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Crucifixion complex

Posted on February 5, 2012 by oddmanout215

One of my favorite movie moments occurs near the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Pod people from outer space may have replaced all the real people in a little California town except for Dr. Miles Bennell, played … Continue reading →

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And the big story is… Phil

Posted on February 2, 2012 by oddmanout215

From today’s Washington Post: At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa. According to folklore, Phil’s sighting of his own shadow … Continue reading →

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‘Shore Leave’

Posted on January 16, 2012 by oddmanout215

From Waits’ 1983 album, Swordfishtrombones: …and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein and shot billards with a midget until the rain stopped and I bought a long sleeved shirt with horses on the front and some … Continue reading →

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‘Five Years’

Posted on January 12, 2012 by oddmanout215

This I’m posting in connection with the scary news item from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The nuclear weapons situation last year looked so grim — everybody has them! — that the scientists reset the Doomsday Clock a minute closer … Continue reading →

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‘Nausea’

Posted on January 5, 2012 by oddmanout215

This could be about overexposure to presidential primaries, or about the playlist of your typical “alt-rock” station: First verse: Now I’m a seasick sailor On a ship of noise I got my maps all backwards And my instincts poisoned In … Continue reading →

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‘Matchbox’

Posted on December 31, 2011 by oddmanout215

Yeah I’m sitting here wondering, would a matchbox hold my clothes… I hope I didn’t insult the memory of the late Carl Perkins by using lyrics from “Matchbox” in connection with the Republican dogs, big and small, mentioned in my … Continue reading →

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‘There ain’t no Sanity Clause!’

Posted on December 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Chico tells Groucho he won’t be fooled in A Night at the Opera:

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‘Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto’

Posted on December 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

If anyone wanna know, Tell him James Brown sent you. You know I know what you will see Because that was once… me. Hit it! Hit it!

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Person of Year should be Pepper-Spray Cop

Posted on December 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s Time magazine’s argument — the writer was Kurt Andersen — for why 2011 was the Year of the Protester: So 2011 was unlike any year since 1968 – but more consequential because more protesters have more skin in the … Continue reading →

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Correction, Paul — Mitt is a villain

Posted on December 10, 2011 by oddmanout215

I’m glad Paul Krugman took a moment Friday to link Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie Wall Street to Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy, but I’m wondering why the columnist pulled his punches rather than go for the KO. The record shows that … Continue reading →

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