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Yes, yes, I know. He actually finished third.  And I get why it frustrates people to call the guy who finished third the winner. But it’s only frustrating if you insist on ignoring what the contest is actually about. First things … Continue reading →

Details of the War – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Seth Ackerman has a blistering piece in Jacobin, which goes on the warpath against Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias at Vox regarding their recent comments on Bernie Sanders. Ackerman’s thesis: the Vox folks are marshalling … Continue reading →

Are You Ten Years Ago – Tegan and Sara This almost went past without me noticing, but today is the 10 year anniversary of my very first post here (my top albums of 2005 list). It’s genuinely crazy to think … Continue reading →

Let’s Be Natural – The Rutles The arguments about this ‘natural born citizen’ stuff are really getting ridiculous. We all had a good laugh about it, but the joke has really run it’s course. And yet all too many people keep … Continue reading →

30. Eternal Summers – Gold and Stone Dream pop with a punk spirit and a lot of sharp edges – a genre that seemed to explode in 2015. There will be a few more artists later on the list who … Continue reading →

Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues A prayer hurled into the night. The end of all things, and a promise that a new world might yet be built. All that is lost, all that is still possible. On this Christmas … Continue reading →

50 songs hardly seems enough for such a great year in music, but I’ve edited myself down a bit to try and offer only the cream of the crop. As always, only one song per artist (else a certain Canadian … Continue reading →

In today’s edition of Pointlessly Provocative Headlines Based on Fundamental Misunderstandings of How Polling Works, we’ve got this: Support for Trump Plunges 12 Points: Did The Donald Finally Go Too Far? Did he go too far? Well, sure. The guy is … Continue reading →