Once U2 was the greatest band alive, but these days their attempts to stay current have more to do with following trends than connecting with the people. U2 is my favorite band of all time, and I think there’s a very compelling argument to be made that they were the best band on the face of the Earth from 1983
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Lady Slipper Orchid, macro abstract
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Weld County, Colorado
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A collection of terrifying music and videos for the spookiest night of the year… Happy Samhain. Errr, Halloween. Let’s get the frightfest under way with the definitive Halloween band, shall we? White Zombie: “I’m Your Boogieman” Boy, you really had to see these guys live. Seraphim Shock: “After Dark” One of my favorite Goth bands of all time. Switchblade Symphony:
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Ralphie May, the comedian many of us first encountered on Last Comic Standing Season 1, is dead at the way-too-young age of 45. Today for Saturday Video Roundup we present one of his greatest routines.
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For #ArtSunday today, here are some of my recent abstract floral explorations. Enjoy.
Read moreFor a bright, shining moment in our cultural history there was an art form called “music video.” Some clever people once ushered in a golden age, transforming “promotional video” into a legitimate, vibrant art form. Then they killed it. We still have music videos, of course, but the glory days are long gone, aren’t they? There are a lot of
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This is one of the most incredible cars I have ever seen, but I never felt like my previous efforts with the shot did it justice. Maybe this one doesn’t, either, but it comes closer to capturing the 1940s noir grandeur of the machine than I have before.
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Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. Life-affirming. In other words, exactly what you’d expect from one of this generation’s greatest talents. #SVR I’ve played The Nashville Sound to death since its release. It’s beginning to feel like Jason Isbell always has another gear. First, the new video. We don’t have long here, folks. One day you’ll be gone. One day I’ll be gone.
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Following is the index for all posts in The New Constitution series. Prologue A tree falls in the forest Retirement Address: All we have to do is open our eyes The New Constitution: explanation, assumptions and acknowledgments Amendments
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New look, and maybe more attitude. We do it because we just can’t help ourselves. Back in April, as I marked the tenth anniversary of Scholars & Rogues, I noted the phases we’ve been through, and suggested that we were emerging from a v4 characterized by increasing frustration with the political state of the nation. I said we were very likely
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lullaby pit 