RE: The Ed Sullivan Documentary In 1965, having been urged to audition Trude Heller’s’ house band/recent Epic signee The Remains, Sullivan visited the club unaccompanied.  According to the band, he sat at a table by himself, watched one set, and asked them “Do you want to appear on my show?”  Simple as that. Paul Lanning […]

I really wanted to write about this story “Trojan Whores Hate You Back” from Eric Puchner’s collection “Last Days on Earth.” You see that’s the name of the band, punks who are reconnecting to go on the road decades later. The lead singer Alistair says he’s doing it for his buddy Glenn who just got […]

HBO Max trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwBW3do9yqc He’s not afraid of pissing off the Trumpers. I gave up listening to Marc Maron’s podcast years ago. He’s talks too much and he’s too uninformed. But having listened before that, I know that he’s pissed off a lot of people. You see Marc had an edge, as if angry that […]

These two TikTok clips really need no introduction, but I’m going to give them one. If you’re time-challenged, just scroll down to the links and watch them. They’re the best explanations of the topics they concern that I’ve seen all week. Yes, on TikTok. The dirty little secret is late night TV’s goal is virality […]