It’s been cold so I ran a search for winter album covers and came up with Winter In America. This 1974 album is a collaborator between the late, great Gil Scott-Heron and his old friend jazz pianist Brian Jackson. The … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Winter In America
Our august journalism elders are wanking away about unqualified diversity hires who ARE NEITHER: Now on top of those errors, the graf above says VICE wanted ppl with “the look.” “But” it hired “very young” reporters w/ “scant experience.” I’m the 1st example of this. Elements of the graf paint me as an “edgy” but inept diversity hire, rather than a competent journalist. To attempt to explain what’s happened to journalism: Jill Abramson follows four companies: The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and VICE Media over a decade of disruption and radical adjustment. The new digital reality nearly kills two venerable newspapers with … Continue reading Blogger Ethics Train’s Never Late
Got into a discussion the other day about the infuriating cost of dental work and the near-total uselessness of dental insurance and a friend pointed my way to this story, which explains in some ways why my dentist acts like money doesn’t exist: On a recent Friday, Michael Hanson, 54, a lobsterman who went 15 years without seeing a dentist, was sitting in the community health clinic near Maine’s Acadia National Park. Over time, lack of care and poor health ruined Hanson’s teeth. In February, they were all pulled. He sat toothless, talking about eating soft food for months while he … Continue reading The Dental Lobby
The Insult Comedian brings his act to deep blue New Orleans. Continue reading Tweets Of The Day: Protest NOLA Style
Adrastos on Trump’s seditious conduct. Continue reading The Fog Of Scandal: Worst Case Scenario
A quick one today, folks – starting off with – Kanye believe this shit?
Kanye Is Back On That Deranged $#*+ With Trump!!
Hypefresh ^ | January 2, 2019Posted on 1/2/2019, 11:04:59 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
It seems like Kanye’s deranged behavior is here to stay in 2019.
Through 2018, Kanye had a lot of ups and downs in his personal life. The rapper has seemed to have fallen from stardom due to his outspoken personality and random outburst. Because of his actions he has lost the respect of the peers in the world of music. It seems as though his arrogance continues to grow and rubbed people throughout the year. It even went as for to typical Kanye finding ways to piss people off at Cher opening. Most of the animosity has come by way of him being an advocate for Donald Trump within the urban community.
Many people were appalled when news broke that Kanye West arrives at Whitehouse for lunch with Trump. Fellow artist that have accepted Kanye West stunts in the past would not be silent on this particular shenanigan. Artist such as Snoop Dogg, T.I., and former label mate Camron took to social media to air out the Chicago native. Everyone is highly offended by Mr. West rocking the highly controversial “Make America Great Again” hat. Shortly after his wife Kim Kardashian says she educated Kanye after the Trump visit.
Longtime colleague Charlemagne Da God canceled his interview his discussion with Kanye West because of his public outcry for attention. After all of the drama, Yeezy eventually apologized publicly on Twitter for making the wrong stance regarding the world of politics. Even his label Pusha T claimed that Kanye doesn’t wear the MAGNA hat anymore. At the moment it seems as though Kanye is back to supporting Trump again. During his cabinet meeting to kick off the year, the President shouted out Mr. West.
It’s obvious that Ye loves to be the center of attention, as he even called out larger than life rapper Drake on Twitter. He claims that Drizzy took shots at him several times, and he was steamin after Drake followed his wife on Instagram.
Is Kanye really deranged? Or is he trying to stay relevant?
To: 2ndDivisionVetI don’t care about Kanye anymoreSeems like an attention whore to me
…but enough about Trump…
A few days before the 2018 election he claims he has been had and used and stopped support MAGA.
Not a friend of Trump, just another moocher looking to line is pockets.
Get lost Kanye
2 posted on 1/2/2019, 11:10:54 PM by Trump.Deplorable
To: Trump.DeplorableKanye is a Master Persuader.
I’m glad he’s on our side.
4 posted on 1/2/2019, 11:12:26 PM by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer’s p*ssboy)
To: conservative98
He went against Trump and could not support the policies and that borders were bad. He was had
Screw this Kanye, we don’t need him or all of his “issues”
6 posted on 1/2/2019, 11:15:39 PM by Trump.Deplorable
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: Trump.Deplorable
“I don’t care about Kanye anymore”
I never pay any attention to the worthless, lowlife filth. Anyone who did an idiot. He’s a con-artist, subhuman garbage and a racist POS. He richly deserves the “Tupac Treatment”, bigtime, for his trash rags and noise.
10 posted on 1/2/2019, 11:30:21 PM by carriage_hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – Trumpy bare edition”
I’ve been following this conversation with interest because the way I respond to burnout is really specific and goes against the standard advice — just take a break! learn to breathe again! — and plays into the specificity of millennial burnout, as opposed to my late-GenX crabbiness: My own behavior didn’t make sense to me because I didn’t recognize it as burnout. But everyone’s burnout works differently — which is why my immediate follow-up to the piece was to collect 16 different accounts of how burnout accumulates differently for people from different backgrounds, with different life conditions, with different contexts. As I said … Continue reading Breaks Don’t Fix Burnout
Local tamales, bitches: BRIDGEPORT — For nearly 75 years, La Guadalupana’s tamales have been a fixture at South Side grocers and corner stores. Now — thanks to a new contract with Walmart — the rest of the Chicago area is getting the chance to try out the Bridgeport-based company’s products. La Guadalupana inked a deal in the summer to sell its products at 38 Walmart stores throughout Chicago and southern Wisconsin. It marks a major expansion for a company that has humble roots as a local, immigrant-owned bakery. The products arrived on Walmart shelves in time for the holidays. “There’s … Continue reading Not Everything Sucks: Food Edition
Carnival is in its early stages but it’s beginning to eat my life. That may sound cannibalistic but I’ve always been fascinated by the Donner Party, so I’m down with cannibals. But I was never big on the band Fine Young Cannibals. I like music with more bite. All FYC ever did was was drive me crazy. Hmm, FYC sounds like KFC and you know what they say about chicken…
Last Sunday was Twelfth Night proper so Dr. A and I attended the launch party of a new business owned by our friends Will and Jennifer Samuels. It’s called the King Cake Hub and they sell a wide variety of King Cake from numerous local bakeries. And New Orleanians are obsessed with King Cake.
The King Cake Hub’s location has added to the local interest: the Mortuary at 4800 Canal Street. It used to be a genuine mortuary and is currently home to an elaborate haunted house every fall. If you don’t believe me, it’s picture time:
I knew Will before he became a King Cake impresario and was a pizza man; not to be confused with Frank Furillo of Hill Street Blues. I wish him well in his new venture. End of semi-shameless unpaid commercial plug.
Henceforth there shall be no more shilling. Isn’t “thou shall not shill” one of The Ten Commandments of Love?
This week’s theme song, Because The Night, has something of a checkered history:
The song was originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen during sessions for his Darkness on the Edge of Town album. He was not satisfied with the song and later declared he already knew he wasn’t going to finish it since it was “a[nother] love song”; the Patti Smith Group was working on Easter in the studio next door, with engineer/producer Jimmy Iovine working on both albums. Iovine gave Smith a tape of the song, she recast it, and it was included on Easter, becoming the first single released from that album.
We have three versions for your listening pleasure: Patti’s version, Bruce and the E Street live in 2012, and Bruce and Patti teaming up with U2.
WARNING: BONO ALERT.
If that Bono sighting doesn’t make you want to jump to the break, I don’t know what will. So, follow me, trail along.
The Insult Comedian is coming to the Gret Stet of Louisiana next week. He’ll be speaking at the Farm Bureau convention at the Morial Convention Center. Since New Orleans is one of the bluest cities in the country, there will be protesters. I may be among them. That brings me to the tweet of the day. Thanks to my blogger buddy and Spank krewe mate, Noladishu, for sending this my way: Since President Trump will be in Louisiana Monday, we dug into the archive and found this picture of a 1993 press conference he had with then-Gov. Edwin Edwards. The … Continue reading Tweet Of The Day: Louisiana 1993
All Hail, Dennie. Continue reading Friday Guest Catblogging: Time Of The Season
I was an agnostic on the subject of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez until recently. She ran a great primary campaign against a complacent incumbent but she’s a freshman, which gives her little to no power. That, and my opinion of her, changed … Continue reading Punching Above Her Weight
David Goodis was one of the most interesting and accomplished crime fiction writers of his era. Many of his books were made into movies. The most interesting one by far was Francois Truffaut’s adaption of Down There. He improved upon … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Down There/Shoot The Piano Player
I didn’t get all the agita yesterday about Trump’s Oval Office speech. It lived up (down?) to my low expectations. He’s a terrible, and worse, boring speaker without an audience. To quote the man himself, it was low energy. Additionally, … Continue reading No Plan, No Endgame
This 1966 album by New Orleans R&B singer and auto mechanic, Lee Dorsey, was produced by Allen Toussaint who also wrote 11 of the 12 tunes. The backing band was a combo you might have heard of: the Meters. The full … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: The New Lee Dorsey
Trump will literally be herding people who mildly criticize him into cattle cars OH WAIT and Republicans and pundits will be going NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR SOMEONE TO STAND UP TO HIM: Now would be a really good time for @MittRomney to round up a few R’s and step forward to say a declaration of emergency would be egregious violation of Constitution and sep of powers — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 8, 2019 You know when else would have been a good time, Jenny? When he fucking declared his candidacy by calling Mexicans rapists and murderers. When … Continue reading Any. Minute. Now.
One: Two: You know what we’ve gone and done? Jesus Christ. You know what? We’ve gone and built Trump’s wall. In fact, we’ve built like ten of them. Today. We’ve built a wall that is 400 feet high and constructed almost entirely of bullshit. We’ve built a wall between the word “racist” and any meaningful fucking understanding of what that is, such that we can acknowledge, as Anderson Cooper has, that Donald Trump does racist shit all the time but may not Be A Racist. Yes, he does horrible racist things constantly, but to call him a racist is … Continue reading Naughty Words
As the Trump government shutdown tantrum slogs along for a sixteenth day, it’s time to take a fond look back at a leader who said what he meant and meant what he said, Harry Reid. And Harry knows what he’s … Continue reading I’m Still Wild About Harry
OK – I promised myself a mental health week, so I stayed away from Freeperville – but I did go over to my old haunt Glock Talk to see what’s been going on since I left them 10 years ago.
I’m a handgun owner, and a Glock 21 owner, and I used to hang out there for amusement. They have many forums, and one is a political forum. Now there’s some liberal Glock owners, but they’re far outnumbered by the right-wing nutcases. I always had a bit of fun letting the air of reality into their lead zeppelins of bubble-think.
So – I now present you with the following thread:
Mad Dog is retiring
Discussion in ‘Political Issues‘ started by B C, Dec 20, 2018.
Will be leaving in Feb.
“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting… …equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!”
Discussion?
Personally I’m sad to see him go he was one of Trumps best cabinet member
6Actual Southern Backwater Mafia
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Mattis understands he was working for a psychopath and finally said FU to the Moron in Chief.
czsmithGT
Uh oh.
After having his carefully considered advice ignored several times, he got fed up. Funny how no quality people will stick with Trump. Trumptards will continue to rationalize, but “the truth is out there.”
OGW NRA, SAF
Trump is losing it.
Yeah I voted for himarmy_eod US Army Retired, EOD, PM, PMP
Wow.
Damn.
Sad to see Mad Dog go so soon but on the other hand, I like how Trump switching out his Cabinet members and other staff positions. Making sure that nobody thinks that they’re indispensable and can afford to rest on their laurels.
fnfalman
Chicks Dig It
I’m starting to feel like I’ve taken a turn into an alternate universe.
More Trump betrayal after the jump…
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with Glock Talk -“You mad dog, bro?” edition”
Have you seen this movie? Hardly anyone’s seen this movie. Young Diane Lane looking FINE and the best soundtrack of any film ever (I will fight you): You will not regret the two hours. I promise. A. Continue reading Not Everything Sucks: Streets of Fire is on Amazon Now
It’s so easy to focus on the new terrible things that we forget the old terrible things are still with us: Yellowman’s great-great-great grandmother was born on the eastern butte. Family members told him that her cradleboard, a traditional way to carry babies, was made from the pine trees on the butte. In the 1860s, Yellowman said, the U.S. government drove his ancestors from the buttes and later marched them to Fort Sumner, N.M., where they were imprisoned, part of a forced journey known as the Long Walk. As a boy, Yellowman, who was born on a mesa in the … Continue reading We’ve Been Hurting People Forever
We’re having typical early January weather thus far in 2019: gray, gloomy, foggy, damp, and chilly. Some days I’m not sure if we should run the AC or heater. The cats prefer heat but they don’t have a vote.
I’m still warding off the lingering effects of the Broccolini cold. It was a whopper and I’m not referring to the candy. I wonder if that qualifies as a Malteser, which is the brand name for malted milk balls in the U.K. I should probably do some form of penance for that joke but I’ll get on with the post instead.
I realize that it was a bit creepy that I included a Captain & Tennile album cover in my Gone To The Dogs post earlier the same day that Daryl Dragon died. If you think I have premonitive powers, you’re barking up the wrong tree. I barely have first sight, let alone second sight.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Boz Scaggs lately. Boz deserves the sort of revival that his fellow “blue-eyed soul” singer Daryl Hall has gotten. Hall & Oates never recorded an album as good as 1976’s Silk Degrees, after all.
This week’s theme song, What Can I Say, is the opening track of the aforementioned album. What can I say? I like it.
Now that I given you silk degrees in lieu of the second degree, let’s jump to the break.
Thursdays are usually uneventful but yesterday was a historic day. Nancy D’Allesandro Pelosi became the first person to regain the Speakership since Sam Rayburn in 1955. In some ways, Mister Sam and NDP are similar: Rayburn was a stern, loving, … Continue reading Welcome Back, Nancy Smash
Della and Paul have many boxes to choose from right now. FYI, Sunday is PD’s gotcha day. He’s a Twelfth Night cat even if he prefers pizza to King Cake. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Boxed In
MITT HAPPENS. Continue reading The Wind Cries Willard
This week’s canine theme continues with two covers of a 1949 novel, one of which is on the dogeared side: It’s time for some Thursday morning music: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Dog Eat Dog
The title is a teaser without the firecat. I’m less interested in the 2020 presidential election than in the return of Speaker Pelosi, the Mueller investigation, and the slow, steady erosion of the Insult Comedian’s popularity and sanity. Change is already in the air. At this point, 2020 talk is speculative gasbaggery. Until more candidates declare, extensive commentary is the equivalent of the blind leading the blind or is that the bland leading the bland? In either event, strike up the band. End of epic and overly punny disclaimer. I have some pithy observations to make about 2020 talk before … Continue reading 2020 Foresight
Dr. A and I closed out the holidays by watching the AKC dog show on the tube. We’re cat people who also love dogs. Della was horrified and retaliated by snoring loudly while she slept during the festivities. Holy protest … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Gone To The Dogs
I suppose I could try one more time to lose the 15 pounds I put on after my second back injury. Been biting my nails for 43 years, could give quitting that a whack. Again. Probably would do to drink less. Booze is expensive, and see resolution number one up there. I really do have a problem with online shopping. I had to give it up for Lent last year. I might want to work on that. Last year’s resolution was to do yoga twice a week. Day job put paid to that, I was too busy to breathe much … Continue reading Resolutions