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“Mad Men and Troubadours”

The peripatetic life of the journeyman folksinger has seen our man Tommy Treacle wearing sundry musical hats. From his bid to write horror-movie themes to reworking heavy metal songs into folk ballads to a foray into political tunes, he has generally eschewed the conventions of the touring troubadour. While he’s seen his share of diveContinue reading ““Mad Men and Troubadours””

“Life Lesson #6: Amuse Yourself”

As you can see, I’m a massive fan of Moleskine notebooks and have used them over the years for various purposes like journaling, poetry, capturing random ideas, sketching, etc. Their first page has a space to record your name and offer a reward in case of loss. I immediately saw this as an opportunity forContinue reading ““Life Lesson #6: Amuse Yourself””

“My Apologies, Mr. Trump”

I reckon now that I’ve been wrong The White House is where Trump belongs It’s obvious, his vast appeal This master of the art of the deal Whenever there is trouble brewing He’ll save us all from rack and ruin I care not if he quotes “Mein Kampf” Providing he can drain the swamp! AndContinue reading ““My Apologies, Mr. Trump””

“Fight for Old DC!”

The folks at Hard Rock Cafe didn’t ask me, but here are my suggestions for naming their specialty cocktails in the Trump 2.0 era: The Election Denier The Insurrectionist The Orange-faced, Poop-throwing Monkey The Daily Dipshit Covfefe Martini The Feculent Philistine The Unholy Smegroni Gin and Clorox Putin’s Lapdog That Musk Rat The Highball Hitler

“Good Weird or Bad?”

In recent days, our underground folk troubadour Tommy Treacle has re-tuned to the more political. His latest song was written after the series of awkward public statements made during the campaign by JD Vance, Donald Trump’s Acting Sycophant in Chief. To my eye, he’s an odd cat who looks like the poster child for theContinue reading ““Good Weird or Bad?””

Potent Quotables:

“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H.L. mencken I’m in despair for, among other things, running low on negative superlatives to describe these MAGASSHOLES. It’s 95% lies and fantasies and hypocrisy and adolescent trolling. It will end badly. And worst for the red-state working class whoContinue reading “Potent Quotables:”