Dr. A and I saw the Jayhawks for the second time this year. This time it was at home at Tipitina’s, which is a stone’s throw from Adrastos World HQ. They were great. They’ve been doing a slew of radio gigs to promote their tour and new album Paging Mr. Proust. Here are some of them: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Jayhawks On The Radio
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Just One Victory
A pre-election pep talk from Adrastos. Continue reading Take A Deep Breath
The cooler series continues: Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Cooler For Devil-Eyed Cats
Adrastos on the Debacle at Dillard. Continue reading The Not So Great Gret Stet Senate Debate
It’s national sandwich day hence this book cover: As a New Orleanian, this day makes me ponder the eternal question: what can a Poor Boy do? Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Case Of The Dancing Sandwiches
Dear Chicago Cub Fans, It took all seven games, and extra innings to boot, but you did it. You broke the Curse of the Billy Goat and won your first World Series since the end of Teddy Roosevelt’s administration. The long wait of “next year” is over. It’s done. World Champion Chicago Cubs. I bet it sounds great. As a Cleveland fan, I have to admit it hurts more than I thought it would. In the end, I was just exhausted. Down 1, down 4, comeback, comeback, extra innings, rain delay, down two, rally for a run, lose with an … Continue reading An open letter to Cubs fans from an Indians fan
Adrastos on Comey’s FBI: “Perhaps the FBI should be called COMEY PAC. That would at least have the virtue of being honest about its current role as an arm of the GOP.” Continue reading Out Of Control FBI Playing By The Clinton Rules
In which Adrastos praises Bill Weld for praising Hillary Clinton. Praise be. Continue reading Bill Weld Is A Bad Hombre
Adrastos spends time on Twitter so you don’t have to. Continue reading Tweets Of The Day: Campaign 2016 Edition
All the talk about Donald Trump and the Russians led me to play Google bingo this week. The Russians are known for their classical composers so I searched for those covers. This Rimsky-Korsakoff cover from 1952 was the coolest image that … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Scheherazade
The author of Explaining Hitler on the Trump phenomenon. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Ron Rosenbaum Edition
Later, taters: In a statement Tuesday morning, Tronc said: “It is unfortunate that Gannett’s lenders made their decision to terminate their role in the transaction without the benefit of Tronc’s third quarter financials or any future projections. “Tronc remained a constructive partner to Gannett as it sought to complete its financing for the agreed upon purchase price, however, Gannett was unable to do so and terminated discussions.” On Thursday, trading of Tronc shares was temporarily halted after a report that banks potentially involved in Gannett’s effort to acquire the Chicago-based newspaper company had pulled out, sinking the stock of both companies. Earlier Thursday, Gannett … Continue reading Tronc is officially too screwed up for Gannett to bother screwing it up more