Happy Birthday, John Hiatt
“And the master of disaster, gets tangled in his Telecaster. He can’t play it any faster, when he plays the blues.” Continue reading Happy Birthday, John Hiatt
Category: Adrastos
The Ten Commandments Of Hypocrisy
Now playing in Louisiana classrooms: Jeff Landry and Liz Murrill’s propaganda posterpalooza. Continue reading The Ten Commandments Of Hypocrisy
MAGA’s Performative Patriotism
MAGA hypocrisy on land and sea. Trump praises the communist dictator of North Korea and accuses Navy families of lying about conditions on the USS Lincoln. Continue reading MAGA’s Performative Patriotism
MAGA’s Hot Stove League
MAGA is power drunk on greed and gold. Continue reading MAGA’s Hot Stove League
The Sunday Dozen: Texas Tunes
Cheers to Lone Star state liberals. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Texas Tunes
Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones
Groove Me
Cheers to King Floyd. Continue reading Groove Me
Friday Catblogging: Doubleheader
Meow from Perry. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Doubleheader
Malaka Of The Week: Brandon Herrera
The MAGA malakatude, it burns. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Brandon Herrera
Exhuming Hoover
Donald Trump meets Herbert Hoover, economic calamity ensues. Continue reading Exhuming Hoover
Nobody’s Worse Than Todd Blanche
Thanks to Doctor Senator Cassidy, the worst is yet to come. Continue reading Nobody’s Worse Than Todd Blanche
Scarlet Street (1945)
Edward G. Robinson can’t kick his femme fatale habit. Also starring Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. Produced and directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols. Continue reading Scarlet Street (1945)
Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow
Tempted
Cheers to Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. Continue reading Tempted
Malaka Of The Week: Victor Marx
Meet Manly Malaka Marx who resembles the Brawny Man. He lies so much that he’s Donald Trump in a flannel shirt. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Victor Marx
Irked In August
Our monthly exercise in vexatious venting about irksome things. Continue reading Irked In August
Stuck On 2020
The BIG LIE goes on and on and on. Continue reading Stuck On 2020
The Breaking Point (1950)
A 1950 film noir based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. Starring John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, and Wallace Ford. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Ranald MacDougal. Continue reading The Breaking Point (1950)
Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave
Don’t Do It
Cheers to Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland. Continue reading Don’t Do It
Friday Catblogging: Stretch Trevor
Meow from Claire. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Stretch Trevor
The Third Red Scare
MAGA wants you to be afraid of reds under the bed. Repeat after me: There is no red menace. Continue reading The Third Red Scare
Carry On, Patriots?
The Pensacola Beach flyover is a symptom of everything that’s wrong with the pretend secretary of war. Bros like Pete Hegseth belong at Fox News, not the Pentagon. Continue reading Carry On, Patriots?
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
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