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Are Great Pop Musicians Washed Up by Age 30?

Posted by on Jun 18, 2017 in 100 Essential Albums, Blog, Music and Concert Reviews | 1 comment

 

 

Do great pop musicians run into creative gauntlet by age 30, and if so — why?

For purposes of discussion, I made “30” the creative cutoff.  But it could be 29, or 31, or 32 — the point being that musical creative talent diminishes perhaps over time.

The evidence seems convincing.

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The Cuba-Saudi Arabia Paradox

Posted by on Jun 16, 2017 in Blog, Politics, Rants and Raves | 1 comment

 

 

Trump is arming the beasts who fund and support ISIS and Islamic terrorism, but he won’t let me drink Havana Club rum or smoke a Cuban cigar.

Today, President Trump rescinded the normalization of United States-Cuba relations.  But, he embraces Saudi Arabia.

This is is preposterous!

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Poker’s Shining Moment

Posted by on May 29, 2017 in Blog, General Poker, Politics, World Series of Poker | 3 comments

 

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The 2017 World Series of Poker begins this week.  This will be the first WSOP in 25 years which I don’t plan on writing about or attending.  With poker becoming a faint glow in my rearview mirror, this seems like a suitable occasion to clear out some personal files and post a few (previously unpublished) articles that were written up last year but never posted.

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When Is It “Too Soon” to Joke?

Posted by on May 23, 2017 in Blog, Politics | 2 comments

 

 

On November 22, 1963 at a nightclub in New York City, stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce decided to go on with the show.  Just hours after President John F. Kennedy was declared dead, Bruce walked onstage in front of a uneasy audience.  No one in the crowd knew what to expect.

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Killing Bill O’Reilly (Book Review)

Posted by on Apr 20, 2017 in Blog, Book Reviews, Politics | 0 comments

 

 

Bill O’Reilly’s crime is pretending to be a writer.  

In his awful ghostwritten books for which he parsimoniously takes credit as the author, O’Reilly intentionally and maliciously contorts some of the most memorable events in history, orchestrating willful acts of deception destined to mislead and confuse millions of readers.  

O’Reilly is a historical alchemist pimping fake history for a fast buck.

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The Love Shackle: Are Marital Religious Conversions Sincere?

Posted by on Apr 18, 2017 in Blog, Politics | 0 comments

 

 

Marriage remains the primary reason many people of faith convert from one religion to another, or from no religion to a precipitous discovery of sudden belief.  But why should anyone be forced to change their personal belief system based simply on falling in love?  Doesn’t true love demand tolerance, that is — allowing a spouse to believe what they want and loving him (or her) for who they really are?

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