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The Stranglers were instrumental in bringing punk rock to the UK, although you wouldn't say so for a lot of their songs. They originate...

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson deceased. May they rest in peace and if you are a christian, say a prayer for them. I chose iconic pictur...

Although considering Eric Burdon 's voice and style, he'd possibly be offended by my labeling The Animals' music as "pop...

At least one third of the Parti Socialiste (PS) for the Regional Elections of Brussels Capital Region was made up of the following individua...

"Tom Sawyer" from the album Moving Pictures (1981). Damn good video of "Witch Hunt" , also from Moving Pictures . ...

The European elections are over. From June 4th to June 7th, of the about 500 million Europeans, 375 million were entitled to elect 736 MEPs ...

Working on that euro elections update, did not get it ready. In the meantime, savor Takuan Seiyo's twelfth installment . WARNING. You m...

"Face downward, as far as eyes could see in either direction were the huddled bodies of men living, wounded, and dead, as tightly packe...

Just today, I finally got my copy of Filip Dewinters new book "Inch'Allah?" , about the islamization of Europe: It wasn't ...

From the French weblog François Desouche , May 31: La Mairie de Paris interdit une messe pour “risque de trouble à l’ordre public” Posté le ...

No. 1 is Olive with "You're not alone" , 1996. Olive was a UK dance group from the mid-nineties, formed by songwriter/instrum...

From the Washington Post, May 27, 2009: Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look Levy Viewed as Way to Reduce Deficits, F...

Mark Steyn is his usual godlike self . From Commentarymagazine.com, May 2009: "For a glimpse of the future, consider the (for the momen...

Reader angleofrepose objected to my linking to the BNP, the British National Party, on the grounds that it is xenophobic, racist and counts ...

The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Neuville-en-Condroz , Wallonia, southern Belgium. 5,329 members of the United States militar...

Relatively cool video from German electropop band Rheingold . They were a typical Neue Deutsche Welle band, a short-lived German music phen...

Read this during breakfast Monday morning, almost choked on my coffee. From the Flemish newspaper De Morgen , May 18, 2009: Translation: Cop...

Beauty like on the painting below leaves me speechless. Dutch boats in a gale , by Joseph Mallord William Turner (oil on canvas, 1801). I ad...

The Yardbirds were a revolutionary British rock band, famous for introducing a string of guitar innovations in the sixties: feedback, backw...

The Merciless Chronicler of the West's decline is a literary god. Exerpt, and be sure to read it all : "Perhaps the classic tale of...