Russia isn’t all Putin. Dmitry (soprano) and Alexander (tenor) Bril take Monk for a ride, accompanied by Vladimir Nesterenko (keyboards), Alexander Kulikov (drums), and Vladimir Koltzov-Krutov (bass). Posted by Taberculat
Who are you calling a war criminal?
At yesterday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State to be (or not) Rex Tillerson, Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio puffed out his young chest and demanded of Rex whether he considered Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” on the basis of recent bombing of civilians in Syria. Well, if you’re going to be secretary…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “Yeah, some chicks can make an event out of anything.” “I don’t think we’re suckers to follow her so we can look up skirt. I think we’re suckers to follow her so we can look up skirt when we know she’s going the wrong way.” “In another mile I’m going to ask…
Meryl Steep: Fatuous, yet entitled
Janeane Garafolo is the only human being I have ever heard pronounce the word “œuvre” with a straight face.1 Yes, that’s pretentious, but so what? Janeane gives better foreign policy advice and (probably) better head than Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, and hundreds of other double-dome distinguished fellows and chairs who have spent the past thirty…
Yo, fellow elitists! Enough with the breast-beating!
Yes, I am an elitist. I do not own a car, yet am comfortably nestled in the lower upper-income brackets. I live within walking distance of three live theaters, an internationally recognized art collection (the Phillips), and numerous jazz clubs, not to mention a Whole Foods and more Starbucks than I can count. I don’t…
Hey, Netflix! “The Crown” sucks!
Is there anyone in the world so pathetic as Elizabeth II? Aside from us 300 million-odd schmucks who will soon be under the thumb of El Hugo Chávez del Norte. But, seriously, one has to feel sympathy for a ninety-year-old broad condemned to wander the earth pretending that she’s important. It wasn’t always that way,…
Cyrille Aimée—“Well, You Needn’t”
Adrien Moignard and Michael Valeanu – guitars; Sam Anning – bass; Rajiv Jayaweera – drums. Smalls Jazz Club, June 11th of 2013. Posted by Cyrille
Hey, Kevin D. Williamson! You’re a total idiot!
Almost exactly a year ago, I riffed on the idiocy of National Review “roving correspondent” Kevin D. Williamson, who was moaning and groaning about New York “sliding back into pre-Giuliani chaos”—pointing out how Kevie D’s “analysis” got the facts so wrong in so many ways. Well, another year has passed, under Kevin’s least favorite mayor…
Why Donald Trump will be our very worst president, by a very wide margin
Donald Trump will be our very worst president, by a very wide margin, because Donald Trump is the apotheosis of the Tea Party, the culmination of Republican lawlessness—that is to say, an impatience and contempt for “rules” that eventually transforms itself into a delight in their violation—that has been growing stronger and stronger since the…
Vanneman praises Friedman; Heavens sway, just a little
Yes, it’s true. Thomas Friedman—the guy who said we should invade Iraq “because we can”—has written a brilliant column, “Bibi Netanyahu Makes Trump His Chump”, whose first two paragraphs read as follows: “For those of you confused over the latest fight between President Obama and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel, let me make it…