Category Archives: music

Summer Times Blues

June 22, 2025 – 8:28 am

Yesterday was the last day of the thrre-day official summer solstice for the northern hemisphere. The day lasted almost sixteen hours in New York and the sun never set in Murmansk, Russia. I woke well before the dawn and went to sleep far past sunset, as the Earth polar cap tipped toward the nearest star […]

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New York State Of Mind – 2012

June 19, 2025 – 4:07 am

Last night I was sitting in Frank’s Lounge bemoaning the Patriots 20-18 loss to the Cards. “It was a fix. That holding charge against Danny Woodhead was weak. You know when the refs blow a call, when the TV doesn’t show the replay.” I was on my fourth beer and speaking loud to Paco and […]

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Sonny by The Rubber Bandits – 2017

June 11, 2025 – 10:59 am

The Rubber Bandits came to my attention with “Horse Outside” in 2011. They have been a constant comfort to the revolution for the Irish and all of us. Sonny attacks the staggering stagnation due to the criminalization of the mentally ill and addicted. According to Wikiepedia Blindboy Boatclub has criticised the art establishment in Ireland, […]

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Motor City Burning – MC5 – 2009

May 6, 2025 – 6:46 am

The MC5 covered Joe Lee Hooker’s MOTOR CITY BURNING in 1969. “Motor City burning and nothing you can do.” In 2009 GM had planned to announce its bankruptcy to its debtors, rendering the old adage “Whatever is good for GM is good for the USA.” into a destiny of ruin. The massive company had arrived […]

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DIRTY OLD TOWN by the Pogues 2009

March 17, 2025 – 8:25 am

Today several hundred bands will parade up 5th Avenue in New York in honor of St. Padraic. Not one of them will play DIRTY OLD TOWN. I love the Pogues and what about Spider’s teeth. real stumps they are. So for a good lift give this a listen And if you don’t like it, Go […]

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