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They all run after the carving knife . From a short-lived (1977-1982) British new wave band, New Musik. This number is on the band's sec...

In light of the terrible situation in Japan, I find it almost heartbreaking that I feel just as well compelled to write a post on another to...

No music this night because I deem it inappropriate at a time when Japan has to cope with the consequences of one of the biggest ever natura...

The time has come to consider throwing Turkey out of NATO. A compelling article by Janet Levy over at American Thinker: "Turkey and th...

Over at Townhall.com, Mike Needham has a clear message for the GOP: "BE BOLD, OR GO HOME." "Over thirty years ago, in 1978, ...

Mark Steyn sheds light on the killing of two US servicemen at Frankfurt Airport by a muslim. From the OC Register, March 6, 2011: "Acco...

The Waterboys with The Whole of the Moon . Lead man Mike Scott is, afaik, the only consistent member of the band, and must have burned throu...

Still haven't noticed a certain pattern? Do you live on Phobos? Are you a horse? Or have you got Alzheimer? Primo. From the New York Pos...

On February 25, 2011, the first production F-35 made its maiden flight: The West's prime new tactical fighter, the fifth generation F-35...

Almost to the date four years ago I posted the first "Irene Khan is a schtoopid cunt" post. Let's recap a little. Back then, ...

Smashing Pumpkins with 1979. Peter Gabriel with Humdrum. Got to know this number through a friend who lent me a Live album, from 1983 I thin...

Via Dick Morris : Proud of it, aren't we? Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration (2) Wall Street Journal (3) Bureau of Labo...

Regular reader Traveller forwarded me a link to the following appalling story. Via National Review Online , February 18, 2011: AMERICA QUIET...

Cream with White Room . 1968. Easy Lover , by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. 1984. Goedenacht. MFBB.

Not much time. What follows are three works by an American painter I admire very much, John Singer Sargent . I say "American" pain...

We don't let our light shine too often on Oz, but today I came across a marvellous Tim Blair observation in his Daily Telegraph blog: Th...

Hey, any excuse to post a Gemma Atkinson pic is good. MFBB.

Between gnarling teeth and a lot of hissing the BBC published this update on the Swiss referendum held today, dealing with tighter gun cont...

Danzig with Blood and Tears . This heavy metal band around singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig , saw the light in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The ...

Maybe it's the dark winter months. Maybe it's the continuous strain. Maybe it's the gloomy news all around the globe. Maybe it...