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Heard this in a restaurant -- you remember this? I don ’ t and I don ’ t know how I missed it. I missed ‘Round-The-Horn last week, and ...

The Taj Mahal verson is fine, too. Just a good tune all around. So what’s next after the demolition of the White House’s East Wing ? You kno...

You still need a drugstore to cure my cough. Getting this Friday ‘Round-the-Horn (which often turns into Saturday ‘Round-the-Horn or even Su...

Just nice. According to Tubby and his mob, if you’re anti-fascist you’re a terrorist. Having declared antifa (obligatory mouse type: not a r...

Still hits. A day late on ‘Round-the-Horn, sorry, had to hang some cup hooks. (Many years ago I did a newsletter for the Ogivy ad agency and...

Absolutely not my kind of thing, but I like it. Know what I mean? Let’s see, what were the new nightmares of the past week? Well, last Sund...

First woke up to her in La Belle Noiseuse . Lovely. The fash frolics proceed apace. Tubby’s apparently so mad that his prosecutor won’t file...

Saw Velvet Goldmine recently; it was a whole vibe, and this tune certainly didn't hurt. Been a few weeks! Yes, even workhorses such as ...

Keepin' the energy up. Still on vacation (take heart, Roy Edroso Breaks It Down readers, I rejoin you on Monday!), but thought I’d l...

Ah, that's a bit of the old pepper. I’m on my way out the door for vacation but I can still get mad at stupid shit. Tubby’s seizure o...

lol Sorry I missed last week’s edition -- guess I'm really due for a vacation. Or a nervous breakdown. In either case, as St. Augie sa...

 I keep the telephone beside me all the time  It’s been one of those weeks where the bright side and the dark side are one and the same – ...

I'm still playin' the victim and you still playin' the pick-me. I don’t usually front-load these weekly updates with a Roy Ed...

I follow Robert Christgau because how can I not, but also because he catches me up on acts like this. On the one hand, the outrages never ...

If you hate us, you just don't know what you're sayin'. A lot of people are gloomy this Independence Day, so right out of the ...

If I’m not mistaken I’m surely right. Still recovering from surgery, I woke up late this morning to the smell of burning Constitution . I th...

Regular readers know I lived most of my life in New York and love it in the bittersweet way of exile. So the mayoral primary victory of Z...

The Spanish guys working on the building down the street played this. They know what's good. I'll be less attentive to the collap...

I mean. Used to worry on Friday the 13th but we’re not feeling too lucky anyhow; every week it seems Tubby’s mob pushes a little harder...

Yeah, I like this shit. What about it? I know everyone’s enjoying the TrumpMusk drama, and I hate to find myself on the side of the squares,...