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The Cockroaches Are Now Out!

November 22, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

In the ’culture shock’ election aftermath, the unexpected ‘voice of America’ shattered my naïve misconception that the country had progressed in recent years. Lulled into a false sense of security by a façade of complacency, hiding the infestation festering beneath the surface, I had no idea how many Ku Klux cockroaches were clustering in closets until Trump opened the doors for them to come out. And out they came…

I remember when Dr. Martin Luther King was killed

In, “Sex, No Drugs & Rock’N’Roll (Memoirs Of A Music Junkie)” on the violence following the King assassination I wrote:

Are Republicans An Endangered Species?

October 19, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

After years of poaching by a radical ‘basket of deplorables,’ with an increasing appetite for fear mongering and obstructionism, it appears the ‘elephants in the room’ are now devouring themselves.

Who Eats Who?

As the Great Red Elephant trumpets off into the jungle, feeding on his own ego after biting the hands that originally fed him, what happens to the herd? Most will probably stay on their old familiar line, while a radical right segment blindly follows the ‘call of the wild.’

Translation…

Our Political System Is Now Organized Crime

October 3, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

political organized crime

Our political system has devolved into nothing short of organized crime, with two mob parties using fear, intimidation, extortion, and corruption, to claim each other’s territory in a constant struggle for power and control; and crushing any third party that might try to compete.

The Capitalist System

Capitalism is obviously the most successful economic system on earth because it ‘capitalizes’ on our competitive self-instincts. When coupled with a democratic form of government that allows the freedom to openly display our stupidity and hate anyone who doesn’t respect it, the results can be disconcerting. Especially when backed with massive cash infusions from anonymous donors hiding behind patriotic named entities legally protected by ‘Citizens United.’

When ‘Colored’ Turned ‘Black’

September 11, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

As a white teenage civil rights marcher in the 60’s, I remember when ‘Colored’ became ‘Black,’ and suddenly I was an outsider. It was proposed that if we Caucasians could call ourselves ‘White’ and take pride in our various European heritages, former Negro slaves could call themselves ‘Black’ and take pride in their African heritage. However, with that Black and White distinction, an ‘us’ and ‘them’ mentality was also implanted.

Black Nationalism

The VMA’s Urban Sex Salute

August 31, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

I tried to watch the VMA Award show Sunday night, assaulted by two hip-hop DJs yelling Twitter nonsense over the smoking spectacle spotlighting a series of twat twitching, cunt grabbing, sex squatting, herky-jerky robotic arm flailing, ass bumping productions, clarifying this generation’s female transformation from sex object to predator, all synced to repetitive, electronic noise and dumbed down rap slogans, and all I could think was WTF! I’m definitely now in the ‘older generation.’

Sex in Music is Nothing New

This Country Is A Boomer…

August 10, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

The book, “Sex, No Drugs & Rock’N’Roll (Memoirs Of A Music Junkie)” is based on the premise that our baby-boomer generation has gone through the same maturation process as the country itself. In the fifties following WWII, we ruled the world and everything was simple. As we entered our teens in the early 60’s and began to rebel so went the country. And as we became cynical in the late 60’s, assassinations, Mayor Daley, Nixon and Watergate fed our disenchantment, all reflected in our music. Then, the complacency of adulthood in the 70’s through the 90’s into creeping old age and the arterial sclerosis of today.

History Lessons Unlearned

July 25, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

Monthly News Headlines: “After murdering his wife and mother in their homes, a former alter-boy and Eagle Scout perched atop a 27-story tower at the University of Texas, and killed 14 people, wounding 32 others. In Chicago, 4,000 National Guardsmen were called in to deal with shootings between police and Negro snipers. In Cleveland, a young Black mother was killed by police, triggering a series of riots.” Sound familiar? No this wasn’t just on the news… it was the summer of 1966.

What History We Teach, and Don’t Teach

How Fame Kills!

July 7, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

how fame kills

A major record company president once told me I’d probably never be a star because, as he put it, “You wouldn’t kill your mother for it.” Although this may have been an oversimplification, it takes a special personality to strive for and thrive in the spotlight. And fame isn’t always sought, sometimes forced, but even those who chase the limelight eventually get burned. From Monroe, Garland, Joplin, Morrison, Hendrix, Presley to Phoenix, Houston, Jackson, and Prince, the list of drug and alcohol casualties is sobering.

Loss of Self

Stop Glorifying Killers and Terrorists!

June 12, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

Killers and terrorists often revel in publicity. Why does the public need to know the names of every sicko that shoots someone or plants a bomb? Granted, our ‘survival of the fittest’ animal instinct draws us to violence and conflict. And although ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’ journalism caters to that human weakness, why publicize degenerate killers, felons and terrorists? In fact, why print their names or pictures at all? What if the media just used initials?

No Names, No Pictures, Just Initials

Andrew Dice Clay for Vice President!

May 27, 2016 by L.E. Kalikow Leave a Comment

Now that it looks like The Donald (Trump, not the Duck) will be the GOP candidate for President of The United States (I can’t believe I’m actually writing this), who would best complement his sensibility and temperament as his Vice Presidential running mate? Obviously another reality star to match his celebrity attitude and opinions is a no brainer (in more ways than one)… Andrew Dice Clay is the logical choice!

Since Clay’s character was bludgeoned to death in HBO’s “Vinyl” making way for his unreality cable tour-de-farce “Dice,” after years of well-deserved obscurity, with his star status back from the living dead (American’s love a comeback) the time and circumstance seems perfect for his candidacy.

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