So happy that Diana Ross’s performance was actually quite exceptional. For an 81 year old woman who has lived through many ups and downs, it’s remarkable that she can still perform a killer set like that.

It is time.

Every New Order song.

I recall that most 20th century sci-fi about robots ruling over humans portrayed the robots as dangerously smart. Were there any portrayals of the robots as dangerously stupid like today’s AI?

ESPN selection show is an SEC suck-up show. What total garbage commentary.

This year’s stuffing to be made with whole wheat sourdough and pretzel rolls.

Quoting Debs is an absolutely brilliant troll.

Where the hell is Kornacki.

Expect major traffic on the bridges tonight as all of the people who threatened to leave NYC if Mamdani was elected move out…oh wait, hang on, I’m being told there is no traffic on the bridges.

The Diana Florence ads for New York County DA are some of the most disgraceful and dishonest political ads I have ever seen, and that’s saying a lot.

David Lindley is the most underrated musician of the 20th Century.

Gotta love George Springer singing along with Oh Canada.

Rob Manfred you are fired.

“Jesus, Etc” is 25 years old.

A mural inside JFK Airport, Terminal 5 between Gates 527 and 528.

8 years ago today I became an Irish Citizen.

Little birdie telling me there’s going to be a very very special guest for phans at the Guerrilla Toss show at Brooklyn Bowl tonight.

Curtis Mayfield at his peak in 1972 for German television. This is just spectacular, one hour well spent. youtu.be/-pebUCR1tak?...

Groucho Marx almost certainly watched Saturday Night Live.

Jackson Browne’s current touring band is fantastic, but there are now two guys doing what David Lindley used to do by himself. Kind of a subtle tribute to Lindley’s greatness.

I’ve had unpopular musical takes but I believe the least popular one is that I hate Springsteen’s Nebraska with the heat of a million suns. Imagine being a freshman in a dreary college town at the outset of the Reagan era and hoping the new Bruce will lift your spirits and he drops *that*.

I really don’t think you can capture the 1970s in Southern California more than a Doobie Brothers concert on the beach in Santa Barbara.

He’s never done this before, but 5 months ago I predicted it! www.northjersey.com/story/sports...

I stopped being a Yankee fan tonight. It’s been fading for years. I love watching Judge, but this organization represents values I can’t stand behind. I still love Berra, Munson, Murcer, Guidry, Reggie, Mattingly, and others, but not this current Yankee organization.

The internet has spawned a lot of terrible things, but “rick-rolled” was one of its highlights. youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?...

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s were actually like.

I feel like the best rock concert ever performed during a Labor Day weekend is the Grateful Dead Englishtown 77.

Did Trump drop his phone in an airplane toilet and have a fatal heart attack trying to retrieve it?

Final night in Rome sitting in the seat right in front of the Brando signed photo at Fettuccine Alfredo.

The Borgias were the Trumps of Renaissance Europe. A family built on corruption, financial crimes, and violent power plays, all under the guise of religion, they built this gaudy palace in central Rome. They are despised among Romans.

Carbonara and red wine, the good life Rome 2025.

Airline travel these days. Been here since 3 pm.

Interesting that a fan of the recent “remixes” of the classic albums would praise fatal self-destruction as a “punk idea” while also failing to recognize that Bob was an incredibly good technical and innovative guitarist when not obliterated by drugs and alcohol.

The recent degradation of these classic two albums by over-produced antiseptic digital “re-mixes” completely destroyed the original feel of these albums that represented well the band itself and the scene in general.

Top ten greatest rock performances of all time. This one gives me chills 40 years later. Talk about rising to the occasion. U2 at Live Aid. youtu.be/6tu7MZGQXns?...

The entire Live Aid concert across all cities was uploaded to YouTube last week on the 40th anniversary and the footage is amazing. I watched much of this live and remember it well, but these performances are strikingly great. Queen on now.

We had a pot luck Thanksgiving dinner that night at SPR. What a special show.

Takaat live at Tubby's 2025-05-08 is up on NycTaper. Absolute ripper. If you missed this run of shows for some reason, we've got you covered! www.nyctaper.com/2025/07/taka...

The broadcast showed the Warren Spahn statue outside the stadium and the announcers said nothing. The disrespect for baseball history is appalling.

The Jonas Brothers turning cancer into a promo for a terrible new song is pretty on-point for this clusterfuck of an all-star game.

The All-Star introduction is indeed ludicrous.

ICE radicalized me today. A wonderful hard-working client at USCIS with his wife for a standard bona fides interview was dragged away in chains by ICE. A total setup job by a bunch of faceless collaborators. The karmic backlash for these soulless cyborgs will hopefully be swift and just.

Oh no, an attractive smart man with energy. What will we do!

The new Google commercial is sad because it’s as if Google knows it destroyed a powerful tool and they’re giving themselves a eulogy.

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert, you can remember your name 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

The Blind Tiger. I used to be a regular so often they gave me a plaque.

And yet Mike Love is still alive.

I see this thumbnail I can can actually hear this song in my head. Late era David Byrne songs are so formulaic, that you can conjure up the song without even hearing it.