He is 35 years into his incredible career, and this album absolutely has to go down as one of his best. Armed with only a single mic and a 1950s era reel to reel tape recorder, Mellencamp laid these tracks down live from historic musical sites throughout the south. In this era of auto tuned, […]
This shows the Climate Prediction Center’s 8-14 day precipitation forecast for our region and it doesn’t look very moist. Even tho’ the temperatures are supposed to moderate into the 80’s this coming week – thanks to an East Coast upper level tro…
How else can you describe what has happened to the Republican Party this year? The Republican Party had a simple route to a landslide election this year: Cut government. But, like the Republican Party so often does, they could not not screw it up. Instead of focusing on actually cutting government, and coming for plans […]
This is a portion of the preface that appears in my copy of Animal Farm (Signet Classic Printing, 50th Anniversary Edition, April 1996): […] Orwell, of course, was seldom happier than when he was attacking fraud and hypocrisy and hearing the squeals of the injured. Despite his insistence on being “political” in his work, Orwell’s […]
When will this woman just shut up and raise the average IQ of politicians everywhere? Adversaries who have been trying to silence Dr. Laura for years seized on her recent use of the n-word on her show as she subsequently suggested that rap “artists” and other creative types like those producing HBO shows who regularly […]
He is 35 years into his incredible career, and this album absolutely has to go down as one of his best. Armed with only a single mic and a 1950s era reel to reel tape recorder, Mellencamp laid these tracks down live from historic musical sites througho…
Clocking in at over 70 minutes, Iron Maiden certainly doesn’t cheat their fans from lack of effort. The Final Frontier continues the prog-metal direction that Maiden has taken over the last couple of albums. For a lot of fans, I suspect it may be a little too much in that direction. I like it, but […]
43 BC – Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname “Old Ironsides”. 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, […]
Background: On August 10th, Radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger went on a tirade on her radio program using the n-word 11 times. Tuesday, she announced that she would be ending her radio show to “regain [her] First Amendment rights.” For some perverse reason the former Mayor of Wasilla and half-term Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, […]
Clocking in at over 70 minutes, Iron Maiden certainly doesn’t cheat their fans from lack of effort. The Final Frontier continues the prog-metal direction that Maiden has taken over the last couple of albums. For a lot of fans, I suspect it may be a lit…
