“‘School’? I’d say you need some schooling. This is a flock!” “Sorry, dude. The first Robin of Spring tops the first Mackerel of Spring any day.” “It doesn’t matter if it’s ‘Birds gotta swim, fish gotta fly’ or the other way round. One of us is doing it wrong.” “Okay, you’re a perch. I get…
Andrew Dickeson & Simon Barker—“Trinkle Tinkle”
Nice! Sydney Conservatorium, May 4, 2015. Posted by Andrew Dickeson Also good! Mostly Monk
The wreck of the Fitzgerald: Responsibility, anyone?
It’s taken a while, but people are starting to wonder if the startling collision between the American destroyer Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal that killed seven American sailors might have been, you know, someone’s fault. Jonathan Soble, writing for the New York Times, manages to find a captain—not a U.S. Navy captain, of course—who’s willing…
Tim Whalen Trio—“Trinkle Tinkle”
Tim Whalen, piano; Norm Damschroder, bass; Jonathan Ovalle, drums. Recorded live at the University of Toledo in November 2009. Posted by TimothyWhalenMusic Need more Monk? Of course you do! Head on over to Mostly Monk. You’ll be glad you did.
Doubtin’ on Downton
Back in the day, when Downton Abbey first reared its ugly head, I vowed that Literature R Us would not print one word on this misbegotten progeny of a thousand (rough count) previous Merchant-Ivory monstrosities. Well, I kept my word throughout the show’s six-season run, never viewing a single episode. Then Donald Trump became president….
Who is worse, Donald Trump or the Republican Congress?
Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Do Republican members of Congress tweet absurd, scurrilous, and/or libelous messages that frequently contradict or disrupt the Administration’s own policies, to the extent that the Administration rarely pursues a course of action over a measurable period of time with enough self-consistency to be called a policy? Do they tell grotesque…
Trump on Qatar: Let the ass-kicking begin!
The quasi-civil war within the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), pitting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against tiny but wealthy Qatar, has alarmed just about everyone in the “West”, with the single exception of President Donald Trump. The Donald has been tweeting enthusiatically that the collision between the…
Republicans’ “Donald is just a little boy” meme totally blows
Okay, for a guy who’s constantly yapping about how much he luvs Mozart, that is a less than classy headline, but sometimes accuracy must trump class. After all, Trump always trumps class. It was House Speaker Paul Ryan, aka Lyin’ Paulie Ryan who first pushed this meme, claiming that Trump couldn’t break the law or…
Republican “analysis”
What Trump did, well, okay, a president isn’t supposed to tell the head of the FBI to discontinue an investigation because the subject is a good guy who’s been through a lot; he shouldn’t expect federal law enforcement officials to function as instruments of his convenience and will; he shouldn’t fire the head of the…
Best … Spam … Evah!
I just got an email promising the following: “2 delicious foods proven to reverse hair loss”! Yes, it’s true, thanks to the ingenuity of an unnamed ingenious 48-year-old dude from East Providence, Rhode Island (where there are a lot of smart dudes), who’s discovered this rare enzyme that’s been screwing mankind over for lo these…