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The Strokes with Someday. Blokes from NYC who formed in 1999. Someday is from their 2001 debut album Is this it . David Bo...

It's the last day of February, so I have to be quick. DowneastBlog is feting it's tenth anniversary this month. Indeed, the very fir...

A flying pig moment today over at Het Laatste Nieuws: "HALF OF ALL THE PUPILS IN ANTWERP'S MUNICIPAL BASIC EDUCATION IS ENROLLE...

George Benson. On Broadway. Originally a 1963 hit for The Drifters, On Broadway was covered probably more than twenty times, but on...

Yet another gem by that most illustrious gentleman and chronicler of the West's woes; Takuan Seiyo . The tenth installment in the 'T...

First, The Fray with How to save a life , from the 2005 album with the same title. Alternative rockband which formed in 2002 in Denver,...

First two videos of muslim vigilantes imposing sharia law on the streets of London - Whitechapel, to be exact: And via Gatestone Ins...

Yes, they've been fooling us that long. Far longer, actually. When I was a kid, we had to study the conclusions of the Club of Rome, an ...

Led Zeppelin with Kashmir . From the album Physical Graffiti (1975). The ultimate Led Zeppelin song. Michael Penn with No Myth . ...

This article dates from October 2011 and was actually a dormant post I never came about to flesh out. It only appears now because I added th...

The BBC, that godforsaken snake pit of insane alternativos, closet-or-not-so-closet jihadists, and communists, has forced a playwright, auth...

It is clear that conservatism is in the ropes on both sides of the Atlantic. Which should not be, because basically all problems besetting...

Time for a Golden Oldie. The Eagles with One of these Nights . From the 1975 album with the same title. Formed in 1971 in LA. Highest s...

In case you didn't notice it, today, February 1st, was 'World Hijab Day'. Cause the people behind the event want to show us what...

As always, a must-read by Takuan Seiyo , the 9th installment already in the 'The Bee and the Lamb' series. From our pals over at Gat...

I'm actually royally f*cked up - more about that in a couple of weeks, when the time is right - but I think this article by Mark Steyn ...

First, Interpol with Obstacle 1 . British-American indie band, formed in NY in 1997. This is from their 2002 album Turn On the Bright L...

A good article about my country - and it ain't comin' from me, but from Americanthinker.com. Belgium's compassionate nihilism , ...

To all our readers of good will, I wish you the Very Best for the New Year that soon will be a fact for everyone on the globe. Thank you for...

Jump is from the 1984 Van Halen album '1984'. Somehow, the then (as well as current) lead singer of the band, David Lee Roth, thoug...