The Other McCain

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

Another Shocking Republican Scandal! ‘Redneck Romeo’ Jason Aldean Goes Wild

While we were at Mitt Romney’s rally in Toledo last week, I remarked to Ali Akbar that the warm-up music for the Republican’s events includes some country-rock songs that aren’t quite what you’d usually associate with GOP family values, for example Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)“: Get up on the hood of my […]

MUSIC VIDEO: ‘You Didn’t Build That’

Two words: HI-LARIOUS!

Tres Fedoras

by Smitty Unrelated: @momus1978 Hey, it looks like Neal is now Tweeting as “Brenda Kahn”? — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 12, 2012 RT @smitty_one_each: @rsmccain Didn’t you play live at Brendakhan? youtu.be/HBQ9dm7zaQU | Ohhh man…that was bad. — Bob Belvedere (@BobBelvedere) September 12, 2012

@hicaliber75 — Who Knew Conservative Rap Existed?

by Smitty I really don’t get much out of hip-hop. But even the non-aficionado can appreciate this, and you may know some hipsters who are best reached through material like this: The artist has apparently fallen on harder times than most, via email from Chris Cassone: Hi Caliber (Cal) needs a lift. We met when […]

Clockwork Angels

— by Wombat-socho Back in February, Smitty mentioned that Kevin J. Anderson would be writing a novel to accompany the new Rush* album Clockwork Angels. Well, thanks to a librarian friend, I got hold of an advance reader copy. It’s not bad. It’s an odd little book, much less Randian than I would have thought […]

Barack Obama’s Political Career Reduced To A Brace Of Guns`n`Roses Videos

by Smitty 2008: “It’s so easy, easy, when everybody’s trying to please me. . .” 2012: “Funny how everything was roses when we held onto the guns. . .”

Investing Yourself

by Smitty An item in the blogs yesterday talked about snooty eating. After viewing a few organic foods, comfort foods, or control foods, participants who were exposed to organic foods volunteered significantly less time to help a needy stranger, and they judged moral transgressions significantly harsher than those who viewed nonorganic foods. These results suggest […]

More ‘Electronica’ Than Rock’n’Roll

by Smitty This is a solid piece, reminiscent of Moby. Sorry about the ‘none more black video’:You can get a full EP on iTunes now, before these guys are bigger than Nine Inch Nails. Hopefully they never achieve the full diaper wail of Trent Reznor. And that, Mr. Sheppard, is how you pimp some product. […]

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