Many, many years ago, I was struggling to earn a little extra cash as a free-lance writer while also struggling to find a full-time job, and not doing very well at either. I belonged to a now defunct organization called Washington Independent Writers, through which I got several miserably paying free-lance jobs. I saw an…
The Koch Bros, not without virtue, and, yeah, not without sin
The Koch Bros, the Dave and Charlie Show, are definitely in the news these days, pissing on and pissing off Cap’n Two Scoops by hitting him hard on two of his very worst “raise the drawbridge” policies—protectionism and hostility to immigration. Koch, Inc, the menagerie of political funding and pressure groups the brothers have concocted…
Magnetic-orchestra et Anne Sila—“In Walked Bud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmiqTVky_I Benoit Thévenot, piano; Nicolas Serret, batterie, François-Régis Gallix, contrebasse; Anne Sila. Chant. November 2013, “Les Symphonies d’Automne” à Mâcon. Posted by magneticorchestra
Anne Applebaum exposed!
Okay, dude, if you came here to Literature R Us, aka “Clickbait Central,” expecting nudie pics, well, take off, hoser, for you’ve been hosed. There are no pics of esteemed scholar Anne Applebaum here, clothed or unclothed. Better you should just quit this site now, google “Celebrity nipslips,” and be done with it. If, on…
Helen Sung & Ron Carter—“In Walked Bud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_2hHgznUvg Helen ♥ Thelonious, it would seem. Posted by Helen Sung Need more Monk? Yes, you do. Go to Mostly Monk and continue your education.
The Code of the Woosters
The 23 episodes of “Jeeves and Wooster”, a British TV series starring Stephen Fry as Jeeves and a young Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster that ran from 1990 to 1993, are now available via YouTube. If you don’t know who Jeeves and Bertie are, you probably won’t enjoy the series. If you do know, you’re…
Trump Derangement Syndrome—An illusion affecting many Republicans, leading them to believe that the face they see in the mirror each morning is not Donald Trump’s
Paul Ryan not a total douchebag, study shows
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, the rumor appears to be true: there is a limit to Lyin’ Paulie’s douchebagginess. According to this report from Politico by Rachel Bade and Kyle Cheney, that limit is being reached by Paulie in response to efforts by unlimited congressional mouth-frothers Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim…
Nnenna Freelon and Diana Krall—“In Walked Bud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labAEcmkcMA Nnenna Freelon and Diana Krall, vocals; Clark Terry – trumpet; Jacky Terrasson, piano; Ron Carter, bass; T.S. Monk, drums. Wonderful, too short take. There doesn’t seem to be anything else available from this set. Posted by leoshephard. Need more Monk? Yes, you do. Go to Mostly Monk and continue your education.
Jay Leno’s Garage: Have Penis Substitute, Will Travel—Fast!
What’s that you say, Bucky? You hate your job? Put your foot in it! You hate your wife? Put your foot in it! Your kids hate you? Put your foot in it! Yes, for Jay and his many buddies, who fill the YouTube episodes of Jay Leno’s Garage with thousands of gearhead comments, there is…