Red Tin Noodles

Count Basie was the counterpoint to Kenny Rogers’ ‘Gambler.’ Clarence Williams III was by far ‘Mod Squad’s’ greatest scrambler. Kasey Musgraves minus fifty is Jackie DeShannon. Usain Bolt runs like a colt who’s shot out … Read more

Police in Greece find a stolen Picasso. And throw in an ought-five Mondrian. Matt Gaetz, talks CRT; he’s such an asshole. And Syrian air strikes link to Iran. Walmart low priced insulin today’s perk. Britney … Read more

Baloney with brown sauce. Sprinkle with conspiracy leaves. Add a dash of turnback thyme. A little more brown sauce, drizzled. Slather with old mayornaise. Serve on a kaiser roll. Accompany with dry red whine.

New York diocese is bankrupt. Clergy abuse suits. Disney cartoon country will strip all our native roots. Kenosha Kyle, the killer boy, has made his needed fan. Official word: he was “protecting the small business man.” … Read more

This is not the time for rhyme or careful rumination. Train of thought is overwrought and has just left the station. Protests down in Louisville of course attracted violence. Covid’s killed two hundred-thou and all … Read more

Big Ten bullied back into action. Athletes never die. They just get stiff. Like those hundred thousand birds just dropping dead in New Mexico. Wind mills? Likely dream catchers. Melania replacement statue in her hometown … Read more

11:02 a.m., the bomb hit Nagasaki. Over in America, Betty Boop (1930) was cocky. Charles Farrell (1900) and Robert Shaw (1927) were both John Dryden (1631) readers. Jean Piaget’s (1896) child psych theories helped out … Read more

There’s just no reason not to drink these days. It makes things better in so many ways. The pandemic doesn’t seem so bad depending on the drinks you’ve had. This is not to say whiskey’s a … Read more

Guess I’ll count the forks again. The prize this time: a nip of gin. I know the spoon count now by heart. And knives were there right from the start. Yes, counting silverware is in … Read more

Seeing news, I note he just gave “Parasite” a kick. Think he wanted that title for his own bio-pic. I’m sure we can probably find a better one than that, a monster name like “Hairwolf” … Read more

In Vegas birds wear cowboy hats. Or so it says in chat room chats. A Wiggles singer collapsed on stage. Rejecting royalty’s all the rage. Airplane fuel’s been dumped on schools. Neo-nazis act like fools. Philippine volcano … Read more

A waitress in Chicago spit on Eric. Flamingo killer struck dead by a truck. The chief of protocol threatened his workers with a whip. The news is weird today. Seems we’re in luck. Some twenty … Read more

A Frank Blair (1915) hologram bleakly announces the death of Sun Ra (’93). So opens the new Howard Hawks (1896) film, a bizarre new take on the murder of Joan of Arc in 1431, starring … Read more