Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Lying of the Right: The Bush Taboo

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Today’s Music: Buddy Guy and Junior Wells

From the classic 1965 blues album ‘Hoodoo Man Blues,’ Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at their peak. First up, Kenny Burrell’s signature tune, ‘Chitlin’s Con Carne’ followed by a live performance of ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’ at some music festival:

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Newt ‘n’ Mitt: Republican Populists?

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Romney’s One Percent Tax Plan

A rerun, but worth reading again.

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Quotes: Buffett, Warren, and FDR

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Cartoons: Mr. One Percent Rides Again

H/T to Bartcop for a couple of these.

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Young Mitt: Mormon Gambler

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Today’s Music: Albert Collins, “I Ain’t Drunk”

The Ice Man definitely cometh here, with Albert Collins bearing down on his humbucked, minor-key-tuned Fender Telecaster with nothin’ but the blues.  I’m glad I got a chance to hear Albert live down on Lincoln Ave. in Chicago before he passed … Continue reading

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Signs o’ the Times for Sunday Jan. 29, 2012

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Today’s Quote: Listening, Mitt?

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