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Well, this is terrible/sad/spooky/coincidental. I was jus...

Well, this is terrible/sad/spooky/coincidental. I was just writing about the guy 12 days ago. Not cool, universe. Not cool.No cause of death has been reported, but he had a brain aneurysm in 2001 at the age of 43, so perhaps there were some lingering issues that affected his health. Hopefully, his passing was peaceful. I really meant it when I said the man is a GOD. Just afloat on 

"And you know how it feels To get too high Too farToo so...

 "And you know how it feels To get too high Too farToo soon...."Well, it's February 29th and I wanted to post something for the sake of posterity and also because I don't think I've ever posted on Leap Day before.I was watching the Father Ted episode "Hell" the other day, that one where they're stuck in a camper van with the priest who's basically a frustrated theater queen (played

Art - 2023Here are a few of my paintings from this year....

 Art - 2023Here are a few of my paintings from this year. It's only a fraction of the work I did, but perhaps by this time next year I'll want to share more."Incoming"acrylic on canvas 2023"Spirit/Fractal"acrylic on canvas2023"Year of the Rabbit" acrylic on canvas Jan. 2023"The Candyman" acrylic on canvas 2023This? This goofy pink bastard gave me fits. First of all,

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!Behold, my Spotify Wrapped! ...

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!Behold, my Spotify Wrapped! Yes, that brilliant marketing gimmick that gives us all an opportunity for a little navel-gazing, and I'm here for it.My genre sandwich for 2023 (on multi-grain bread, natch):Top 5 artists: My top song is no surprise to me, since I've been playing it at least once a day since its release:Speaking of.....More selections from my Top 20:&

"Something is fucky on this planet." That Love Has Won d...

 "Something is fucky on this planet." That Love Has Won documentary is entertaining in a trainwreck kind of way. It's the story of a cult started by a former McDonalds manager--Amy Carlson, a.k.a Mother God--which, I had no idea a basic middle-aged white bitch could start a cult; I thought you had to be of east Indian descent to get people to buy into your woo-woo guru claptrap bullshit. I guess

HALLOWEEN QUICKIE In honor of Halloween (or Samhain if y...

 HALLOWEEN QUICKIE In honor of Halloween (or Samhain if you're old school Gaelic), I thought I'd pay tribute to a few horror films that scared the pants off me over the years. FRIDAY THE 13th (any of the early installments, but particularly Part II)I wasn't seeing these in the theater as a kid, because I was only like seven years old when the first one was released. But then around 1981 something

Sinead was just a badass.I agree with this statement fro...

 Sinead was just a badass.I agree with this statement from Moz. He is 100% correct. The music industry and the media treated Sinead like absolute dogshit, and then one day she's gone and immediately we are waist-deep in sniveling, insincere, bullshit "tributes" from the same people and corporate entities that mocked, degraded, and dismissed her while she was alive. So I won't go there. I'll just

GONNA PUT IT IN THE WANT ADS!Hot damn, I dig this song. ...

 GONNA PUT IT IN THE WANT ADS!Hot damn, I dig this song. It really "slaps," as the young people say.Recently I was paging through a couple Rolling Stone issues I held on to from the early nineties. One of them is the July 11, 1991 edition featuring Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter on the cover (incidentally, I had this cover pinned to my dorm room bulletin board my senior year of high school,

IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH:TOM ROBINSON BANDTom Robinson Ban...

IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH:TOM ROBINSON BANDTom Robinson Band is the best punk band most yanks have never heard of. Their debut single, the radio-friendly "2-4-6-8 Motorway," peaked at number five on the UK charts in October 1977. This is their appearance on Top of the Pops that same year. Note the pink triangle badge on Tom Robinson's shirt. It was a brave statement in 1977, especially on a

By now, everyone knows about the mass shooting at the out...

By now, everyone knows about the mass shooting at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas....although by the time I post this, it may well be forgotten and the national news cycle will have moved on to the next tragedy. But since I'm a resident of Collin County (the shooting happened two miles from our house), I thought I'd take this chance to provide a little backstory on some of the local politicians