Remembering the USS Indianapolis, Robert Shaw and The Scene
Sean MurphyOn July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.…
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was…
Summertime is Reggae Time (Revisited)– Part Four: ‘The Same Song’ by Israel Vibration
The cardinal rule for any serious appraisal of art involves a necessity to separate all discussion of the artist from the artifact. Mostly this is essential because so many unsavory…
Remembering (and Celebrating) The Kids In The Hall
This weekend PopMatters is revisiting an outstanding feature from a couple of years ago: The Best of TV on DVD. Definitely worth checking out. My entry, below, was on the gone…
Newt Gingrich: Dimestore Despot
This just in: Newt gingrich remains the most repugnant and despicable ass-clown in America! (Narrowly edging out the oleaginous Andrew Breitbart, who may finally have done civilization a favor by…
Summertime is Reggae Time (Revisited)– Part Three: ‘Right Time’ by The Mighty Diamonds
Big misconception about reggae music: it’s all happy, at the beach, drinking music. Biggest misconception about reggae music: it all sounds the same. Even Bob Marley (and it is both…
If Two Jazz Fans Fight on the Internet, Does Anyone Hear It?
Kind of like two trees falling in the forest, right? Well, for anyone (and I mean "one") who may wonder what it sounds like when two jazz fans fight, here…
William, It Was Really Nothing or, The Faux Pi of Sarah Palin
Memo to Sarah Palin: when Lady Macbeth cries "Out, damn'd spot!" she is not talking to her dalmation. I found Sarah Palin’s latest tearjerker invoking William Shakespeare particularly interesting on…
Cut Chemist Drops Knowledge, Old School Style
I needed this today: a little trip down memory lane is just what the doctor (or, chemist) ordered. A couple of old school lessons from last millennium (both taken from…
Funny Or Die + Jewel + Karaoke = Genius
Okay, you have to give it up to Jewel and the (hysterical) site Funny Or Die. Jewel recently agreed to have make-up artists (from F.O.D.) put her in disguise so she…