Jackie DeShannon in '68, in what the caption on NPR's site called the "notorious Laurel Canyon," situated a bit north ...

If EM08 is one of the more obvious manifestations of the evil side of humanity, where are the good stories? We know they exist, and here...

I've been up in Berkeley for about 2 weeks now, and I must say, it's a welcome break from LA. One of the good things is I got to...

The CRAs are FINALLY going to be scrutinized beyond the dog and pony show that was put on over a year ago . BUT, just as Andy Cuomo was lim...

I heard Miss Etta sing this not too long ago, and though she's lost a lot of technique and skill because of age - she sings exclusively...

No editorial here, as this speaks for itself. Slick Operator: The BP I've known too well Wednesday, May 5, 2010 by Greg Palast for Truth...

There, I said it first

I'm out of the current music scene, but every once in a while come across someone that catches me; Christian Scott's one. I heard hi...

In the continuing disaster that is the mainstream media's EM08 reporting, no less than NPR's venerated "Marketplace" jus...

Huh. In one of those strange confluences of coincidence, Anthony Lane's review of Exit Through the Gift Shop references both Welles...

Renee and I saw Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop yesterday and it was pretty funny. It was so appropriate that the crazy shit he ta...

The classic con game 3 card monte employs one of the most effective social engineering tactics ever devised; the shill. When you think a...

Now this is interesting; this article shows how perception is reality. The gist is that pain can be graded according to whether or not the ...

As I listened to Artie Lange guesting on Bubba the Love Sponge, he was of course entertaining and, as usual, poignant. Toward the end Bubba...

Matt Taibbi continues to relentlessly tail the shitheads trashing everything, and we're better off for it. For starters, the timing of J...