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Category: Diary

Adrastos, Diary, Music, Story Time1 Comment

Story Time: Pickles & Beefheart

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Captain Beefheart gets bongo furious. Continue reading Story Time: Pickles & Beefheart

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Music, The Sunday Dozen4 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: The Who

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to the OG band: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: The Who

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Food and Drink, Law/Justice, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Television3 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Sugaree

August 6, 2022August 5, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

This week: A follow up on Lengua Madre and Jason Williams, Wild Bill Hickok, Phil Karlson, and Athenae on Tommy T. Music by Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Graham Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bankston, George Harrison, Lord Huron, and Vikki Carr. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Sugaree

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, New Orleans, Political Crack, Story Time

Story Time: The Mike Hammer Chronicles

July 31, 2022August 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Set the Wayback Machine to 2006. Continue reading Story Time: The Mike Hammer Chronicles

Adrastos, Comedy, Diary, Film, Law/Justice, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Smokestack Lightning

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Smokestack Lightning

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Television4 Comments

Luck Is An Art

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A rave review of Ethan Hawke’s documentary about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Continue reading Luck Is An Art

Adrastos, Diary, Film, New Orleans, Story Time

Barbershop Trio

July 24, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Set the Wayback Machine to 2016. Continue reading Barbershop Trio

Diary, Immoral Values, Shapiro, Sports, Television, Twitter, Web/Tech1 Comment

But On The Other Hand…

July 22, 2022July 21, 2022 shapiroout

I’ve still got interpersonal communication on my mind. This time I’m asking some people to pipe down. Continue reading But On The Other Hand…

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Television

D.B. Cooper Eats American Pie

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Reviews of D.B. Cooper: Where Are You? and The Day The Music Died: The Story Of Don McLean’s American Pie. Continue reading D.B. Cooper Eats American Pie

Diary, Language, Shapiro3 Comments

Can We Talk?

July 19, 2022July 18, 2022 shapiroout

Conversations are the acorns that will grow into the oaks of political civility. Continue reading Can We Talk?

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Teabaggery

Still Irksome After All These Years

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Holy irksome things, Batman. Continue reading Still Irksome After All These Years

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Sports, Story Time

Story Time: Why Rudy Giuliani Reminds Me Of Leo Durocher

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Play ball and set the Wayback Machine to 2007. Continue reading Story Time: Why Rudy Giuliani Reminds Me Of Leo Durocher

Adrastos, Comedy, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, R.I.P., Television, The Darnold

Saturday Odds & Sods: Only The Lonely

July 16, 2022July 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Only The Lonely

Business, Diary, Elections, Immigration, Political Crack, Race, Shapiro2 Comments

Change Is Inevitable

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 shapiroout

The world spins around each day, never in reverse. What’s gone is gone. Embrace the future and accept that we can never go back to before. Or become a relic of another time. Continue reading Change Is Inevitable

Adrastos, Diary, Story Time

Story Time: Moonies Over The Owl Market

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Another San Francisco story. Continue reading Story Time: Moonies Over The Owl Market

Adrastos, Diary, Music, The Sunday Dozen7 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: Steve Winwood

July 10, 2022July 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Back in the high life with the great Steve Winwood. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Steve Winwood

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

Saturday Odds & Sods: Brokedown Palace

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Brokedown Palace

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Food and Drink, New Orleans, Russian Imperialism, Television

Loose Tongue

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Of fireworks, Stranger Things, Brittney Griner, patriotism, and New Orleans restaurants. Continue reading Loose Tongue

Adrastos, Diary, Music

Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Red and white, blue suede shoes. I’m Uncle Sam, how do you do?” Continue reading Hey Baby, It’s The Fourth Of July

Adrastos, Diary, Story Time3 Comments

Story Time: Sunset For Mr. Truck

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“I ask the landlord how much you making, don’t you get tired of just taking and taking? I ask the neighbor why are you so stupid? Giving us those dirty looks and trying to murder cupid.” Continue reading Story Time: Sunset For Mr. Truck

Adrastos, Diary, Music, The Sunday Dozen1 Comment

The Sunday Dozen: Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The Chairman of the Board meets the Riddler. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle

Adrastos, Bigotry, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Friend Of The Devil

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Friend Of The Devil

Adrastos, Diary, Food and Drink, New Orleans7 Comments

Letter From New Orleans: Forked Tongue

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A review of a pretentious, precious, and gimmicky New Orleans restaurant. Continue reading Letter From New Orleans: Forked Tongue

Diary, Political Crack, Ryne Hancock, Supreme Court, Twitter

Ryne Hancock: Hurt People Hurt People

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Give ’em hell, Ryne. Continue reading Ryne Hancock: Hurt People Hurt People

Adrastos, Diary, Music, The Sunday Dozen1 Comment

The Sunday Dozen: Yes

June 26, 2022June 25, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Alan White, Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye, Peter Banks, and Patrick Moraz. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Yes

Adrastos, Congress, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of History, January 6 Committee, Law/Justice, Malakatude, Political Crack, The Darnold3 Comments

The Two Jeffs

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Do the coup plot mambo with the Two Jeffs and the Two Adams. Continue reading The Two Jeffs

Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of History, Jamie O, Political Crack1 Comment

Remembering Another Summer Of Hearings

June 23, 2022June 24, 2022 JCO

The Summer of ’87 featured Iran-Contra, Ollie North, and the media crushing on yet another scandal femme fatale. Continue reading Remembering Another Summer Of Hearings

Adrastos, Congress, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, January 6 Committee, Law/Justice, Political Crack, The Darnold4 Comments

“I Can See Your Screen”

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

From the sublime testimony of Rusty Bowers and Shaye Moss to the ridiculous antics of Ron Johnson. Continue reading “I Can See Your Screen”

Adrastos, Bigotry, Congress, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of History, January 6 Committee, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

“A Dangerous Cancer”

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The fourth hearing of the Dipshit Insurrection committee was the best yet. Continue reading “A Dangerous Cancer”

Adrastos, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Film, Fog Of History, January 6 Committee, Political Crack, The Darnold

Echoes Of Watergate

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Still wallowing in Watergate after all these years. Continue reading Echoes Of Watergate

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