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The night Dee Dee Ramone crushed my hand & other perils of getting up close
Recently I participated in one of those Facebook quizzes. This one was called “Ten live shows one is a lie. Which one?” I had to guess which show my Facebook Friend did not attend. One of the shows this friend wrote as a possible lie was The Ramones. I immediately remembered The Ramones concert I… Read more
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The Gang of Three’s night out
On the first Wednesday of each month, I go out with a gang of guys for dinner and a film, and I like to think of it as fellowship. It’s called Don Pedro, for some reason. It’s a lovely time, especially for someone like me who rarely gets out. This month’s event was moved back… Read more
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Baseball, booze, and sacrifice zones
IFC’s Brockmire IFC‘s new comedy Brockmire is the perfect storm of raw comedy, baseball mythology, rust belt economic depression, chronic substance abuse, corporate malfeasance, desperate sex, and–ultimately–redemption. I can’t get enough of it. And considering there are only eight twenty-two minute shows in this first season, it is very frustrating. Hopefully, IFC will increase the number… Read more
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No surprise here:
The pathetic and predictable response from U.S. lawmakers and the corporate media to Trump’s Syria airstrike. I wish I were surprised by the number of U.S. lawmakers that supported President Trump’s airstrike on an air base in Syria, but I am not. While I wasn’t surprised that virtually all GOP lawmakers and most of the… Read more
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The schizophrenic burger joint
I started this blog as a journal about scooters, scooter culture, and hamburger joints around the Sacramento Area. I have strayed from those subjects, but not completely. I rode by Mango’s Burgertown at on K Street near 19th here in Sacramento often enough. Today I decided to see how it stacks up with other Sacramento… Read more
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Neo-liberalism: How we got in this mess
I wouldn’t say “It’s all Reagan’s fault.” Every president since Reagan has embraced the neo-liberal project. Bill Clinton did plenty of damage while he was president embracing the project and betraying the working people of America he was supposed to support–being a Democrat and all. He’s the guy who signed off on the dismantling the… Read more
