The trouble with radio
Is that there's precious little of what counts - individuality, creativity, insight, personality.Yesterday when I was raising money at WWUH, I thought about how great the radio I grew up with was, and...
View ArticleI know your material
Comedian Richard Lewis (Curb Your Enthusiasm) was a guest on Keith Olbermann's Countdown last night and delivered a priceless, and hilariously scathing, anecdote about his only encounter with our...
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Creepy Joe™ creeps again
Simultaneously shameless and shameful, Creepy Joe™ Lieberman, who thumbed his nose at Connecticut Democrats, and all Democrats, including candidate Barack Obama, and who was saved from ignominy by...
View ArticleThe Pain in Maine Falls Mainly on the Gay'uns
Marriage to someone of the same gender? You can't get they-uh, from he-uh.I got a nasty email message after playing this one on the radio this morning.
View ArticleWalking the Walk With Merrick
It intrigued me: a decorated war veteran who support the military, but who is willing to walk across Connecticut with t-shirted companions demanding an end to the Afghan war. Merrick Alpert is a...
View ArticleThe Bogmen are back
I know they've been reuniting once a year for benefits, but rooting around in the Bogosphere on a rainy Saturday, I discovered that the that one of the greatest unappreciated bands ever, the Bogmen,...
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No shit from Shinolas
I've been meaning to make it down to Tapas on Ann St. in Hartford for months to catch the Monday night stand with the Shinolas, an erstwhile band consisting of great session players.Local guitar...
View ArticleCreepy Joe™ pulls one from the Bush playbook
A total embarrassment to the majority of Connecticut residents who favor a universal healthcare plan, Creepy Joe™ Lieberman has become a focus for vituperative remarks, and the butt of jokes on...
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Creepy Joe™ Lieberman, noble statesman "Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya."
President Barack Obama went to the US Senate Sunday to address the Democratic caucus on the topic of passing a health care bill, and the disastrous results of failing to do so.When he was done with his...
View ArticleThe bells are ringing out with Bragg
Interesting, though not equal to the original. And who are Florence and the Machine?Though the great man does it justice.And there's a certain stadium appeal to the Coldplay cover.
View ArticleVic Chestnutt, RIP
A heroic story of a man overcoming incredible odds to create an amazing body of music, inside a broken body, ended Christmas Day when Vic Chestnutt committed suicide. His songs are strange, beautiful...
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Creepy Joe™ Lieberman: the first to exploit fear
Hot off of his outrageous, mercurial performance as the enemy of universal health care, our junior, and I do mean junior, ructious Senator has found new hope in an attempted act of terrorism.On Sunday,...
View ArticleCaterwaul Favorite Albums 2009
This is the entire list, all 27 of them, with some video augmentation.Caterwaul Albums 2009Albums of the YearElliott Brood - Mountain Meadows (Six Shooter)Loudon Wainwright III and Dick Connette- High...
View ArticleIt's a wonderful idea
What a magnificent mash-up. George Bailey meets Arianna Huffington. Bernie Sanders vs. Mr. Potter. Capra unmasks Wall Street.Move your money.
View ArticleThere ain't half been some clever bastards
An Ian Dury biopic. Now only if it can get theatrical release in the US.
View ArticleKate McGarrigle, RIP
Kate McGarrigle, the influential and popular folks singer who sang for years with her sister Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters has died after a long battle with clear-cell carcinoma. McGarrigle was...
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Billy Bragg vs the bankers
Over in Britain, the general public is as outraged as we are here about bailed-out bankers receiving huge bonuses. RSB (Royal Bank of Scotland) is now owned, in large part, by the government and the...
View ArticleShaken From My Slumber By Olberman
It's been months since I've posted anything here, but I'm awake again. My nap was interrupted by the intentional destruction of a life, a reputation and a career by a right wing blogger named...
View ArticleCaterwaul's Favorite Albums of 2014
In no particular order.Bronwynne Brent - Stardust - CD BabyBruce Robison and Kelly Willis - Our Year - PremiumThe Duhks - Beyond the Blue - CompassKerri Powers - Kerri Powers - kerripowers.comSean Rowe...
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