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Posted by on Aug 15, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Review: “Live Aid” Documentary on CNN

 

 

REVIEW: “LIVE AID” DOCUMENTARY (ON CNN)

If you’re 50+ (born in 1975, or earlier), you remember LIVE AID. Now, organizer/musician/activist Bob Geldof reveals the stories behind all the music, the mayhem, the madness, and the noble effort to do something and try and make a difference

Last month (July 2025) marked the 40th anniversary of the most grandiose spectacle in popular music history. In 1985, “LIVE AID,” a mega-rock concert played simultaneously across two continents and attracted the most stellar lineup of acts ever, tried to focus our attention on a faraway forgotten place with forgotten people amidst a mega-materialistic world obsessed with wealth and status. That LIVE AID took place at all in the “greed is good” eighties remains a peculiar twisted irony. Recently, CNN Entertainment wrapped up its documentary of Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On the World, which reveals much of what happened offstage and when the mics were turned off — before, during, and after the duel rock concerts were held in London (UK) and Philadelphia (USA).

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Posted by on Aug 13, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

Review: “Quarterback” on Netflix

 

 

Netflix’s behind-the-scenes docu-series starring three NFL quarterbacks ranks among the best sports television shows you’ll ever see

If you thought you knew what the NFL is really like, well…you probably don’t; For fans and bettors alike, this is must-see sports television

Takeaway: Playing NFL quarterback is the most challenging job in sports

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Posted by on Aug 5, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

The End of PBS and the Rise of MAGA Propaganda and Mass Ignorance

 

 

THE END OF PBS AND THE RISE OF MASS MAGA PROPAGANDA

What kind of sick sycophantic stooges *celebrate* the looming mass cancellations of longtime-running popular television programs like Sesame Street and Nova?

Seriously! Look at what this sick and demented society has become. These MAGA Trumpsters are some really twisted and perverted fucks. Openly cheering the cancellation of science and children’s educational programming? Really??? Hell, they drool at taking food out of the mouths of hungry schoolchildren (school lunches being slashed) and apparently don’t give a rat’s ass that Trump and his rich friends have doodled hundreds and perhaps thousands of teenagers (Epstein/Trump Files) ——- so what’s the big freakin’ deal about losing a kid’s TV show? So typical of MAGA depravity.

There are no words. But, I’l try to sling a few choice comments here and now.

READ: CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

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Posted by on May 14, 2025 in Blog | 3 comments

Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Five-Part Netflix Series Review)

 

 

TURNING POINT: THE VIETNAM WAR (NETFLIX SERIES–REVIEW)

“You will kill 10 of us, we will kill one of you. But in the end you will tire first.” — Ho Chi Minh

“We’re killing these people at a ratio of 10 to 1.” — Army Gen. William Westmoreland, U.S. supreme commander in Vietnam

“Westy, the American people don’t care about the 10, they care about the one.” — Sen. Fritz Hollings, a decorated World War II veteran from Westmoreland’s home state of South Carolina

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. The recent anniversary date (April 30, 1975) prompted several retrospectives–old and new. As is the case with many historical events, the passage of time does provides a broader, deeper, and clearer perspective of what really happened. Much like a forest and the trees, some distance away from the subject often provides the best vantage point.

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Posted by on Apr 8, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

Review: The Residence (Netflix)

 

 

REVIEW: THE RESIDENCE (NETFLIX)

There are many things to like and enjoy in The Residence, the new comedy series that recently debuted on Netflix. However, I also have some strong criticisms and a few reservations about recommending this otherwise fun caper to everyone.

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