Category Archives: Video

Video: Bill Maher is Right: Zimmerman is a Big F**king Liar

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

In this clip from HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Bill and Van Jones nail it down neatly. Plus, two forensic experts who have examined the 9-1-1 audio tape say the person screaming for help is not Zimmerman, as his … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Big Walter Horton and Jimmy Rogers Live, “Tin Pan Alley”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

Recorded at the old Elsewhere’s club on Clark St. in Chicago. (Sound quality isn’t great, but it’s worth a listen.)

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Today’s Music: A “Plastic Jesus” Three-Peat

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

I know nothing about this first group, The King Earl Boogie Band, except two of them, Paul King and Colin Earl, used to be in Mungo Jerry (remember “In the Summertime”?). But the tune “Plastic Jesus” (originally written as a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Paul Butterfield, “Born in Chicago” Two-Fer

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

There was a time in the ‘60s and early ‘70s when every self-respecting young white blues-rock guitarist was required to know two tunes, “Louie, Louie” and “Born in Chicago.” The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was a fairly big name back … Continue reading →

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Zimmerman’s Self-Defense Alibi Collapses with Release of Police Video

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin

Here are videos of George Zimmerman in police custody shortly after killing Trayvon Martin with his 9mm pistol last February. His ‘friends’ and an alleged Sanford, Fla., police leak have said Zimmerman was viciously attacked by Trayvon who supposedly punched … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme” (1965)

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

I have to admit it took me awhile to be able to listen to and enjoy John Coltrane’s music of the mid-‘60s (and some I still can’t appreciate), but in “A Love Supreme” (released in 1965), Coltrane eases us into … Continue reading →

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Today’s Video: Joe Friday on Right-Wing Groups and Fascism

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

Yep, Dragnet’s Det. Joe Friday (as played by Jack Webb) was as Republican conservative as they came in the 1960s, but even he knew the difference between the nutcases and the true conservatives. That distinction, unfortunately, has been lost by … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Fats Waller & Art Tatum, “Georgia On My Mind” (1941)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin

You’ve heard Ray Charles’ great vocal version, but here a couple of other geniuses take a crack at Hoagy Carmichael’s 1930 melody instrumentally. Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller is first, followed by Art Tatum, and I’ve plum run out of superlatives … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass, “Why Don’t You Do Right?”

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Never heard of the great vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and the equally great guitar player Joe Pass? Time to get hip! Click on their names and read up while you listen to the tune below.

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Romney and Seamus the Car-Roof Dog: Fake Obama Ad

Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin

Note to Mittens: If you really couldn’t fit Seamus in the car, you could have taken him to a good kennel for boarding. (Don’t worry, you could have afforded it.) Yes, this ‘problem solver’ thinks he has the maturity and … Continue reading →

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