH […]

MASOCHISTIC NATION

The US century of American economic and political hegemony is collapsing right before our very eyes. Like so many of history’s past empires, petty idiocies and hubris appear to be accelerating this inevitable decline. The real winner in all this chaos is China. Xi Jinping only has to follow Napoleon’s famous advice: “Never interfere with […]

THE BLUES MAN

[The scene takes place inside the plush offices of IMAGEMAKERS, a major New York PR firm. A kindly old black man with white hair [Mr. Jones] is led into the inner sanctum. He shuffles quietly to one of the big leather chairs at the foot of the enormous desk of Carl Anderson, one of the […]

THE DEATH OF AMERICAN CULTURE

Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is appointing himself chair of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, adding that he is immediately terminating multiple people from the board of trustees as well as the current chair. Since President Trump made the announcement, his minions have been busy creating an exciting calendar […]

CRAZY TOWN, USA

It’s a pattern historians have seen many times before: It starts with the quiet dismantling of oversight and the abolition of regulations, and it ends with institutions that serve only those in power. The US used to have strong institutions and a vigorous vocal opposition; but seeing these government watchdogs being laid off and summarily […]

LISTEN

WHEN I SEE LIVE MUSICI WANT A BAND PERFORMING LIVETOGETHER AS ONEIN THE SAME ROOM;SO CLOSE YOU CAN HEAR THE PLAYERSBREATHING ON EACH OTHER I WANT TO HEAR THE SOUND OFMICROPHONES SQUEALING ANDTUBE AMPS SIZZLING LIKE GREASE ON A GRILLOVER-DRIVEN, OVERLOADEDDOUBLE BASS THUMPING LOUDLYSNARE DRUM BUZZING LIKE A KING BEE RATTLE SNAKE SHAKERATTLE AND ROLL!NO […]