Spike Lee is one of my top three directors, with Tarantino and Kubrik.  I heard/saw him speak at Brown after "Do The Right Thing", which is one of my top 100 favorite films, and found him to be a highly intelligent, insightful person .  I've admired him since, "She's Gotta; Have It." . I love that he introduced us to J...more

A few years back I paid top dollar for Craftsman tools as a Christmas gift for an 8-yr.-old kid I knew, just as my step-dad had done for me when I was 8ish.  I saw their Chinese line and would not buy them, even though the kid would not appreciate the value of American-made tools until years later. What a fool I was to...more

This judge is the best argument for why the ACLU is so vital to our nation.  I can't believe I am hearing about this judge's un-Constitutional sentences for the first time.  How much more backward can the reddest states get?

Finally, something good about my home state, Rhode Island! In 1995, during the deadly carjacking spree days  in the South, I was attending UF and driving home for Xmas through S.C. at 1 a.m., alone on Rt. 95.  I noticed a car coming up quickly from behind me.  I was driving in the slow lane, and yet this car going a...more

Oh yeah, forgot: Some of the counties surrounding Alachua County in North- Central FLA are among the worst in the U.S., according to AAA.  I got tagged once in a hick town there.  The speed went from 60 to 35 on a state road, but with the 35 mph sign hidden behind a tree...on purpose, of course.  My step-dad got tag...more

The fat of the land, living off the fat of the land...as in her bequeathed mining biz'.  How nice.

Lot of Righties here don''t know nor understand copyright law, while writing as if authorities on the subject (go figure). A) Somebody owns the publishing rights.  They control who is allowed to "use" the song. "Use", as in, "I want to use your song to promote my product.  How much will it cost?"  Snider may or may ...more

FYI, anybody who ever read or watched an interview with Dee Snider would understand that he is quite intelligent and aware.  Shame on the people slamming him for standing up for himself, and libeling him without any understanding of who he is, what he knows, and why he believes what he believes. To pull back the cur...more

Nothing would be more distasteful to me as a song writer than to have a politician co-opt my music for political gain.  No...that's not quite right.  Nothing would be more distasteful than to have a social-Darwinist politician co-opt my music for any reason.  PUKE! Who can forget when Reagan's campaign stole Springs...more