Category Archives: Video

Music: Kenny Burrell Three-peat

Kenny Burrell is one of my favorite guitar players, both because of his fluid, bluesy solos and his mastery as ‘King of the Ice Cream Chords.’ (Meant as a compliment.) He’s played with every major name in jazz over the … Continue reading

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1 Percent in Panic: DC Lobbyists Target OWS Movement Supporters

The video says it all: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Keith Olbermann Takes Down Billionaire NYC Mayor Bloomberg

Olbermann’s right — the OWS Movement has no better friend than dimbulb pols like Colonial Governor of the One Percent Michael Bloomberg and his ilk, constantly resorting to violence as they panic over the rapidly spreading popularity of OWS, thereby helping … Continue reading

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Music: Bill Haley & His Comets, Plus the First Rock Tune

Never heard of Bill Haley & His Comets? Go back to sleep, Mr. Magoo. This track, “Goofin’ Around” from 1956, features some nice guitar work by Franny Beecher on the black Les Paul I’ve heard he still has today. And, … Continue reading

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Romney Might As Well Try This

For anyone who has sat through a Mitt Romney speech and stayed awake, my sympathies — you know what hell is. You also know why he perpetually hovers at around 25% in the GOP pack. In the video below, the … Continue reading

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Cain’s Last Strawman

The bizarre presidential campaign — or droll performance art project, according to Rachel Maddow — of Herman Cain has now approached the point where no one but the most addled of the addled GOP Base and their aides-de-‘camp’ in the … Continue reading

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Music: “Jesus Thinks You’re a Jerk” by Frank Zappa

This needs no introduction:

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Undercover Oakland Cop Supports OWS Movement

As Libertarian/conservative economics writer Mark Skousen once said, “History repeats itself, but never in the same way.” Yes, the stopped analog clock is right twice a day, as the cliche says, because the digital job just goes completely blank, you … Continue reading

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Conservatives Really Hate Romney…

…and for good reason. As the deplorable right-wing thudpucker Erick Erickson recently wrote of Romney, “There is no issue I can find on which Mitt Romney has not taken both sides. He is neither liberal nor conservative. He is simply … Continue reading

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Mississippi Fred McDowell: You Got To Move

Posted as a tribute to my old friend and Blues Brother, Steve Beshekas, who died tragically in a fire on November 5th. R.I.P., Steve. “Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. … Continue reading

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