Here, because I don’t want to be the only person in America not sharing it today, is video of Melissa McCarthy as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live. One good thing about the Trump administration is that it’s made Saturday Night Live relevant again. This was really one of the best […]
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If Lorne Michaels were smart, he’d get to work ASAP on a Donald Trump, Sean Spicer buddy film
Posted in Art and Culture, Media, Politics Also tagged Donald Trump, Lorne Michaels, Mark's big ideas, Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannon 3 Comments
John Brannon in the Metro Times, and on SNL
The new issue of the Detroit Metro Times has a pretty good feature on John Brannon, the former lead singer of the band the Laughing Heyenas. While he’s likely more famous for his earlier band – the seminal hardcore group Negative Approach – I was never that into their music. The Laughing Heyenas, however, were […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged Detroit Metro Times, fear, Flashdance, Jim Kimball, John Belushi, John Brannon, Kevin Strickland, Larissa Strickland, Laughing Heyenas, Lee Ving, Minor Threat, mohawks, Necros, Negative Approach, punk rock, Saturday Night Live, skinheads, slam dancing, Walk on the Mild Side, Who's the Boss 24 Comments
Tina Fey unveils the Sarah Palin Network on SNL
I was planning to write something really ambitious tonight, deftly weaving together the growing threat of Plutocracy, the push to see Elizabeth Warren on the Supreme Court, and Andrew WK’s juvenile record for stocking via the arts, but I stumbled across this footage of the adorable Tina Fey pretending to be Sarah Palin, and decided […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Media, Politics Also tagged Andrew WK, Elizabeth Warren, juvenile offenses, Plutocracy, restraining orders, Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live, stalking, Supreme Court, taxing the rich, the concentration of wealth, the plight of the overtaxed rich, Tina Fey, wealth inequality 8 Comments