Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:06:02 pm
Here's one of the late Chris Whitley's greatest songs, a chaotic masterpiece of driving rhythms and strange, twisted guitar playing titled "O God My Heart Is Ready." It's from Din of Ecstasy, a vastly underrated album that seems to be out of print. [Video]

Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:54:55 pm
Here's "From Above," from the excellent Ben Folds/Nick Hornby album Lonely Avenue. [Video]

Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:41:36 am
A 2TB external drive for $69.95? That's just one of the incredible bargains I saw this morning at Amazon's Black Friday Deals page! This is a great way to stock up on Christmas gifts (or gifts for yourself), and help support LGF at the same time. (We get a small ...

Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:58:09 am
Whatever you do, don't miss Amazon's awesome Black Friday Deals this week! Some of the prices on electronic gadgets are amazing; more than 50% off on many items. This is a great way to stock up on Christmas gifts, and help support LGF at the same time. (We get a ...

Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:11:47 pm
All week long, Amazon is running a series of fantastic Black Friday Deals. Check out the awesome prices on all kinds of great stuff, and click through from LGF to help support us! (We get a small commission from Amazon's Associates program for everything you buy, if you follow one ...

Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:07:48 am
Pseudo-scientist Anthony Watts of the "Watts Up With That" climate change denial blog posted a bold prediction earlier this year -- he said this summer would decisively show that the polar ice cap had stopped declining. He guaranteed this, in fact. Now the scientific measurements have been taken, and the results ...

Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:56:54 am
This midterm election will go down in history as the Year the Wingnuts Came Out of the Woodwork and Took Office. Case in point: Republican Loy Mauch, newly elected state representative from Arkansas House District 26, an overt neo-Confederate who once hosted a conference with a keynote address titled, "Homage ...

Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:53:00 pm
Here's a great segment of NPR's World Café featuring an interview with Neil Finn of Crowded House about their fine new recording Intriguer, interspersed with three songs from the album played live in the studio: "Saturday Sun," "Either Side Of The World," and "Twice If You're Lucky." Video

Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:10:56 am
If you're in the market for a High Definition TV, Amazon has a special two-day sale with outstanding prices on TVs and Blu-ray players: 48-Hour Sale in HDTVs & Video. (If you purchase something after following our link to Amazon, LGF gets a small piece of the purchase price as part ...

Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:58:51 am
Christine O'Donnell's Democratic opponent Chris Coons has issued a statement on Gawker's sleazy smear piece: Chris Coons camp: Gawker post about Christine O'Donnell 'cowardly'. “The Gawker item is despicable, cowardly and has absolutely no value at all to any Delaware voters,” Coons spokesman Daniel McElhatton told POLITICO. “We denounce ...

Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:43:12 am
At Salon, Alex Pareene points out that anti-wanking GOP candidate Christine O'Donnell is proudly touting the endorsement of one of the craziest and most bigoted right wing bloggers: Christine O'Donnell advertises endorsement from bigot blogger Pamela Geller. Pamela Geller, the main instigator in this summer's anti-mosque frenzy, is a bigoted ...

Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:34:48 am
The unlicensed security firm hired by Alaskan Tea Party loon Joe Miller, Dropzone Security Services, is run by William F. Fulton, a "commander" of the "Alaska Citizens Militia" -- a group so rabid and extreme the leader, Norman E. Olson, was thrown out of the Michigan Militia. How extreme do you ...

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:18:11 pm
At the Tablet, Michelle Goldberg has an excellent and disturbing piece on the historical revisionist promoted by Glenn Beck as "the most important man in America" -- fundamental Christian theocrat David Barton: History Lesson. I've had several posts about Barton -- he's a fraud with no education as a historian (he ...

Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:59:16 am
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's dueling rallies are shaping up to be truly massive. Sign-ups for the rally have been tallied on Facebook. Beyond the 290,000 who have so far signed on as definite attendees, 145,000 more have listed themselves as maybes. The site Rallymao.com has assembled a roster of the ...

Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:48:22 am
GOP gubernatorial candidate for New York Carl Paladino, who sent out emails to his list containing overt racism, pornography, and bestiality, and fathered a child in an extramarital affair, is telling audiences that he considers himself the "religious values" candidate. And as the religious values candidate, he wants you to know ...

Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:40:14 am
Today we learn about another huge donation to the Republican Party's campaign efforts from Fox News owner News Corp. News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, contributed $1 million this summer to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby that has been running an aggressive campaign in support ...

Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:59:17 am
Now Christine O'Donnell is claiming that the misleading information about her education was posted at LinkedIn by someone else. She doesn't know who. Just somebody who happened to know her education record well enough to embellish it. Wonder who it could have been? O'Donnell's statement, sent from the DC-area Shirley ...

Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:53:29 pm
Wow. Another false claim has been discovered on Christine O'Donnell's education resumé: Christine O'Donnell Lies About Attending Claremont Graduate University. A new report late tonight suggests O'Donnell did not attend Claremont Graduate University as she indicated. Gary Scott, a radio producer in Los Angeles and longtime political reporter and editor, uncovered ...

Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:14:44 am
The GOP's anti-wanking, anti-evolution candidate in Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, has been caught in another "embellishment" of her education record; her bio claims she attended the University of Oxford, but as Greg Sargent details, the truth is she attended one course from an organization called the Phoenix Institute, that rented space ...

Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:25:09 pm
Music of the street: Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen play "It's Your Favourite" from Jimmy's album 181st Songs. (iTunes Store.) [Video]

Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:43:31 pm
Dedicated to Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, here's a slamming performance of "Dead End Friends" from Them Crooked Vultures on the Jimmy Kimmel show. [Video]

Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:03:24 pm
While the world's attention is foolishly focused on the Sacred Abandoned Coat Factory/Jihad Camp, right next door, with a clear view of hallowed Ground Zero, an even more sinister sect is hiding in plain sight, watching, planning, recruiting, churning butter, and waiting for their turn to strike.

Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:08:42 am
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer has an excellent piece on right wing billionaires David and Charles Koch, and their $100 million war against President Obama. In 1958, Fred Koch became one of the original members of the John Birch Society, the arch-conservative group known, in part, for a highly skeptical ...

Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:28:39 pm
The latest claim circulating about Imam Feisal Rauf, started at Pajamas Media by Madeline Brooks, is that he attended a “Hizb-ut Tahrir Conference” in 2007, with a “feeling of celebration.” It's just the latest in a long string of false allegations, and Jeffrey Imm of R.E.A.L. completely destroys it here: NYC ...

Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:48:20 am
In Pennsylvania, two correction officers have been charged in connection with stolen weapons intended to be used to overthrow the government. Raymond Franklin Peake III told investigators that "he would kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country," court documents read. The Hampden Township man ...