Malaka Of The Week: Wes Streeting
UK Defence Minister Wes Streeting is a rebel without a clue. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Wes Streeting
Author: Peter Adrastos Athas
The Sunday Dozen: Summer Songs
Experience the other side of summer with Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Seals & Crofts, Joni Mitchell, War, XTC, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Patti Smith, KD Lang, Bruce Springsteen, and Chris Isaak. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Summer Songs
Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime
Summer In The City
Cheers to John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, and Steve Boone. Continue reading Summer In The City
Why I Hate Hot Takes
Enough with the Chicken Littling. Continue reading Why I Hate Hot Takes
Malaka Of The Week: Mike Lindell
You say My Pillow; I say MAGA Pillow. Let’s call the whole thing off. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Mike Lindell
The Outsider Obsession
Adrastos on outsider candidates, past and present in the wake of the Platner shipwreck. Continue reading The Outsider Obsession
Night Moves (1975)
A neo-noir classic starring Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Melanie Griffith, and Harris Yulin. Directed by Arthur Penn. Screenplay by Alan Sharp. Cinematography by Bruce Surtees.
Saturday Odds & Sods: Days
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Days
Little Red Rooster
Cheers to Willie Dixon. Continue reading Little Red Rooster
Friday Catblogging: Perry & Pants
Meow from Perry Mason. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Perry & Pants
ICE’s Maximum Lethality
ICE agents are goons with guns. It’s time to melt those guns and abolish ICE. Continue reading ICE’s Maximum Lethality
The Whiplash War
You say TACO; I say whiplash. Let’s call the whole thing off. Continue reading The Whiplash War
The Three Faces Of Todd Blanche
Todd Blanche should be disbarred, not promoted. Senators should just say no to his nomination. Continue reading The Three Faces Of Todd Blanche
All The President’s Lackeys
In which Adrastos paraphrases Shakespeare: “I come to bury Lindsey, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Lindsey.” Continue reading All The President’s Lackeys
Angel Face (1952)
Tagline: The men she loved, she destroyed. Continue reading Angel Face (1952)
Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
Cheers to Jimmy Reed. Continue reading Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
Irked In July
Our monthly exercise in vexatious venting about irksome things. Continue reading Irked In July
The Platner Shipwreck
Oysterman’s campaign is in deep shit and sinking fast. Art by Winslow Homer. Music by Nick Lowe, Rodney Crowell, and Gordon Lightfoot. Continue reading The Platner Shipwreck
Gret Stet Shit Show
Adrastos on the tawdry tussle between Louisiana AG Liz Murrill and an Orleans Parish grand jury. You say clusterfuck; I say shit show. Let’s call the whole thing off. Continue reading Gret Stet Shit Show
Intruder In The Dust (1949)
Adapted from the novel by William Faulkner. Starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr, Juano Hernandez, and Elizabeth Patterson. Produced and directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by Ben Maddox. Cinematography by Robert Surtees. Continue reading Intruder In The Dust (1949)
Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July
“Red and white, blue suede shoes. I’m Uncle Sam, how do you do?” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July
Everybody Oughta Make A Change
Cheers to Sleepy John Estes. Continue reading Everybody Oughta Make A Change
Friday Catblogging: Stand Up Diva
Meow from Claire Trevor. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Stand Up Diva
The Crackpot Court
SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship 5-3-1. Kavanaugh provides a loophole for future challenges. Thanks for nothing, Justice Bro. Continue reading The Crackpot Court
America Is: One Time, One Night
“In a dream I had last night in America.” Continue reading America Is: One Time, One Night
Tricky JD’s Watergate Revisionism
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Richard Nixon was a crook. So is Donald Trump. Continue reading Tricky JD’s Watergate Revisionism
Bill Cassidy: YOLO No Mo
Bill Cassidy is a weakling. Continue reading Bill Cassidy: YOLO No Mo
The Sunday Dozen: Road Songs
Hit the road with Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, The Nashville Teens, Howlin’ Wolf, Frank Zappa, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, Pretenders, Talking Heads, John Fogerty, Lucinda Williams, and Rodney Crowell. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Road Songs