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Category Archives: Politics & Society
7 Criminally Underrated Rock Guitarists
Hendrix. Clapton. Van Halen. We get it. Every poll of great guitarists has the same names at or near the top. It’s unlikely that anyone will ever unseat these holiest of holies. So instead of listing the usual suspects, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Politics & Society, Sex & Gender
Tagged art, blues, guitar, music, passion, politics, rock, rock-and-roll
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Choking on Our Irony
Between 1983 and 1993, I lived in Richmond, VA. During that entire time, despite working part- to full-time on top of going to college (and working multiple jobs at a time after graduation), I had an air conditioner for only … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Politics & Society, Uncategorized
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West and Waters can Fuck Off into the Sun
Antisemitism is a poison of the left as well as of the right. On neither side is it anything other than bigotry, genocide erasure, and potential perpetration of future genocides. As Sarah Silverman eloquently clarified the other day, it’s entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society, Spirituality & Reflection, Trumpsurrection
Tagged history, humanity, politics, society
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Bloody Sunset of Cowboy ‘Murrikuh
As Republicans and their associated media pundits dance around the fire of Kabul’s collapse – blaming it (like Trump’s pandemic and economic ruination) on the Biden administration, let’s recall that the hallmark of Bush’s “Neoconservative” movement involved sneering in the … Continue reading
Time to Leave the Funhouse: Part III – Being Careful Going Forward
The system, though sorely tested, has held. Two weeks ago today, a mob incited to violence by the delusions of reality trolls focused on a jacked-up TV star committed symbolic and literal desecration of the United States. That spectacle combined … Continue reading
Time to Leave the Funhouse: Part II – The End of the Apprentice
On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump staged a brash act of his alternate reality – an alternate reality in which he is a persecuted prophet fighting for American greatness. He then walked away and let his people die. Five people … Continue reading
Time to Leave the Funhouse: Part I – Most Dangerous Games
America is a nation of mythologies. All cultures have myths, of course. We have more than usual. We manufacture them, too. Our Hollywood films and comic books and pulp fictions and video games flood humanity with interactive mythologies chewing on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, fantasy, Gaming, Mage, My Work, Politics & Society, Time to Leave the Funhouse, Trumpsurrection, writing
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Self-Made Mythology
My dad is, in many ways, an archetypal self-made man: a Siciliano kid from an immigrant family in an ethnic ghetto, he became one of the youngest Commanding Officers in the US Navy, commanded two ships, then worked Stateside with … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society, Uncategorized
Tagged business, economics, history, humanity, life, money, politics, self, society, work
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A Different Solution to an Enduring Problem
In 1992, while the nation’s cities were burning in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, I was living in Richmond, VA. At that time, we had one of the highest crime rates in the nation – even hit the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society, Uncategorized
Tagged communication, history, humanity, life, politics, self, society
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Our Spartacus Moment
Hollywood loves its “I am Spartacus” moments – those moments where good, decent people stand up or walk away, refusing to allow the bad guys to continue with their evil plans. But although we do have a few of those … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society, Uncategorized
Tagged history, humanity, politics, society
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Satyros Phil Brucato 