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Month: January 2025

Adrastos, Diary, Irksome Things, Political Crack3 Comments

Irked In January

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

More vexatious venting about irksome things. Continue reading Irked In January

Cassandra, Musical Interlude1 Comment

Musical Interlude:  Eye Tunes

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 cassandraisright

Yes, eye went there. Continue reading Musical Interlude:  Eye Tunes

Adrastos, Dipshit Insurrection, Legal Docket, Political Crack, The Darnold

Quick & Dirty Thoughts On The Smith Report

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Jack Smith’s parting shot. Continue reading Quick & Dirty Thoughts On The Smith Report

Climate Change, Jamie O, Nature is Scary, Political Crack1 Comment

The Cruelty Continues To Be The Point

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 JCO

As LA burns, America’s right wing continues to demonstrate a total lack of humanity. Continue reading The Cruelty Continues To Be The Point

Adrastos, Diary, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, Music, Nature is Scary, New Orleans, Political Crack2 Comments

Ill Wind Blows Los Angeles No Good

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Blow ill wind, blow away. Let me rest today. You’re blowin’ me no good.” Continue reading Ill Wind Blows Los Angeles No Good

Adrastos, Music, Sunday Morning Video

John Hiatt Live In 2012

January 12, 2025January 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

John Hiatt & The Combo rock Rotterdam. Continue reading John Hiatt Live In 2012

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Odds & Sods, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Silver Spoon

January 11, 2025January 10, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Where are the bodies for dinner?” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Silver Spoon

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music, New Orleans

Pearl Of The Quarter

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Continue reading Pearl Of The Quarter

Jamie O, Political Crack4 Comments

My Senator, The Troll

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 JCO

The transformational con of John Fetterman’s move from progressive darling to MAGA troll. Continue reading My Senator, The Troll

Adrastos, Catblogging

Blast From The Past: PD’s Purple Pose

January 10, 2025January 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow from the late great Paul Drake. Continue reading Blast From The Past: PD’s Purple Pose

Cassandra, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

Don’t Fall For The Distraction

January 9, 2025January 10, 2025 cassandraisright

Pay attention to the people behind the curtain. Continue reading Don’t Fall For The Distraction

Adrastos, Diary, Political Crack

Why I Still Do What I Do

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A publisher’s manifesto of sorts. Continue reading Why I Still Do What I Do

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Music

Album Cover Art: Grateful Dead Meets Toto Too

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

What do The Dead and Toto have in common? The cover art of Philip Garris, that’s what. Continue reading Album Cover Art: Grateful Dead Meets Toto Too

Cassandra, Congress, Political Crack

Meet Riley Moore, My New GOP House Rep

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 cassandraisright

The latest Dollar Store Gilead dynast. Continue reading Meet Riley Moore, My New GOP House Rep

Adrastos, New Orleans, R.I.P., Terrorism1 Comment

The Mourner-In-Chief In New Orleans

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

President Biden honors the victims of the Bourbon Street terrorist attack. Continue reading The Mourner-In-Chief In New Orleans

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Music, Television5 Comments

HBO’s Yacht Rock

January 7, 2025December 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Ahoy mateys? Continue reading HBO’s Yacht Rock

Dipshit Insurrection, Jamie O, Political Crack

My Wife Was Right On Jan. 6, 2021

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 JCO

We let an insurrectionist have the chance to become president again. That is indefensible. Continue reading My Wife Was Right On Jan. 6, 2021

Adrastos, Books, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of History, Television1 Comment

Rip Van Winkle On The Dipshit Insurrection

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Van Winkle lets it rip. Continue reading Rip Van Winkle On The Dipshit Insurrection

Adrastos, Music, New Orleans, The Sunday Dozen

The Sunday Dozen: New Orleans Tunes

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Celebrate New Orleans music with Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Domino, The Meters. The Band with Bobby Charles, L’il Queenie & The Percolators, The Tragically Hip, Dr John, Earl King, Kermit Ruffins, Cyril Neville, and Dr John & Bobby Rush.
Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: New Orleans Tunes

Cassandra, Caturday

Caturday: Here’s Looking At You, Kid

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025 cassandraisright

Meow from Finn. Continue reading Caturday: Here’s Looking At You, Kid

Adrastos, Diary, Film, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Takin’ It To The Streets

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Takin’ It To The Streets

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music, Television

What A Fool Believes

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald. Continue reading What A Fool Believes

Jamie O, Political Crack, Terrorism2 Comments

If You Build Terror Weapons They Might Get Used

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 JCO

America’s beloved large vehicles are killing machines. Terrorists are figuring that out. Continue reading If You Build Terror Weapons They Might Get Used

Cassandra, Political Crack

So Yeah, 2025

January 2, 2025 cassandraisright

A different kind of New Year’s resolution. Continue reading So Yeah, 2025

Adrastos, Gret Stet Politics, New Orleans, Terrorism2 Comments

The Bourbon Street Terrorist Attack

January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Carnage in New Orleans. What a fucking mess. Continue reading The Bourbon Street Terrorist Attack

Cassandra, Political Crack3 Comments

Jimmy and Ronald and Joe and Don

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024 cassandraisright

Santayana said it: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Continue reading Jimmy and Ronald and Joe and Don

Adrastos, Music1 Comment

Happy New Year

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Hello 2025. Continue reading Happy New Year

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