Online purchase of two tickets, four rows back from Stage Left: $216.00 Pre-concert dinner of Coneys, Frito Pie and iced tea: $8.95 The cheapest swag item and two skunky draft beers: $43.00 Taking in the sounds of one of the most iconic bands of my youth in the same venue where I paid to see…
Continue ReadingMonth: March 2017
A bad week for Republicans
I don’t believe I have ever described what it is like as a liberal looking up from this particular stretch of Old Route 66. Politically speaking, we are like at the very bottom of an extremely deep canyon. When we look up all we see are Republicans dropping mostly crap and an occasional few bread…
Continue ReadingTheater review: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
It is true what they say, the sailor may leave the Navy but the Navy will never leave the sailor. When the presiding officer of this fictional court martial entered from Stage Left and the actor playing the uniformed court orderly sounded off “Atten-HUT” I had to stop myself from popping tall. The Tulsa Performing…
Continue ReadingThe teetering Trump Tower of cards
We are now approaching the halfway mark of the 45th President’s “First 100 Days” and in spite of being beset by numerous self-inflicted setbacks, the President is pressing on with his agenda. Just what IS the intention of President Trump? We should make no mistake about it. The man is following the policy input of…
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