“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

RIP Nick Menza

Damn. I did NOT expect to wake up yesterday and read this headline: Menza was performing with the band OHM at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA when he reportedly collapsed from a heart attack. […] Mustaine wrote on Twitter: “TELL ME THIS ISN’T TRUE! I...

AWESOMESAUCE

Commenter Kapios sent over some (as it turns out, old) news that is actually some of the best I’ve seen in months: Unfortunately, the news that Clarkson, Hammond, and May are all going to be on Amazon Prime from now on did not go down well with everyone. It...

In the words of the Prophet Ringo…

Back in 2009, a certain madcap genius wrote and published a certain book which, if you read it today, makes it seem like the author had one hell of a powerful crystal ball sitting in his living room. The funny thing is, when I first read the book, I have to admit...

It’s not a question of “if”…

Gentlemen, suppose for a moment that we were all transported to a parallel dimension, where normal and sensible things did not happen very often. Suppose that, in such a universe, a certain (overhyped) MMA fighter named Ronda Rousey were taken seriously in her claims...

“Ticking bomb”

I don’t hold much with mainstream music, but I’ll make an exception for this one song: I actually came across it while binge-watching a truly brilliant crime drama series called Longmire. Now that is a GREAT show. It stars Robert Taylor as a Gary...

Black Betty

Classic RAM JAM track:Southern deep-fried rock just doesn’t get much better than that- at least not this side of LYNYRD SKYNYRD, or CREEDENCE. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn...

The MAGA anthem

Courtesy of some bloke called @BakedAlaska: Well, he’s sure as hell baked on something. And the excessive use of autotune is, to a purist like me, highly irritating; as far as I’m concerned, if I want to listen to some one using autotune to disguise her...

Stick with the classics

There are certain pairs that just go perfectly together somehow- tea and biscuits (for those of us from civilised parts of the world, where the Godly and lawful sovereignty of Her Majesty the Queen is still acknowledged, of course); ice cream and waffles (if...

The Trumpening and its doubters

mp3 raised an interesting point with respect to the ascension of Trump-Muad’dib: Perhaps I have become very jaded and cynical. I am skeptical about everything. The 90’s were the best period in the US before NAFTA kicked in. Everybody had jobs and people...