Alternate Brain

I've been a fan of Byron Berline for almost forty years. Three-time National Fiddle Champion, in bands like Country Gazette , The Flyin...

GainControlAgain brings us a unique foreign perspective on some of our own American music. Your favorite college dropout radio station WKFA...

From one of my favorite YouTube channels, GainControlAgain (UK). Emmylou on the Rodney Crowell song she recorded for her Elite Hotel album. ...

Alla yas ol' farts like me'll like this one. Speaking only for myself, it's waaaaay too late to heed the anti-blow message at t...

Politics and Bush's depredations on the nation in what's left of his slide to oblivion have got me bored to shit today, although I t...

Mr. Aravosis : ... The problem isn't that Obama talks to Rick Warren, or even meets with Rick Warren. Hell, if Obama wants to meet with...

I'd better not hear any of this Jesus-crap from my doctor, pharmacist, or cashier: Well, the threatened "right of conscience...

No time to sit and bitch this morning so I'll direct you to Krugman, who has a great essay up on the how and why of the financial mess ...

So I was reading an article about The US government said Wednesday that it believes a new UN Security Council resolution on Somalia authori...

Another interesting piece about Afghanistan in an interview with former NYT correspondent Stephen Kinzer at Truthout , with video: Resisti...

We all know that Cheney just announced, out loud and on camera, that he authorized torture, a criminal act that the United States has execut...

Paris 1814* : ... What you have is a two-tiered system of justice where ordinary Americans are subjected to the most merciless criminal just...

Maybe you shouldn't piss off the base first thing out the box? President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will feature big...

There are times when I get so pissed off that it's hard for me to do this stuff coherently. This is one of those times. Just go read thi...

Mark Morford A shoe? Not bad. But surely we can do better Of course, I officially endorse none of the following far more appropriate, deligh...

Fixer said a coupla days ago that he might join the Kriegsmarine , the German navy. After seeing the picture (above) and reading the articl...

Joe Klein , whom I will not call 'Joke Line' until he writes something silly again. I'm sure he will, but this piece isn't. ...

Now, I sorta understood why we supported the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan back in the early '80s when the Soviets were there. The Cold War...

Looks like they're gonna treat Barry like a Clinton : ... Eight years of relentless harassment and character assassination, during which...

I'd like to get a loan ... cheap . This is simply nuts. Cutting to 0.25% or 0% is not going to resolve any problems other than the banks...