Sunday, August 25, 2019

The Other Joe Walsh Should Be Running For President

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You may have heard that former Congressman Joe Walsh has announced an intention to challenge the orange hued POTUS in the Republican prim...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Media Rants and Madison

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Finally got around to trying the Google Art Selfie . I don't see the resemblance, but the app matched me up with James Madison. Given t...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

New Media Rants Video: On Woodstock as Authentic Rock

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Below is a video version of  On Woodstock and Authentic Rock and Roll .  Many thanks to my Producer/Director John Ardbeg. If you like the vi...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

New Media Rants Video

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John Ardbeg is a video producer in Oshkosh, WI. He took an interest in the Media Rants blog and asked if I would like to make some videos. O...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

On Woodstock and Authentic Rock-and-Roll

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Note: For a short video summary of this post, click here .   August of 2019 presents us with the 50th anniversary of the most famous Hippi...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Taibbi Brings Back Clown Car Coverage

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The always insightful and acerbic Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone Magazine is probably the best political journalist working today. Well at le...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Update: The 42 Gospels

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Mariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history recently elected to the Hall of Fame, has faced criticism recently due to hi...
Monday, July 22, 2019

State of the State Columns

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For those of you who may not know, in addition to Media Rants I also write "State of the State" for the Oshkosh Independent . Some...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

RIP Justice John Paul Stevens

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Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, passed away yesterday at the age of 99. When he retired from the Cour...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Ten Bold Cover Tunes, Part II

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In the first part of this series, I argued that a cover tune can be "bold" in a couple of different ways: (1) the cover artist da...