Saturday, November 12, 2011

Let's Get Metaphysical

Did people drink more during the atomic age? Frank Kelly Rich examines the issue in a great post for Modern Drunkard. In other Cold War news Richard Nixon was bitter and cynical during a just-released transcript of his secret grand jury testimony in 1975. Wondering if your town houses nuclear ballistic missiles but don't have the time to dig? Check this out from Mother Jones. Finally one last bit of stop, drop and roll nostalgia, here is the 1964 Lyndon Johnson political ad that scared the shit out of the country. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd or else! A simpler and sweeter apocalyptic time.

When Pigs Fly, an artisan bread company from Kittery, has opened a pizzeria and received a glowing review from the pizza fetishists at Slice. Maine is not known for its pizza but I have a friend who swears the state has the best convenience store 'za in the country. Mike, who is not a discerning foodie, conducts most of his research while drunk and buying cigarettes.

Is it time to create an internationally funded  Bloggers Without Borders? Maybe so as a few seƱores de los teclados have turned up decapitated and turtured in Mexico. For those who want to keep score on the ongoing lunacy which is modern day Mexico check out this drug cartel watchdog. If you dare.

Happy birthdays to Karl Marx(the composer, not the communist),trumpet player Buck Clayton, Grace Kelly, prince of darkness Charles Manson, Booker T Jones, Al Michaels, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Bikini Kills Kathleen Hanna, and the one and only Neil Young.

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