Saturday, September 14, 2019

Ten Bold Cover Tunes, Part III: Guitar Hero Edition

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In our first post on Ten Bold Cover Tunes , we defined "bold" this way:  *In choosing to cover a song already identified with an...
Friday, September 06, 2019

America's Children Need UN Intervention (Update)

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Here's an update of a rant originally posted in March of 2018, with a new video added:  https://tpmediarants.blogspot.com/2018/03/americ...
Sunday, September 01, 2019

Bernie's Media Rant

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Lots of politicians will tell you that they understand and appreciate the problems confronting modern American journalism, but rarely do the...
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...