Monthly Archives: February 2012
Goodbye, Davy Jones.
At 1:30 pm EST today, NBC News reported: “Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heart attack at 66, the medical examiner’s office in Martin County, Fla. has confirmed to NBC News.” This one really hurts. Aside … Continue reading
One Song: Four Artists
A great song has many lives. Those who write a song give it life – but after that, their song takes on a life of its own: shaped and reimagined through the experience, talents and style of the artists who … Continue reading
Trapped in Their Echo Chamber
Fox News, AM Talk Radio — and the Narrowing of the Conservative Mind. How living in its own echo chamber could doom the GOP at the ballot box this November – and beyond. For the past two weeks, social conservatives … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
Top Ten Political Bumper Stickers of 2012
I can’t remember who sent them to me*, but not long ago I was sent a link to dozens of new political bumper stickers. These are the ten best. This first one says it all. “He Won, Get Over It”. … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
Rockmes @ Mayne Stage
On December 30, 2011, The Practical Theatre Company’s semi-legendary house band Riffmaster & The Rockme Foundation closed the triumphant two-week engagement of “The Vic & Paul Show” at Mayne Stage in Chicago with a raucous night of traditional American garage … Continue reading
The King & Abe…
While few Americans other than American Civil War buffs like me seem to be aware of it — we are in the midst of the sesquicentennial of The War Between the States. (Or as many southerners refer to it, The … Continue reading
Filed under History
The Death of Satire
Satire (500 B.C. – February 2, 2012) Satire died today at the approximate age of 2,512 years. Satire had been in ill health for decades since the Vice Presidential term of Dan Quayle in the late 1980’s made the popular … Continue reading
