Where have you been? This morning, a well-known media critic who I respect and admire – although differ often – wrote on Facebook that he “never felt more depressed and paralyzed about what’s going on in our country than I do right now. I fear that we’re sliding into authoritarianism, driven by one horrifying event … Read more

Here’s the Taste the Floor playlist for July 6, 2016, my most played songs beginning with the letter C, according to iTunes. The Replacements: Can’t Hardly Wait The Knack: Can’t Put a Price on Love The Rolling Stones: Can’t You Hear Me Knocking Iggy Pop (with Kate Pierson): Candy The Cars: Candy-O Prefab Sprout: Cars … Read more

Here is the playlist from the June 29, 2016, Taste the Floor radio show – some of the top B songs on my iTunes stream (some had to be left off, due to swear words). The Who: Baba O’Riley INXS: Baby Don’t Cry Cheap Trick: Baby Loves to Rock Echo & the Bunnymen: Baby Rain … Read more

Not so surprising, when one thinks about it. National sovereignty and identity are important and globalization is not working and won’t ever work for the people. That’s what everyone can take out of the Brexit vote. I’ve been following the WSJ coverage and I was pretty sure that while it seemed close, Britain wouldn’t vote … Read more

On June 16, 1986, in Great Britain and June 23, 1986, The Smiths influential album, “The Queen is Dead,” was released. On the Taste the Floor radio show this week, we checked out the songs on the album as well as some of the b-sides from the singles released from the album. The Smiths’ The … Read more

I’ve been talking about this a bit on Facebook and also trying to find the routes by which Donald Trump wins the presidency. Admittedly, it is a tough climb. I talked a little bit about it: “70% OF THE WHITE GUY VOTE” NEEDED? NOT REALLY. It really is holding Romney’s states and then adding Florida … Read more

It was fun last week so I tried it again. Here are some of the songs I played today: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Heart: All I Want to Do is Make Love to You Echo & the Bunnymen: All I Want Duran Duran: All She Wants Is The Dandy Warhols: All the Money or the Simple … Read more

This week on the Taste the Floor show, I played a selection of my most played songs on the iTunes player beginning with the letter A. Here are some of the songs I played this week: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Paul Westerberg: AAA Tribe: Abort Blondie: Accidents Never Happen Azure Ray: Across the Ocean The Moody … Read more

Today marks my fifth anniversary with Patch.com. Two and half of those years were working on the Concord site alone; another two and half years working on 11 to 15 sites. I can’t believe all that has been accomplished in that time: First and second place finishes for Best Website in NH, exposing the Concord … Read more

A really riveting and thoughtful piece this morning on the Saturday essay in the WSJ: A Guaranteed Income for Every American. This is definitely worth more study. Here’s the basic concept from Murray. First: A UBI will do the good things I claim only if it replaces all other transfer payments and the bureaucracies that … Read more