2000-2009: Let’s Break It Down
Sean MurphyFacebook friends, Bloggers, Strangers, lend me your ears; I come to bury the last decade, not to praise it. Actually, I do want to praise it, but I first must…
Rush Limbaugh: Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Beneath contempt? Of course. Shameless? Obviously. A ludicrous, cowardly ass clown? Clearly. A bullying blowhard? Yup. A self-aggrandizing huckster who sells snake piss to imbelices and laughs all the way…
A Kinder, Gentler Jethro Tull
Meanwhile back in the year…1978? It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. The progressive rock monolith (immortalized, or infamous, from the cover of Emerson, Lake…
Gilbert Arenas: Putting The Bullets Back in The Wizards
I've heard of bringing a knife to a gun fight. But bringing a gun to a...locker room fight? Leave it to the clown prince of the NBA's most dysfunctional…
New Year’s Eve: The Vertiginous Event
Before moving forward after looking backward (getting on with 2010 after remembering and assessing the last decade, one movie, album and sporting event at a time) New Year's Eve is…
Ballast: See This Movie
Remember the last movie you saw that didn't hit a false note and managed to effortlessly convey important things that you knew (even if you didn't know that you knew…
The Narrow Path: A Tone Poem
You are alone. You are back in the city and you are alone as you emerge into the open and empty space, stepping out from the stale depths of the…
My Kind of Christmas Music
Tchaikovsky Corelli Bach John Fahey The Who Chuck Berry a two-fer from Jethro Tull! The Godfather The Boss Satchmo Ella! (An embarrassment of riches here, here, and here)…
The Verdict Is In: Top 10 of 2009
Let's do this. 1o. Mastodon: Crack The Skye Some men let their freak flags fly. Some men get tatted up and sport full arm sleeves. Other men get tattoos…
Geddy Lee: Bassist and Tobogganist
After that, the only possible chaser is a little Snow Dog. RESPECT!