September 2012
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Similar Names, Different Callings II
GOP strategist Alex Castellanos and Los Angeles Dodgers minor-league call-up Alex Castellanos
Silbert Nobel Submission: “Up the Junction” and the Space-Time Continuum
Or maybe you have to be nominated for a Nobel Prize? Just in case could somebody maybe re-Tweet this? OK thanks. Use the hashtag #physics, as I think that’s where time travel would fit. Before I get into the “meat” of my theory (theorem? proof? I should probably look this stuff up in the FAQs […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/11/12
EPISODE #41: NEW YORK Ryan Adams — “New York, New York” Cub — “New York City” Bob Dylan — “Talkin’ New York” Harry Nilsson — “I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City” Emily Spray — “14th Street” The Ramones — “53rd & 3rd” Bobby Womack — “Across 110th Street” Felice Brothers — […]
So Long, Madelaine, With Love, Jimmy
Sunday morning I got a message: My friend Madelaine had passed away, there was a wake that afternoon, did I need a ride. I gladly accepted Michele’s kind offer, as I have no idea where Bay Ridge is, and now having been there, I still don’t know. Madelaine Schwendeman. The news wasn’t a total shock; […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/4/12
EPISODE #40: BACK TO SCHOOL The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Hives — “Fall Is Just Something Grownups Invented” Graham Parker & the Rumour — “Back to School Days” Gary U.S. Bonds — “School Is In” The 3 Simmons — “You Are My Dream (School Time)” Muddy Waters — “Good Morning, Little School Girl” […]
How Not To Go Viral
This morning, September 4, 2012, a dream died, live on the air. It was a dream that lasted 595 days, only to be coldly snuffed out when former NFL defensive end Michael Strahan was officially named the permanent co-host of Live! With Kelly. And though my efforts to land the job ultimately fell short, I […]
In Defense of Clint Eastwood’s Chair
I didn’t watch the Republican National Convention on Thursday. I didn’t watch it on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday either. I’m a registered Democrat and a card-carrying liberal and though I like to think of myself as very open-minded, I’m fairly set in my ways politically speaking. But as I got home from a concert Thursday […]
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