Robert Parry said it for me. The bottom line is this: When the American Right is offended, the “corrections” come fast and are sweeping, even in highly dubious situations. Sometimes heads roll. But when the American Left feels aggrieved, the “corrections” are slow and grudging, often very narrow in scope and still misleading. Nobody is […]
Archives for 2010
Symphony Space to Screen ‘BACH & friends’
“Symphony Space has given us a wonderful present for Sebastian’s 325th birthday,” says Mike Lawrence, whose terrific documentary, BACH & friends, will have its New York premiere at Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on May 16. The Sunday evening premiere, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will be followed by a screening of complete performances of […]
It’s Still a Circle Jerk, That’s Why
This appeared two weeks ago: (Click to read) This appeared a decade ago: (Click to read) Which pretty much says it all. Postscript: March 22 — Well, well … no it doesn’t. The Vienna Philharmonic has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster. Will wonders never cease? EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Spoils of War: An Oscar for the Locker
When I saw The Hurt Locker back in August, I thought, “Finally a grunt’s-eye view of the war in Iraq. And not so gung-ho either.” Leave it to my staff of thousands to straighten me out. Bill Osborne wrote in an e-mail message, “I thought it was a subtle form of American war propaganda that […]
Still at Large
Click logo for mugshots and flowcharts: There is abundant evidence that war crimes were committed by the Bush Administration. … The question is very simple: Will any officials of the Bush Administration who are responsible for the “war on terror” be indicted and held accountable for those crimes? — War Criminals Watch If the Obama […]
Better Than a Review . . .
Perversity Think Tank A Seminar on the Concept of Perversity by Supervert 32C Inc. Click photo to watch video: EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Bach’s Brilliant Friends
Bach on the organ? Of course. On the piano? Certainly. On the cello? Naturally. On the violin? Sure. But Bach on the banjo? The ukelele? The mandolin? How about the glass harp? Or the clarinet, the guitar, and the double bass. And let’s not forget a cappella. You hear them all — brilliantly filmed and […]
‘Who was Sinclair Beiles?’
Good question. It’s the title of a new book, just published in South Africa by Dye Hard Press. Although Sinclair Beiles was a prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, “there is very little information available” about him and even less about his work, co-editor Gary Cummiskey writes in the introduction. Beiles is best known for his […]
Let’s See … More About ‘Jewish Bankers’
Michael Kinsley gets it. He takes note of “Where Did the Vampire Squid Come From?”, which pointed out that Matt Taibbi’s description of Goldman Sachs — “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money” — bore a striking resemblance to an old […]
Another Reminder to Our Pipsqueak Leaders
Martin Luther King Jr. was bold and beautiful for a reason. He seems a figure from a distant past. Is it because he died so prematurely, killed by an assassin’s bullet, at 39? Or does he recede into history because someone of his towering stature is unimaginable in a aaaeulc led by blustering moral pipsqueaks? […]