Category Archives: arts

‘I Wanted To Tell You’

Posted on December 7, 2011 by oddmanout215

From Matthew Sweet’s third and best album, Girlfriend, which appeared 20 years ago this Fall and proved that the age of hard-driving, well-crafted pop songs wasn’t quite over. It’s a catchy batch of rockers and ballads about crazy love and … Continue reading →

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Victoria loved them all, including Iran

Posted on December 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

People who follow the news in a superficial way may have read about the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran and said “There they go again, those wild-eyed Islamic radicals. Something should be done about them.” So it was … Continue reading →

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‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

And I don’t want to ball about like everybody else, And I don’t want to live my life like everybody else, And I won’t say that I feel fine like everybody else… Ray Davis was writing anthems about not fitting … Continue reading →

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‘Frank’s Wild Years’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife’s forehead… … he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at … Continue reading →

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Yo, Dad, I think it’s a hit

Posted on December 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

  Do you hope to make her see you, fool?Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel? The Doors didn’t even want to bother with “Hello, I Love You,” it was one of their first songs and they thought it … Continue reading →

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Howdy, stranger. Every man for himself.

Posted on November 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

Coo coo it’s cold outside. Coo coo it’s cold outside. Ooo coo coo. Don’t forget your mittens. Hey Pal! How do I get to town from here? And he said: Well just take a right where they’re going to build … Continue reading →

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Gov. Brownback, you really do suck

Posted on November 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

Great story out of Kansas regarding attempts to intimidate Emma Sullivan, an 18-year-old girl who insulted wing-nut Gov. Sam Brownback in a message to her Twitter friends. The principal of the high school Emma attends ordered her to send the … Continue reading →

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Sleeping at the ‘Laundromat’

Posted on November 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Well, I don’t have no clothes to clean To put inside the machine But it’s the craziest place I have ever been A long-overdue trip to the laundromat last Sunday started me on a week-long Rory Gallagher binge. Coincidentally, the … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s jealous fury at pepper-spray cop

Posted on November 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

I don’t know who’s responsible for the “Hitler reacts” pieces, but they’re brilliant. This might be the best yet:

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Dinner with Nat King Cole

Posted on November 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

I don’t want french-fried potatoes, Red, ripe tomatoes, I’m never satisfied. I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay, With chafafa on the side. And I’ll have whatever you guys are smoking!

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