The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Rush Novel In The Works

by Smitty Pollstar reports that the new Rush record is going to have a novel backing it: Science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson recently announced on his website that he will write a novelization of Rush’s upcoming album, Clockwork Angels. Anderson, who wrote a slew of “Star Wars” books in the 1990s, including his Jedi […]

Geriatric Halftime Show

‘Gaze upon my cosmic crotch in awe, earthlings!’ Let me be clear: I never cared much for Madonna’s épater le bourgeois act when she was still considered the hottest thing in show business, dating Sean Penn and making headlines with her various “what-will-she-do-next” stunts. Judged strictly as a musical act, I thought she peaked with […]

Notorious Right-Winger Promotes Hateful Racist Stereotypes

What kind of bigoted hatemonger would dare to promote the stereotype that African-Americans enjoy dressing up in colorful clothing and engaging in outrageous dancing to simplistic songs with pulsating rhythms? That man’s name would be the late, great Don Cornelius: Pamela Geller pays tribute to the entertainment impressario whose weekly TV program was the Fabulous Funkadelic […]

Vasquez Sounds: El Talento Musical de Mexicali Lanzó a la Fama por el Video

Los lectores disculpen la torpe español. Esto se traduce del Inglés con Google. Recuerdo la mañana del viernes, cuando he publicado sobre los 10 años de edad, la cantante Angie Vásquez y sus hermanos? Su video musical les ha hecho la mayor sensación en Internet. El video ha recibido casi 6 millones de visitas, y […]

Incredible 10-Year-Old Mexican Singer Rocks the World With Music Video

Somebody sent me the video, which already has more than 5 million views, and I frankly couldn’t believe a 10-year-old could sing like this, but evidently it’s legit: Angie Vazquez and her band, Los Vazquez Sounds, have people all over buzzing about their cover of Adele‘s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ — 1.16 million to be […]

A Couple of Great Songs From 1979

This was a jammin’ little funky tune by one-hit wonder Roger Voudouris, but I’d never seen this video before and . . . well, close your eyes and it’s still a jammin’ little funky tune: Just checked Wikipedia and Voudouris, who died in 2003, was not gay, no matter what that video might make you […]

Drum-Sticking It To The Man

by Smitty via AoSHQ Last night’s General Assembly meeting in Zuccotti Park was “one of most contentious ever,” in large part due to a heated debate over whether the drummers at Occupy Wall Street should be given $8,000 from the movement’s coffers to buy more drums and equipment. It seems some of the drums were […]

#OccupyWallStreet Suggested Theme

by Smitty Chatting with @ExJon on Twitter brought this gem to mind: Soundgarden took the music from “Into the Void” by Black Sabbath and substituted verbiage attributed to Chief Seattle, but not really. Somehow the heavy equipment grinding of the music, the Noble Savage lyrical sentiments, and the apparently ‘fake but accurate’ status of the […]

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