Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

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

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

I really should read my own blog.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

No one could have predicted…

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

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

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

Let there be snark.

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  3. 3.

    Alison

    I’ve got an ad on this page for chocolate Frosted Flakes cereal.

    Jesus crap. Why don’t you just have a stent put in leading directly to your aorta and pour in some rubber cement. Ugh.

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    JCT

    Mexican Radio!

    And I am drunk too – one too many margaritas tonight. Good lord the chair of my dept pours a mean drink.

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    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    Saw WoV in East Lansing at Dooleys (horrid college beerhole for those of you unfamiliar) back in the ’80s. They were great.

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    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    I can’t sleep. Insomnia blows. Don’t know whether to lie down or play more records so I’m harassing old friends on FB as a compromise. Maybe I should break out the Johnnie Walker & see if that works but that seems so degenerate.

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    Eric the Infrequent

    Well Cole, I owe you a beer for that Ring of Fire rendition, even if the video posted shit itself at about two and a half minutes on both my devices. Weird that despite loving Mexican Radio when it played on a radio station from my days of yore, I never thought of exploring further into Wall of Voodoo in this day and age.

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    Dennis SGMM

    Trying to decide whether or not to pay the, to me, insanely high price of a ticket to see Peter Gabriel at the Hollywood Bowl on October 6th.

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    Antonius

    “Mosquitoes” is still my favorite album, with “Mission in Life” my favorite track. I saw him live in North Hampton MA, years ago, and when we were talking afterward he was in a mood to sign things. Since I didn’t happen to have a CD with me, he snatched my take-out paper dinner bag from hands and signed it. I cut out the square of paper and keep it in the CD case.

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    Davebo

    Face it John (and others) you’re just really freaking old.

    And when a 48 year old married for 23 years calls you old. You’re really really freaking old.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that…. Is there a Law and Order rerun on? Oh well, I have all seven seasons of The West Wing on DVD so I have that going for me.

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    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    @Davebo:

    Face it John (and others) you’re just really freaking old.

    Face it? I embrace that, and I’m 5 years older than you. I have records that I bought new in the sixties and CDs of new bands that came in the mail last week. A broad range of music appreciations means you’re not stuck with what happens to be popular at the moment.

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    Tom The First

    P.S. The movie is great. Young Diane Lane. Plus Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper and Nick Cage… must have had some interesting cast parties.

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    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    @Tom The First:

    P.S. The movie is great. Young Diane Lane. Plus Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper and Nick Cage… must have had some interesting cast parties.

    I had forgotten about Rumble Fish until I read Stewart Copeland’s book last summer. Tom Waits was in that as well. Don’t Box Me In got decent play on college radio back in ’83.

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    Ivan X

    I never got to see WoV with Ridgway, but I was a fan, and I’m one of the few who also liked the Andy Prieboy albums, and saw that configuration perform once (they were awesome).

    I finally got to see Ridgway perform a couple of years ago here in NY and he was amazing and moving and exciting. There is something just so evocative about WoV’s music — Call of the West, Back in Flesh, Can’t Make Love all, in words and music, speak so poetically to the alienation lurking behind the American dream (and I think that they unexpectedly managed to continue that spirit on the post-Ridgway records too).

    I never got into the Ridgway solo albums as much — I still think he’s a hell of a songwriter but the music wasn’t as sonically and rhythmically compelling to me.

    Also, if you haven’t seen it, get Urgh! A Music War for a great performance of Back in Flesh along with others from countless essential bands from 79-82. You can buy it from WB Archive’s web site as a DVD-R, well worth it.

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    PoliticalHack

    This is great fodder for a Youtube Rabbit Hole trip. You know, where you watch a video, then watch one of the related videos, then another related video, then another…..

    Three hours later, you emerge and wonder where you’ve been.

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    kindness

    I looked at this and thought ‘Oh shit! John is drinking EARLY!’. But no, it looks like you were just still up last night. You go John!

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