Archive for the 'Pop Culture' Category


Optimism

Has Kamala Harris’s campaign ushered in a new era of optimism? Was the pent-up demand already there, just waiting to be released? And was Taylor Swift’s Eras tour just a harbinger of a new era? And the nearly overnight success of Chappell Roan indicative of this newfound optimism? Let’s be clear, there’s been a lot […]

The United States Of Cults

Challenge the cult at your peril. Have you listened to Joe Rogan’s podcast? Can you name two songs from Taylor Swift’s latest album? Can you name one member of BTS? Are you even on Twitter/X, never mind eating up every word Elon Musk utters? Are you one of the 130,000 on the Kamala Harris Zoom […]

Hawk Tuah

Are you a meme or are you a musician? If you’re willing to do anything for attention is it working for you, or against you? The bifurcation began with the split of AM and FM in the sixties. Stations could no longer simulcast on FM what they were broadcasting on AM. As a result we […]

The Road Less Taken

You can’t have a contrary opinion. Let me restate that…you can’t VERBALIZE a contrary opinion. You’re supposed to adhere to the orthodoxy of your tribe, or else you become a pariah. You can’t say that Biden is old if you’re a Democrat. You can’t say you support Israel in Gaza if you’re a Democrat. This […]