Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Let there be snark.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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Bowie’s a ponce.

Still on a Rolling Stones kick, myself. The bachelor party left, and they all seemed to be in one piece, so I guess I did my part. Here’s a song I love that was almost killed by movie hacks:

I won’t be pissy about the overuse of that in movies, because right now I’m too irritated by the fact that everyone is using Wolfmother’s Woman for their show. USA is killing it with Covert Affairs. Kind of honks me off because they have some great AOR, but no one listens to it. They just know the Woman bullshit. Where Eagles’s Have Been is as good as anything from the 70’s:

Blah blah blah. My head will hurt tomorrow.

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  3. 3.

    Steeplejack

    Dude, the Stones are the poster boys for “Dead at 30, buried at 70.”

    Here’s a tighty-tight-McTight take on my favorite song of theirs, “The Last Time.”

    And, yes, youngsters, this video does date from the early 1930s.

    P.S.: RIP, Brian Jones.

  5. 5.

    Chet

    Quibbling, I know, but why does that YouTube link have a Brian Jones-era Stones picture accompanying a Mick Taylor-era track?

  6. 6.

    Steeplejack

    @Cole:

    Blah blah blah. My head will hurt tomorrow.

    Won’t ours all?

    ETA: Er, striving for solidarity and sympathy, but suspecting that I’m not quite hitting the right note. Oh, wait, another Stones link: their “sensitive” side: “Sittin’ on a Fence.”

  9. 9.

    Chet

    @ Steeplejack:

    Um, because teh YouTube is not archivally correct?

    Everything I know is wrong.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    Still up, wallowing in the YouTube-ness, but going down soon.

    The Animals, “Shake.” They could have taken the Stones in a back-alley fight, except that Jagger’s reach was probably a foot longer than Eric Burdon’s. Bastards.

    Steep +8¼

  18. 18.

    Yutsano

    WTF is the Torch?!

    Hee. A Crackberry. And you asked me this morning FTR. But I kinda had a shit ton of stuff to take of before work so never got the chance to answer.

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    jamey

    Bowie’s no ponce, JC. But I speak as one who was raised to believe in the Unholy Trinity: Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy. Stones’ ’68-’72 (Banquet to Exile) may be the greatest streak ever enjoyed by a band, but Bowie’s ’71-’79 is a close second (In addition to brilliant albums from Ziggy Stardust to Lodger the preternaturally prolific Bowie made Iggy’s “The Idiot” and “Lust for Life” happen).

    IMO: “As good as anything from the 70s” is awesome punchline material, possibly worthy of inclusion as a new category or site motto…

  22. 22.

    cleek

    everyone is using Wolfmother’s Woman for their show

    and TV commercial.

    i guess their “Love Train” wore out its usefulness.

  23. 23.

    Bobby

    John, I have never been a huge Stones fan. But I just finished reading Keith Richards “Life”. Now I can’t get enough of the Rolling Stones. Keith rocks.

  26. 26.

    SBJules

    I’ve been reading Keith Richards autobiography. I keep having to pull out old records(yes records) to play or go to U-tube to listen to songs.

  27. 27.

    forked tongue

    IMO: “As good as anything from the 70s” is awesome punchline material, possibly worthy of inclusion as a new category or site motto…

    No, this is silly. There was a shit ton of great music in the 70s. The 60s may have peaked higher (Dylan/Stones/Velvet Underground/Classic Soul, say I–really don’t care about the Beatles), but as a whole that decade is way overrated. And nobody overrates the 80s, 90s or aughts because everybody knows they sucked. 70s-music-as-punching-bag is a dumb cliche as far past its sell-by date as Mick himself.

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    Gus

    If you like Wolfmother, you should check out Radio Moscow. Sadly, it’s probably too late for anyone to see this post, but they rock like a more polished Blue Cheer.

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