Autobiography In Five Short Chapters
Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I…
Read moreFight Fire With Fire
There is no such thing as a “safe space.” Trigger warnings are a joke. There is no Titile IX when you step off of campus. Micro-aggressions are a part of life as a human being. 738 genders are as ridiculous as it sounds. Like I’ve been saying for years, this nonsense going on in college…
Read moreJames Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley – 1965
One thing I’d love to do over the next few years is to be a moderator of a series of debates. I love intellectual challenges and enjoy hearing different points of view. It would be great to get public intellectuals with various points of view in a room and find out where there might be…
Read moreWatermelon Man
I played the song “Watermelon Man” from Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters album for my kids a while ago. My daughter thought it was as interesting as I think it is. She requested that I play it for her in the car over and over again on our way to and from school. She began to enjoy…
Read moreSHAME
I read all kinds of non-fiction books. I love memoirs especially. This isn’t one exactly but has a lot of autobiographical info. I often want to figure out what makes people tick and what drives people to do what they do or, what makes them think in a certain way. I’ve read things I totally…
Read moreThe Rolling Stone Fiasco Continued – Jackie being forced to testify
You just can’t make stuff up and expect to get away with it anymore. If you make up all kinds of lies and other nonsense while running for president, you should eventually be held accountable for the rubbish that spews from your mouth. The same applies to those rabid activists on college campuses pushing an…
Read moreThe Shaolin Afronauts – Winds Across Gayanamede (Live at Adelaide Festival Centre)
I like….. Winds Across Gayanamede is taken from the second album from The Shaolin Afronauts; Quest Under Capricorn. The album drops 16 July on vinyl, CD and digital download via Freestyle Records.
Read moreIf Men Told the Truth
Anika Nilles – “Mallay/RTB Outro”
I like the sound of her drums, and the cymbals too. Cool stuff. She has a nice touch on the drums. Check it out:
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