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Crippled Inside
This song by John Lennon says it all.
Prophets of the Airwaves, Mad and Otherwise
In the 1976 movie Network evening news anchor Howard Beale, portrayed by Peter Finch, has a psychotic breakdown and declares that he will blow his brains out on the air next Tuesday. Beale had earlier been informed that because of … Continue reading
Enough Already
For Glenn Beck, Michael Steele, The Teabaggers, The Birthers, and other paranoid schizophrenics, morons and wack jobs:
More Fear of Strangers
I recently found these videos on YouTube of my favorite bar band of all time, Fear of Strangers. Back in the late seventies and early eighties there was a very vibrant arts scene in Albany on and around Lark Street, … Continue reading
Poem for the Rooftops of Iran
While her video camera captures a night of rooftop shouting, a woman speaks softly. I can’t understand her words, but no translation is needed to hear the sound of sadness and despair. Translated, I hear soulful poetry. Friday, the 19th … Continue reading