Jim Rice: Hall of Fame
Sean MurphyIt's about time. Congrats, Jim. The man once broke a bat on a check swing: that alone should have ensured him enshrinement in the hall. He was a very bad…
“I’m Walken Here!”
The Christopher Walken imitation is its own industry. Some are good, most are mediocre, some are awful. Some are simply interesting, like the one below; some are perfection, like the…
Dan Auerbach, In Search of the Authentic Sound
During my recent discussion with Dan Auerbach, there was heavy construction underway in the unit above mine: the refrain of hammering, drill work, and boot steps were like a Greek…
Upfull Living Or, A Tale of Two Album Covers
Part One: Pharoah Sanders Maybe you have to be a Jazz aficionado to get excited by an album cover, but come on: How can you not love this? How can…
How Caddyshack Explains Everything (Exhibit A: The Deficit)
Listening to the disingenuous whining of the G.O.P. regarding the outrageous and irresponsible debt Obama is creating provokes various reactions. Here are ten of them. (But first, the image it conjures…
Sexism Sells…But Who’s Buying?
Our attitudes toward sex tell us just about everything we need to know about ourselves. Go ahead and open a book, put on the TV, pop in a DVD or turn…
We’ve Come A Long Way, Kind Of…
From today's NYT: On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The…
One Small Step for Man’s Mind
Listen: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of people. Not that it didn’t happen, necessarily, but that it was an elaborate, carefully staged…
A Mile High Is No Place To Be Dry
Not everyone is man enough to join the mile high club. It's all a matter of taste. I have learned, with the wisdom that comes with hard experience and…
The Washington Post + Integrity = Cygnus X-1
At this point, I figured I'd said all I could possibly say about my disgust with (and embarrassment for) The Washington Post. Granted, they keep finding new ways to distinguish themselves…