James Coburn is the Lee Marvin of Peter O'Tooles.

This remains one of the greatest live performances I have ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRCL...

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Mood.

The Guardian is undertandably confused about which "war" is on Trump's mind.

Reichstag Firin' On All Cylinders. As predicted.

The "tensions" between Putin and Trump are pure kayfabe. I've listened to Beat the Champ enough to know THAT.

HOCKEY FUN FACT Florida Panthers' coach Paul Maurice was the cover model for the Descendents' album Milo Goes to College.

Greg Popovich. Ruth Buzzi. American democracy. These things always come in threes.

"This administration has destabilized the world and intends to rule it. But I don't think all the surprises will be to their benefit." -- Rebecca Solnit

Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.

Who knew that the best way to avoid impeachment was to commit nothing BUT impeachable offenses? It's almost homeopathic.

In case Trump wins the presidency, I have copyrighted the phrase “Reichstag Firin’ On All Cylinders!” Preorder your teeshirt now.

WWMOTBD: What Would Marcus On The Bear Do?

I wrote about Widow City by the The Fiery Furnaces over on PopMatters. This one involves epic poems, heavy metal, platypuses, and the multiverse. www.popmatters.com/fiery-furnac...

“The overall effect – a pleasing one – is of a prog band that is not particularly skillful on their instruments and has never read Tolkien.” Great review

Start your morning with @andrewwalser.bsky.social on a "musical platypus" that unites, among other improbable ingredients, Houses of the Holy and The Changing Light at Sandover. Rarely has there been such a perfect match of writer and subject!

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS ALTERNATE SELECTION 100. The Literary Conference "Doctor Worm" by They Might Be Giants www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHli...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS ALTERNATE SELECTION 100. 2666 "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kIv...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 100. The Emigrants "Photograph" by R.E.M. and Natalie Merchant www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO2e...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 BOOKS 99) Song of Solomon "Home in Your Heart" by Solomon Burke www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW_i...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 BOOKS DISSERTATION WEEK 98) "Self-Portrait in Tyvek Windbreaker" "Yellow Coat" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Dc...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 97) Scripts for the Pageant "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" by the Talking Heads www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZZ...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 96) Mirabell's Books of Number "Unicorn Tolerance" by the Mountain Goats www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLW...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 95) The Book of Ephraim "It's Only Mystery" by Eric Serra and Arthur Simms www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvRr...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 94) The Changing Light at Sandover "Lightworks" by J Dilla www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUH...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 93) "The Broken Home" "Dinner at Eight" by Rufus Wainwright www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbAQ...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS DISSERTATION WEEK 92) James Merrill "Check the Rhime" by A Tribe Called Quest www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QWE...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 91) Omeros "Caribbean Wind" by Bob Dylan www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_4...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 90) Death and the King's Horseman "Ride" by Liz Phair www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4yc...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 89) Gravity's Rainbow "Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus" by Sun Ra www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuNp...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 88) Invisible Cities "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvt...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 87) One Hundred Years of Solitude "Adventures in Solitude" by the New Pornographers www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW45...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 86) Sylvia Plath "Enter Sylvia Plath" by Belle and Sebastian www.youtube.com/watch?v=G83c...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 85) Patricia Highsmith "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-d0...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 84) Pedro Paramo "The Dead Only Quickly" by the 6ths www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxiM...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 83) Ficciones "Labyrinthian Pomp" by Of Montreal www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw55...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 82) Finnegans Wake "Prisencolinensinainciusol” by Adriano Celentano www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C2w...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS HARLEM RENAISSANCE WEEK 81) Montage of a Dream Deferred "Go Go Gadget Flow" by Lupe Fiasco www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACj...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS HARLEM RENAISSANCE WEEK 80) Their Eyes Were Watching God "Zora" by Jamila Woods www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0_...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS HARLEM RENAISSANCE WEEK 79) "Incident" (1925) "Baltimore" by Randy Newman www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TvD...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS HARLEM RENAISSANCE WEEK 78) "If We Must Die" (1919) "Fite Dem Back" by Linton Kwesi Johnson www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PD4...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS HARLEM RENAISSANCE WEEK 77) The Harlem Renaissance "Harlem Air Shaft" by Duke Ellington www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJyO...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 76) A Room of One's Own "Will the Wolf Survive?" by Los Lobos www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGd...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 75) The Great Gatsby "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" by Dream Warriors www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2B...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 74) Ulysses "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Rg...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 73) "The Metamorphosis" "Bug" by Wussy www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S9x...

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN 100 SONGS 72) Duino Elegies "The Black Angel's Death Song" by the Velvet Underground www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S78...