The Aquarian

April 21, 2021 0

History, Legacy, Inhumanity & Stupidity We are a nation forged in blood. Violence is our thing. America, as stated here...

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

James Campion

Columns

April 14, 2021 0

What Godzilla vs. Kong Tells Us About Our Times I am going to state for the record that I am...

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

James Campion

Columns

March 31, 2021 0

In all cases where justice or the general good might require new laws to be passed, or active measures to...

Reality Check: ANDREW CUOMO ON THE BRINK

James Campion

Columns

March 17, 2021 0

N.Y. Governor Clings to Power in Doomland As I write this, the governor of New York Andrew Cuomo is being...

Reality Check: THE POLITICS OF MONEY

James Campion

Columns

March 10, 2021 0

The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill – A Perspective Children should be left an abundance of awe rather than gold. ...

Reality Check: THE LONE STAR STATE DISASTER

James Campion

Columns

February 24, 2021 0

Rugged Individualism Meets God’s Wrath & Loses In a 9/15/05 column in this space titled “The Big Desperate: New Orleans...

Reality Check: THE REAL VICTIMS OF “THE BIG LIE”

James Campion

Columns

February 17, 2021 0

Members of Cult Terrorists Pay the Price for Political Theater As the second impeachment trial of the former president rolls...

Reality Check: THE GREAT VOTER MIGRATION & The Future of Southern Politics

James Campion

Columns

February 10, 2021 0

To celebrate Black History Month, I dedicate a column this week to a brilliantly prescient account of the present and...

Reality Check: AND SUDDENLY… THE NEW GUY

James Campion

Columns

January 27, 2021 0

Joe Biden’s Bid to Exorcise Bad Faith Politics Who had the over/under on the word “unity” in Joe Biden’s inauguration...

Reality Check: TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE

James Campion

Columns

January 20, 2021 0

This is Mitch McConnell’s Dilemma Let’s do some math. Donald J. Trump, fast working his way into history as one...

Features

John Splithoff’s Peace Isn’t Too ‘Far From Here’

Climbing the Mountain with Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman

Fear Stalks the Aisles: Horror Hits Broadway

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Reviews

Mum’s the Word with Mumford & Sons at Brooklyn Paramount / March 26, 2025

HERstory Rocks at the Parkside Lounge – A Decade of NYC Women Rock

Disturbed Sell Out the Garden for the First Time

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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Makin Waves with Michael Patrick: A Clear Blue Sky

On The Record: Elliott Murphy’s ‘Infinity,’ plus the Move, R&B Hits from 1955, Iron City Houserockers, & Chatham Rabbits

The Freak Show: Where Are the Democrats? Where Are the Patriots?

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

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Musicians of Today & Yesterday to Perform This Week in NYC

Start April with Great Live Music

Engaging Live Music for the Beginning of April

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Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

Reality Check:  AMERICA: THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

Reality Check: ANDREW CUOMO ON THE BRINK

Reality Check: THE POLITICS OF MONEY

Reality Check: THE LONE STAR STATE DISASTER

Reality Check: THE REAL VICTIMS OF “THE BIG LIE”

Reality Check: THE GREAT VOTER MIGRATION & The Future of Southern Politics

Reality Check: AND SUDDENLY… THE NEW GUY

Reality Check: TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE

#THROWBACK: Linkin Park, April 25, 2007

Musicians of Today & Yesterday to Perform This Week in NYC

Start April with Great Live Music

Makin Waves with Michael Patrick: A Clear Blue Sky

John Splithoff’s Peace Isn’t Too ‘Far From Here’

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