Ted Cruz has Lost the Bill Maher Vote.

You can judge a man by the enemies he makes.  Bill Maher on Ted Cruz, from Daily Beast:

It’s high intelligence in the service of evil. It’s one thing to have evil people who aren’t that bright! There’s a

From Bruce McQuain, QandO, video:

Music City uSA just becomes the All American City.

SIFY MOVIES: Al Martino, the singer of 1960’s hits such as Spanish Eyes and Volare, died aged 82 in his home town of Philadelphia, according to a statement from his publicist Wednesday.

Philly is in mourning, this morning.

Les Paul, the guitar legend, has  reportedly died., over in White Plains, NY.

Wacko Jacko, Michael Jackson; is to buried today    Jammie Wearing Fool notes the media Wacko Jacko overloadf, ”It Was An Orgy of Glorification‘

After the first day or so of the Michael Jackson coverage I felt the same

Jackson, Eric rambled quite a bit about the late Michael Jackson.   Much too much to quote.

First some perspective.   Did I tell you I hate Jonah Goldberg.  Nobody should be able to write his well at one thirty in

Representative Eric Cantor (Virginia – Seven) has created a media firestorm because he went to a Britney Spears concert rather than a Barack Obama press conference,  Anne Schroeder Mullins, Politico:

Everybody has been asking GOP Whip Eric

Kelly Groucutt’s official fan site has the following announcement up:

It is with great sadness that I have to inform the fans that Kelly Groucutt died on the afternoon of 19th February 2009 of a heart attack.

(Sigh)

Good lord, Billy;

I may be speaking out of turn here, and I may be a little under informed about the depth of that conversation over there, but I’m going to sound off anyway.

I didn’t say anything over there,

LA Times:

Dennis Yost, 65, the lead singer of the 1960s soft rock group the Classics IV, died Sunday at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio, of respiratory failure, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

he Classic IV had a

Levi Stubbs, Jr, died over a week ago, on the 17th of this month.

Now I feel bad for not having mentioned it. My fault.

Of course I’d written something, which is altogether dated, now, but it never made

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter whose soft rock hit “I Go Crazy” stayed on the charts for months after its release in 1977, died Tuesday. He was 60.Davis’ other popular hits included “65 Love Affair;”

I’ve settled long ago on Winamp because of the way it handles the rather large MP3 collection I have here.

However, I thought I’d post what plugins I’m using with Winamp to make the system more livable.

First, I’m using

Hey, Billy;

Yeah, I was aware of the links from Starz to Looking Glass…(One of my offbeat favorite pop tunes was “Jimmy Loves Mary Anne” (Both that and “Brandy” were written by Elliot Lurie, who was the lead vocal/guitar)) Great