Not Fake News. Urban LegendsNow that a man many have called a clown is running his Oval Office Show, how much less might we hear the old line, “America – the Greatest Country on Earth”?.
Aside, that is, from wealthy ‘liberals’ who claim to be leaving in Trump’s wake, and American Democrats unable to stomach the loss. There are no doubt many others mulling over – at least in private – whether the Orange-haired One is a signpost on a downhill road.
Maybe I looked like an adult waif, a figure who commands pity sooner than anything else.
Now that a man many have called a clown is running his Oval Office Show….
[ This article is complete but on hold pending publication elsewhere ]
This comic audio series, with its strong New Zealand influence, is a welcome change to the teeming US-influenced content on offer.
Featuring Jemaine Clement (Lord Joseph Banks), Lawrence Arabia (Solander) and Jonathan Brugh (Narrator). Written and directed by Duncan Sarkies. Music by Lawrence Arabia. Original artwork by Stephen Templer.
There was a time when I habitually listened to the radio – magazine shows, music, and even – in darkest times – talk-back. Nowadays, it’s podcasts.
At best, radio is immediate ( it usually beats TV to breaking news, for example ), and can be a mine of information. It’s a companion by proxy, and there’s a low-level intimacy with favourite hosts.
At worst, it’s full of aging-remedy ads, and dinosaurs whining about ‘PC gone mad’ . Wealthy breakfast hosts masquerading as ordinary blokes make soothing noises and cheer on callous right-wing governments.
But for me and many others, podcasts – an audio format only available online – signal goodbye to all that.
Via a friend, who sent the link with this explanation;
Ernest Ranglin pretty much invented Ska guitar playing. Most famous for his guitar playing on ‘Little’ Millie Small’s ‘My Boy Lollipop’ in the early ’60s. He’s also played guitar for Prince Buster, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Jimmy Cliff & a heap of others This is the album of his I have entitled “Below The Baseline” – an amazing performer. Saw him when he supported Massive Attack & Horace Andy back in the early ’90s .
In a grumpy bid for privacy, I went op-shopping today for curtains.
I live within rolling distance of a river which is a regular fishing and swimming spot for some of the landlord’s whanau. It’s summer Down Under, so school is out, which means they visit regularly, which means I sacrifice some privacy.
For the last year or more, in an attempt to make up for past excesses, I got fastidious about diet.
The excesses are a back-story for another time. Enough to say for now that apart from quaffing way too much, I’d been a smoker for years. So in addition to low-level neurosis, I was below-par physically. The ( even ) older version of me was in for Grim Times.
So when a friend loaned me a copy of T Colin Campbell’s The China Study it lit a spark. The back cover quotes The New York Times’ reaction – to the original study – which it says ” … can be considered the Grand Prix of Epidemiology…”.
My txt reaction was briefer.