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1 Concerts are now a luxury item. The heyday of classic rock is over, when boomers and gen-X’ers went to multiple shows a year, sometimes a month, for under ten dollars. Now you don’t go to a show on a whim, it’s a splurge. As for the economics of the country, I point you to […]

This guy could be president. Whoa, whoa, WHOA, don’t shoot the messenger! You know I’m scrounging for podcasts that are interesting, I don’t like happy talk/joke talk between two hosts, and true crime has been overdone, but searching the Apple Podcasts app I came across this “New York Times” interview with Tucker Carlson… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-does-tucker-carlson-really-believe-i-went-to-maine/id1200361736?i=1000765759854 […]

I couldn’t figure out if this was lowbrow… Now I don’t have to read highbrow literature, but sometimes you’re reading a book and you realize it’s only written for plot, to appeal to a certain demographic, usually women, who sustain the fiction field, and I’ve gotten halfway through books and realized I’ve wasted my time […]