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Pakistan gets mad: Let’s hope they stay that way
According to the New York Times, Pakistan is telling the CIA to butt out and basically stop killing people whenever it feels the need to pump up the body count. The breach between the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, Inter Services Intelligence—as described by the Times, at least—is so massive and so embarrassing that, one…
Paul Motian: “Boo Boo’s Birthday”
Paul with guitarists Zacc Harris and Park Evans; saxophonists Scott Fultz and Brandon Wozniak; bassist Matt Peterson; and drummer Pete Hennig. 11/08/09 at the Artists’ Quarter in St Paul, MN. Posted by donberryman. “Boo Boo” is Monk’s daughter Barbara.
Ba-da-bing, Alessandra! Ba-da-fucking-bing!
Over at the New York Times—yeah, the New York Times!—Alessandra Stanley definitely finds the funny in a generally disapproving review of the new Showtime series, “Gigolo,” which I have just learned how to spell. “Gigolo” is a reality show that shows us gigolos getting it on with their clients, including one Las Vegas lad named…
Just bury me in a Pringles can, and I’ll be satisfied
The New York Times, giving fervent release to what appears to be a long-pent desire, seizes the moment to tell us a whole lot about Pringles potato “crisps.”
Randy Weston & Max Roach—“Well, You Needn’t”
“It is well that war is so horrible. Otherwise we would grow fond of it.”
Well, I guess Barack Obama has made a liar out of Robert E. Lee. We’re very fond of war in this country now. Presidents love it, because it lets them do whatever they damn please and let posterity pay the bills. The press loves it, because it’s exciting. It’s fun watching shit get blown up,…
Monk on Monk—“Rhythm-A-Ning”
Thoughts on Liz
Black jacket-wearin’, Obama-hatin’ Reason honcho Nick Gillespie sends me an email “Me on Liz Taylor,” which turns out to be a link to a fun article, but not exactly what I was hoping for—period home video of a callow libertarian youth earning his erotic spurs astride mighty Liz. Like me, Nick can’t quite get a…
The War Party, Still In Control
So we’re going to war, again! Why, it seems like only yesterday that Barack Obama was promising to end “a” war. Well, yes, he did, and it does seem like he’s ending the war in Iraq, pretty much (to my surprise), but that doesn’t mean he isn’t ready to start another one. The President’s actions…