The Loudmouth Pundit Disease
So I don’t have a cold or anything. But there I was at Emerg at East General late last night – and an urban hospital Emergency Department on a Friday night with a full moon is a real treat, let me tell you – with my fat head feeling like it was about to split open.
Didn’t get to see a doc until this morning, however. As suspected, it’s the Mother of All Ear Infections©. The doc and I got to talking about how I might have gotten it. Mentioned that I’ve done a lot of TV interview things, lately, wherein you have to jam a thingie in your ear to hear the host.
“They ever clean that off?” asked she.
“I’ve never seen them clean it, now that you mention it,” said me.
“Okay,” said the doc. “Next time you do an interview, make sure it’s clean.”
Ewg.
Personally, I think I somehow got a Conservative talking head’s DNA, and my body rebelled. Who’s wouldn’t?
Hear that, Powers? Bring alcohol swabs next time, would you?
MMM-momentum: McMahon Can
The sign you see all over the Beach, these days.
Bob Richardson and I did John Tory’s show yesterday afternoon, as a kind of wrap-up to the gruelling municipal election.
We genially disagreed on who will end being a winner and who will end up losing – Bob understandably felt one way about who will win the Mayor’s chair, John and I felt differently – but on one candidate we all agreed: Mary-Margaret McMahon is the only person who can (and should) defeat the detestable Sandra Bussin.
As I have suggested over the months/years – here and here and here – Bussin is easily one of the worst elected representatives I have ever encountered. And that’s saying something.
Don’t split the oppositon and let the awful Sandra Bussin get in again: vote for Mary-Margaret. She is a driven and decent person, and I cannot endorse her candidacy enough. Bob and John feel likewise.
Go, MMM!
Conservatives! Don’t read this Ekos poll! It can’t be right!
I post this only to note that various commentators were obviously right when they said that Frank Graves clearly is a Liberal agent provocateur, and his numbers are not ever to be trusted by Conservatives and conservatives.
I suggest who the winner will be, BTW, in my Sun column on Sunday. Who d’ya think I pick?
(And, also BTW, his support among New Canadians is astonishing – or is it? Worth reading, too.)
Toronto Mayoral Race Full Report (October 22)
Bob, Gordie, Jim, James and Hanger-On
Bob (in hiding), Gordie, Jim, James with Annie Smith. Unidentified street person at right.
And if I were Smitherman’s campaign manager, I’d keep my mouth shut
To wit:
Way to piss off a bunch of campaign teams on the eve of E-day, genius. Brilliant.
Rayman got this for me at Graceland
Ari Up
I was very, very sad to learn of her death yesterday. The news was broken by the man who is, in fact, her step-father, John Lydon.
Ari was a huge help to me on Fury’s Hour, and I can’t emphasize enough the importance she had – as an artist, as a woman – on the punk movement.
Here’s Ari and the Slits doing ‘Typical Girls.’ She was anything but.
SFH drummer vs. Officer Bubbles
And David Shiller – a.k.a., Davey Snot, the Thriller Shiller – wins.
Check it out:
Our punk rock brother is all grown up! He’s using big words and everything!
The 100 Club
The 100 Club is the oldest live music venue in London. It is also a crucial part of the history of the Stones, Oasis, the Clash, the White Stripes and countless others.
Due to sky-high rents and exorbitant taxes, the 100 Club is facing closure in a matter of weeks. If you want to help prevent that, click here.
In the meantime, here’s a ditty by four of the loveable moptops who also played there.