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Warren Zevon died yesterday. Steve Rhodes has the news here. He lived four times longer than was predicted when his cancer was announced a year ago (almost to the day) – that, and the amazing accomplishment that is his new album The Wind, amounts to a near-total victory over entropy. …

Whenever I feel my resolve or sense of clarity wavering regarding the war on terror – and it happens to most of us with near daily casualties in Iraq, continued conflict in Afghanistan, not unreasonable concerns over costs and priorities – a little Victor Davis Hanson is the ideal tonic: …

Don't be deceived by their sweet faces, these Bears are evil.

As much as I enjoy Paul Simon as a solo artist, especially his classic first album (“Me and Julio,” “Mother and Child,” um um good), There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, and Graceland, he has never accomplished anything quite as sublime as the primal pairing of the tall skinny one with the …

Marilyn Manson doesn’t seem to be able to leave security guards alone: A security guard is suing Manson for an incident at Minneapolis’ Historic Orpheum Theater in October 2000, when Manson crouched at the end of the stage, pulled the guard’s head back toward his crotch and gyrated. Lawyers for …

And if I’m going to talk about Chris Isaak, I’d be seriously remiss to not acknowledge the stylistc and thematic wellspring from which Isaak derives, the late great Roy Orbison. In late-’59 Fred Foster, the owner of Monument Records and its producer, heard the pop potential of a shy rockabilly …

If nothing else, the controversial Rolling Stone list of greatest guitarists has generated much thought. I was sitting around thinking about the different guitar sounds I value, and it suddenly occurred to me how much I love James Calvin Wilsey’s (ex of the punk band the Avengers) neo-classicist work with …

Amir Taheri discusses a new book published by al Qaeda and released in the Arab world that calls “American democracy” the greatest threat to Islam: The author of “The Future of Iraq and The Arabian Peninsula After The Fall of Baghdad” is Yussuf al-Ayyeri, one of Osama bin Laden’s closest …

My son Chris wrote this review – I forgot to post it, like a douchebag. On Tuesday the 22nd of July I went to the concert event of the summer, Ozzfest, at Blossom near Cleveland. That was the greatest day in my 16 years of life. I had many new …

I didn’t vote for President Bush, but I have grown to appreciate him for his finer qualities: the resolve to end terror on our homeland and abroad, providing adequate leadership during a very difficult time in our nation’s history. Things could be worse, but I must come to the conclusion …