The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

$39,978 a Year

That’s the undergraduate tuition at Dartmouth College, where Josh Riddle and David Rufful are students. And here’s their new rap video, “Obama, Reid, Pelosi”: Riddle and Rufful got written up at The Blaze by Emily Esfahani Smith (Dartmouth ’09), who has never once linked my blog. Also, Riddle and Rufful are on the staff of The […]

VIDEO: ‘Libyan Hit Squad’ (1986)

This tune was recorded 25 years ago by my buddy Chris Cassone: (Via I Own The World.) Nice beat, easy to dance to, I’ll give it an 85.

Alyssa Milano Tweeted This

Animated history of the Beatles: BEATLES Rock Band from alberto mielgo on Vimeo. Follow Alyssa Milano on Twitter. Because if you followed her in real life, you’d get arrested, you sick freak.

‘That Little Faggot With the Earring and the Makeup’? He’s Now Banned in Canada

Dire Straits ix now branded a homophobic hate group: It was No. 1 in 1985, but it’s unacceptable for Canadian eyes and ears today. The Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing” was ruled by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to be “extremely offensive” and thus inappropriate for airing because it uses an anti-gay slur. . . […]

Ignoring Public Outcry for ‘Civility,’ Britney Spears Releases New Single

Can nothing stop her violent aural hate crimes? By the way, because of the need to “tone it down,” you’re inciting violence if you say Britney’s hit is Number One “with a bullet.” And really, it’s more like Number Two. IYKWIMAITYD.

Wait Until Glenn Beck Sees This!

“Spooky Dude” by Chris Cassone. Video by Mr. Pinko of IOwnTheWorld.com. UPDATE: Dude! Re-Tweeted by Glenn Beck! How does this compare to getting Tweeted by Alyssa Milano? Don’t be divisive!

My Bagpipe Teacher Would Not Approve

by Smitty (h/t Kottke) As someone who occasionally gets some time on the instrument, I can appreciate the playing here, to a degree: The fingering is articulate at ludicrous speed, and the peel-offs are way beyond my own meager skill. However, one is officially required to assume a reactionary stance about any non-traditional pieces on […]

Note on Juke-Joint Etiquette

ABINGDON, Va. — Thursday night, in pursuit of the inside story of the VA-9 congressional campaign, I met with Republican sources at a saloon on State Street in Bristol. When we walked in, the jukebox was playing some toneless heavy metal noise that was getting on my road-frayed nerves. “Obviously,” I told my companions, “these […]

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