Sitemap - 2024 - Sweaty Spice
Holiday doldrums. Or, why haven't I posted a lot lately?
A musical "what if?": ELP's Karn Evil 9 on a pipe organ?!?
Is it time to utter the "R" word?
Music: SandraiseR - a Welsh band that covers Hendrix (& Gallagher)
What bugs me about billionaires and their purported love of Physics
Master of Schlock: Roger Corman
Too good to not share: Hendrix plays Machine Gun
Music: Angela Petrilli & The Players
This Fucking Guy: Bret(bug) Stephens
Music: Sungha Jung plays that which shall never be played
Some odd thoughts about the Election
Music: Epic guitar battle - Eric Gales v. Bonamassa
Music: Where has Grace Bowers been hiding?!?!?!
Bad SciFi - or how I spent my Thanksgiving day
The most colossal of all bad ideas - uploading medical diagnostic images to an AI
An outside-in look at Musk's pledge to slash $2T
Trump, the endless grift continues
Consequences. Someone's going to be unhappy - Always
You don't say: Ann Selzer to Step Away...
What went wrong? - The Manosphere to Alt-Right pipeline
Some thoughts from ten days out
Music: Andy Timmons plays Queen
Performative defiance - Twitter
The Manosphere - Where the Fuck did Trump's strength amongst Gen Z men come from?
Barney Kessel - Just what the Dr. Ordered!
Music: Won't you think of the children and put a stop to this?
Music: House of Lords covers a classic - Can't Find My Way Home
He said what? No, JD Vance, teens aren't transitioning just to get into an Ivy
Get your hankies out for the FTX Parents
What the actual (and I mean it) Fuck? - Trumpers in line at MSG
Misguided Protests: Canceling your WaPo subscription
Some thoughts for Substack's Product Management Team
We lost another one: Paul DiAnno original singer for Iron Maiden has passed
Music: Doing a classic Justice - Holy Diver
Three Weeks. Why am I so nervous?
Music: Andy Timmons still has it
Music: Molly Tuttle plays Neil Young
Desperation is in the air, 3 weeks left
The tragedy of GenAI for education
Music: A three-peat for Damian Salazar
Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle, I agree with Ramesh Ponnuru
The real result of Musk's prostrating at Butler - DJT rises
Music: House of the Rising Sun
Three Months with the Martin 000Jr
The Times cracks the door open to the degradation of Trump
Music Twofer: Gabriella Quevado and "guest"
More Zepparella: Whole Lotta Love
What it takes for me to upgrade to paid
Lazy today: Kashmir - Zepparella
The Song that Shall Not be Played
The day is here, does Trump dump?
And now, something completely different...
Pure Genius - Rehearsing a Classic
Whoa, I think I need a smoke...
Thoughts in the aftermath of the Debate
The Girl from Ipanema: Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Gypsy Jazz: Rhythm Future Quartet
Father Figures are where you find them
HGotW: Ross Douthat, or is it Douche-Hat?
The NY Times read my post, and said "Hold my Beer"
Go Home NY Times, you're drunk
Music: Take Five for solo guitar
Shitbirds gonna Shitbird: Bill Kristol
The inconsistencies of JD Vance
Money Well Spent: Donations to The Satanic Temple
Music: Polyphia (actually Tim Henson)
HGotW: We got a basket of trash this week folks!
Music: Joe Pass ... 'nuff said
Music: Brilliance by Irene Ketikidi
Interesting quote in The Atlantic
Wow, what a difference four weeks makes...
More Dark Brandon: John McAfee Wants to Kill Elon
A "This Fucking Guy" Two-fer: Ross Douthat & James Kirchick
Too good not to share: TLP's short podcast
Friday Afternoon Jam: The Toyes
What the *&^% is this? More Jethro Tull?
You finally did it, I have to turn off all notifications...
Salvage of the Republicans - Yeah, right
Aww, isn't that Cute, the NY Times is still miffed about interviews
Sometimes, words fail me. Trump shits his pants at the NABJ interview
Dafuq were you thinking Google? AI Ad for Olympics is just plain weird
'Sucker Punch' - Yeah, I like that...
JD Vance, The VC Veep ... or is he
What a difference a week makes...
Oh, just fuck right off Ross Douthat
Whiny lil' bitch Musk lies about his Trans daughter
David Brooks should shut the fuck up
One of the Greats: Rick Wakeman
Music: Wasted Years, with a twist.
Time to get real: How to replace Biden
Street Music: Fear of the Dark
Music: Video Game Music - DooM Soundtrack
This Fucking Guy: Kathleen Parker, again, again
HGotW: Matthew Walther (& the NYTimes)
Just Awful: The Man with the Golden Gun
Music: John Lee Hooker, a Blues Icon
What the candy-apple fuck: Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters
Music: Friday Night in San Francisco
This Fucking Guy: Pastor Robert Morris
This Fucking Guy: David Brooks
Deja Vu: Kathleen Parker, again
This Fucking Guy: Kathleen Parker
Gee, a "no-receipts" policy for expense reimbursement is rife with abuse...
Music Appreciation - My Sharona
And thus it was so, I am back in Management
Caleb Carr, Author, has passed.
Debunking "Evolutionary Psychology" in style
This Fucking Guy: Elise Stefanik
The Fucking NY Times is at it again...
What a Cold Open! Jethro Tull FTW!
HGoTW: The Basket of Deplorables
The Future is Bright: Jasmine Crockett
HGoTW: A Twofer - Thomas & Kavanaugh
Music: Toccata in Dm - Just perfection
Music: 2Sich - she is truly too sick!
Like a Broken Clock... The WaPo's Megan McArdle
The muse at work: Jeff Kollman
Back to the Future: Jethro Tull circa 1977
Elon Musk: Mush mouthed idiot?
What I'm Reading: Jeff Tiedrich
Just fuck right off Mike Pence (and the NY Times)
Nina DiGregorio - Eruption on a Violin
Hmm, this 'Stack might make me ineligible for the Trump juries - Good.
The Never Trumper's Great White Hope Disappoints, again
In case you missed it: DJT goes on trial tomorrow
The Terminally Stupid get Fleeced by bronzed twatwaffle
Dear Baby Jesus, please make it so... Trump says he will testify
This Fucking Guy: David French
HGoTW: Bonus edition - Ramesh Ponnuru
This must have been fun: The Mary Spender Trio
Palette Cleaser: California Dreamin'
Photos: Italy - Part 2 - Pompeii
Oops, I did it again... Review of the Harley Benton Amarok BKRD-6
Photos: Italy - part 1 - Rome and Naples
Palette Cleanser: More Kent Nishimura
Musical Interlude: Jeff Kollman
The start of the end for Substack...
New Toy: (mini) Atari 400 Console
Getting into the Science of Music
Where have I seen that before?
Guilty Pleasure: The Incredibles
HGotW: Tim Walberg, R-Douchebagastan
The Curse of Product Management: Self Checkout Kiosks
Palette Cleanser: Kent Nishimura
You Hate to See It: Youngkin has big sadz
More NYT Fuckery - David French
It pains me to write this... Trump will not be held accountable before the election
Just another day in the Blender
The Best version of Fanfare for the Common Man
Thoughts on a year of Substack
What I'm Watching: Monsieur Spade
Once Again: NY Times WTF Headlines
I think my co-workers are trying to kill me
This will end well (NOT): Trump Takes Over the RNC
Fuck Ezra Klein, and fuck the NY Times
NY Times - C'mon, stop this shit NOW!
Music Appreciation: Dire Straits
What I'm Reading: Sweary History
Music Appreciation: Mohini Dey
Who Knew how much Sykes carried The Bulwark
Once again, I agree with David French
Some audible bliss: Malmsteen circa 1984
Distasteful name, heinous crime
The teenaged crack dealers are here.
What Fuckery is afoot? Alabama does it again.
The Lincoln Project is on FIRE
Must Read 'Stack: Catherynne Valente
Some palette cleansing: Tommy Emmanuel
Betting on the National Anthem?!?!?!
Musical Remembrance - Mojo Nixon
ODing on Schadenfreude: Haley loses to "None of these Candidates"
I can't believe I agree with David French
Closing in on a year of Substack
Music Appreciation: Glen Campbell
Should, but not likely - On the use of AI and how that will impact the future of work
The Schadenfreude is delightful...
Dark, rainy morning, Time for some Nerd Halen!
Things that make me go "hmmmmm"
Rant: Carwashes and their "express" detailing
Music Appreciation: Eric Johnson
Just in: LinkedIn is the new hottest dating site...
Online Forza: Yeah, it ain't pretty
Fucking NY Times Headline bullshit
No, I will not allow ads Atlantic...
Music Appreciation: Nina Hagen