Musings

KINSELLACAST 225: Kheiriddin, Belanger, Mraz, Pinsent, Lilley – on political civility and stability PLUS: Modern Baseball, Mt. Eddy, Magnetic Fields, Kid Kapichi

My latest: fuck you, Putin

BOSTON – Down here, the Stars and Stripes are ubiquitous, but there’s nothing new there. It’s America, after all. But there’s another kind of flag to be seen here, now.…

My friend Nel

The first thing I did, after Brian called me to say that Nelson was dead, was to look at the emails and texts we had exchanged. They went back years.…

KINSELLACAST 224: Mraz, Belanger, Kheiriddin on the beach! Plus Mommy Long Legs, Joyce Manor and more!

My latest: the shit is gonna hit the fan over this one, y’all

Yellowstone is stupid. Like: really, really stupid. Like, soap opera stupid. Like, stupid enough that it makes ‘Dallas’ resemble Shakespeare. Also: Yellowstone is stupid for its politics. Which are deeply,…

KINSELLACAST 223: Lilley, Pierson, Mraz on Bees, Teenage Heads, and Politicos – plus Bodega, Paley Brothers & Drug Church

My latest: I love the smell of the rule of law in the morning

If there’s dust, it ain’t settling. The dust stirred up by the FBI’s visit to Donald Trump’s Florida compound, that is. The Right is apoplectic and the Left is ecstatic.…

My latest: the gods of the Hammer

The gods of the Hammer. That’s what we called Teenage Head, who were probably the greatest rock band – and certainly the greatest punk band – Canada has ever produced.…

KINSELLACAST 222: Lilley, Mraz on political absurdity – plus St. Vincent, Thee Oh Sees, Snapped Ankles

My latest: we’re all in Kansas evermore

We’re not in Kansas anymore. But actually, we kind of are. Let us explain. The famous line above, of course, was uttered by Judy Garland’s Dorothy character in the seminal…