I believe that in 1978, the year of Elvis Costello and the Cars, the Best New Artist was Taste of Honey (remember "Boogie Oogie Oogie"); the Clash and the Pistols weren't even nominated. Then there was the year the Best Rock and Roll recording was "The Alley Cat."
Folks, if you watch the Grammys for anything but gawking purposes (and the inadvertent good performance), you've probably missed the point
This article (by Bruce Gyory) suggesting Democrats give a free pass to GOP moderates in exchange for cooperation may be the dumbest thing I ever read. I decided not to write about it, and then people who should know better started linking it.
There’s so much that's so ill here, but I'll restrict myself to two points:
It won't work and it won't work.
1) Republicans don't stick with McConnell merely because they are afraid of primaries. McConnell can also deny them their ranking memberships on committees and other perks, as well as screwing with their ability to raise funds from party contributors. And who else will contribute to them?
2) Because he was an official of the old Alex Rose/Ray Harding Liberal Party, Gyory labors under the delusion that the leaders of the Democratic Party can dictate its internal results, and actually prevent its membership from running against these Republicans and financing those who do.
Given Gyory's current day job as a lobbyist, one can only wonder who is paying him to write such ignorant supernal crap. Swaying the center: Democrats can make a deal with GOP moderates and score a big victory www.nydailynews.com
Have you seen the picture of Michele Bachmann enjoying a moment with Jimmy McMillan?
Why do politicians continue to fail to distance themselves from this Jew hating psycho (In case you are wondering who's who, I am speaking of McMillan).
I guess Bachmann has an excuse. Conspiracy obsessed hatemongers are a crucial part of her constituency
Truly, the New Tolerant Intolerance is being taken to a whole new level. Gawker — Gossip from Manhattan and the Beltway to Hollywood and the Valley m.gawker.com
Mubarak finally acknowledged reality; now it's time for the rest of us to do the same In Egypt, Now Comes the Hard Part – Jeffrey Goldberg – International – The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com
From drunk driving to assault to abusing a parking placard. I believe the trajectory of illegal activity by the Senators who've represented this district has taken a turn for the better. Queens State Sen. Jose Peralta Goes On The Defensive Over Parking Placard www.nydailynews.com
The Carroll Gardens Putz of the Week Award goes to Bar Great Harry for the chalkboard displayed on Smith Street s Sunday afternoon in broad daylight.
And having bestowed this honor, I will revoke it for good, albeit late, behavior.
On the sandwich board, the next day’s drink specials for the lovelorn were headlined in big bold letters "FUCK VALENTINES DAY"
My dog and I love drinking at GBH, and I've even them you a plug
from time to time, but there's no excuse for putting such stuff into people's faces on a public thoroughfare.
I got no problem with GBH hanging such a sign inside the bar. If a parent takes his eight year old inside, caveat drinkator!
But parents not partaking in GBH’s excellent collection of fine beers need not have to explain their advertising campaign to their seven year olds.
I do not advocate censorship, but it would be nice if GBH took a look who's out on the Sunday sidewalks of Carroll Gardens and acted like a good neighbor.
We might not always be so friendly with the churchgoing oldtimers, but this is a bit harsh for them on a Tuesday, let alone a Sunday, and mutual respect is a good thing, even if they don't always show it themselves.
But, more importantly, I think GBH misread a substantial percentage of their Yuppie/boho customer base; the area is not known as Cradle Hill and Carriage Gardens for nothing. A lot of thse folks stop inside GBH’s friendly walls precisely because raising a child in the City drives them to drink.
How does such a sign drive one to drink? Such a sign drives one to drink when one has to ponder how the fuck one gets their seven year old to understand why it's embarasing to us when he uses the word "fuck" in public. After all, noted Dybbuk, "how can that word be so bad when it's right there on that sign?"
Rest assured though, we do not need GBH’s help in creating such thirstiness, and can take our business elsewhere, if someone would only open another decent beer bar on Smith Street.
In the meantime, seeing the sign I could only think: GROW THE FUCK UP!
And someone had.
A couple of hours later, the sign had been altered just enough to pass the test of plausible deniability and attract less attention from my son.
Thanks guys (No sarcasm, I mean it).
Some of you may have read my comments about Bar Great Harry and decided I had a stick up my ass. Such an assessment would lack perspective; read this woman's comments about Ruby's and you will see what a person with a stick up their ass looks like. Why change is good for Coney Island: Good riddance to Shoot the Freak www.nydailynews.com