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Neil - who has written 27 posts on The Contrarian.
Neil Cleary is a musician and songwriter who has toured internationally as a solo artist and a sideman with acts such as The Essex Green, Erin McKeown and Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove. Around the turn of the century, he used to front Hank Williams' Lonesome Cheatin' Hearts Club Band, a New York based all-Hank-Williams outfit. Currently he lives in Cambridge, MA with his girlfriend, two cats, his three solo albums, and the remnants of his broken dreams.
Bill Hicks on Jay Leno
Sometimes I wish Bill Hicks were still around to cut through the bullshit like a holy chainsaw. Recently though, this gem has been circulating, giving me the feeling Bill’s looking down on us — wait, fuck that — up at us, and laughing. Probably smoking too…:
Continue reading...Neil’s News Corner
Thursday, January 14, 2010
As I read the headlines these days, more and more my mind is plagued with one question: what do naked people think? Who will tell their story? Is there a hairy, droopy, butt-stanky man waiting in the wings who could provide some insight on this issue? Are there perhaps other people in these same wings [...]
Continue reading...Rare Birds Of The Rock World
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Strangled Trembler This breed suffers from a congenital constriction of the gullet, which explains its constant note of heart-rending tragedy regardless of season or expression. ——————— The Yelping Trembler Also known as the “Passionate Canadian”, their cry can be heard for miles, like an air raid siren with Parkinson’s. ——————— The Mushmouthed Crooner Legend tells us that trapped within this species [...]
Continue reading...Three Things
Monday, January 11, 2010
1. Observe And Report. Perhaps its proximity to Paul Blart: Mall Cop tagged it with the stank of lo-calorie laffs and Wal-Mart level quality. Or perhaps it was the ad campaign which pitched it as the kind of wild, madcap romp that makes me want to eat glass. Either way, I’ll admit: I prejudged it [...]
Continue reading...The IT Crowd
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Inspired by Casey’s post, let me nominate for cult status the relatively-new BBC sitcom “The IT Crowd” (yeah, I wondered too: IT meaning I.T., information technology — like I have to tell anyone here — but also it seems deliberately obfuscated to be a play on social popularity). Following close on the heels of both [...]
Continue reading...- Why We Need Government-Run, Universal, Socialized Health Insurance
- Bite Me, Cato
- The Horror of Chickenfoot.
- Criticism of Our Palin Criticism
- Did Glenn Beck Rape And Murder A Young Girl In 1990?
- Google's Great, But Is It Enough?
- More GOP Follies.
- The Contrarian vs. Objectivism, Round II
- More Dumb Lists: Underrated Guitarists
- Libraries Are Punk Rock
- Casey Rae-Hunter: Fixed. I think....
- arthur: hey casey...you should put up this version of the ...
- Medusarants: This comment is not related to this specific blog,...
- casey: Or Vidal! (Same difference, really.)...
- Wes Covey: Next time someone comes into the library looking f...
- Video Dump
- Neil Cleary Soundtracks PBS Documentary
- Valentine’s Day Fundraiser for UNICEF
- Friday (Snowpocalypse) FAIL
- South Pole Whisky Update
- Crap, I Missed the National Prayer Breakfast Again!
- Spacetime Report
- Don’t Worry, Baby
- Obama Gives Conservative Dems a Wedgie
- Happy Birthday, Ayn Rand!
Friday, January 15, 2010
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