James Campion | The Aquarian

Reality Check: Rob Astorino; Friend & Colleague In The Land Of Scum

October 26, 2009

Not one hour ago I received a link to a story in the Journal News that turned my stomach, something that rarely happens to cynical old hacks who’ve not only seen but done it all twice. It seems that during the ... Read More...

Reality Check: Afghanistan, The Original Quagmire

James Campion

October 2, 2009

Columns

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The United States must leave Afghanistan now. Not in eleven months or after careful discussion and continued study to determine an undisclosed time, but now. Soon after, it must leave Iraq. These and o... Read More...

Reality Check: The Race Illusion: Jimmy Carter’s Insult As Excuse-Making

James Campion

September 22, 2009

Columns

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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. —Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter, America’s political equivalent ... Read More...

Interview with Alice Cooper: The Indestructable, Three-Dimensional Cabaret Villain

James Campion

September 21, 2009

Interviews

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If a nom de plume can be an enigma, then Alice Cooper is its riddle. He is the flash-in-the-pan that is mere months from entering a sixth decade of volume-addled irony that is best described in his memorable... Read More...

Reality Check: Hopeville In Autumn

James Campion

September 15, 2009

Columns

This debate has become less about facts than emotions. —Joe Scarborough Political animals, real political animals, know virgin territory when they see it. This kind of thing can create weird currents and st... Read More...

Reality Check: Edward Moore Kennedy: 1932-2009

James Campion

August 28, 2009

Columns

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It is a good thing Ted Kennedy is Irish Catholic. He is going to heaven. That’s how it works. No matter what kind of sham your life is, what type of negligent homicide you’re guilty of, scores of hypocrisy you’... Read More...

Impeccable Peccadillos: Tori Amos Defies The Sins of Sexual, Religious & Corporate Segregation

James Campion

August 13, 2009

Interviews

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“I can’t stop it,” an ebullient Tori Amos whispers over a phone line somewhere on the outskirts of the road. “The muse walks in and grabs me by the throat, and demands, ‘Pay attention!’—it could be in the middl... Read More...

Reality Check: Stupidly, Stupidly, Stupidly, Life Is But A Dream

James Campion

August 4, 2009

Columns

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, suppo... Read More...

Reality Check: The Healthcare Shuffle

James Campion

July 27, 2009

Columns

Fourth Rail of American Politics Goes Nuclear At the risk of continuing to make Glenn Beck weep like a schoolgirl or cause Chris Matthews further senseless hemorrhaging, it is important that this space reite... Read More...

Reality Check: Woody Being Woody

James Campion

July 13, 2009

Columns

In Praise of The Master’s Latest Opus, Whatever Works Whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever joy you can filch from this immense vo... Read More...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

STEVE LUKATHER ON MAKING MUSIC AND FINDING LOVE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE

JOSEPH WILLIAMS TALKS WHERE HE’S AT MUSICALLY

THE FLAMING LIPS PONDER CREATIVITY FROM INSIDE A BUBBLE

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

Nightly’s “night, love you. (alt ep)”: Versatility Prevails

THE AQUARIAN’S 25 BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

The Five Star Read That Is “Do You Feel Like I Do?” [Review]

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

Reality Check: THE LONE STAR STATE DISASTER

QUEUED UP: Featuring The BeeGees, Bill & Ted, and Mockumentaries

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

Reality Check: Rob Astorino; Friend & Colleague In The Land Of Scum

Reality Check: Afghanistan, The Original Quagmire

Reality Check: The Race Illusion: Jimmy Carter’s Insult As Excuse-Making

Interview with Alice Cooper: The Indestructable, Three-Dimensional Cabaret Villain

Reality Check: Hopeville In Autumn

Reality Check: Edward Moore Kennedy: 1932-2009

Impeccable Peccadillos: Tori Amos Defies The Sins of Sexual, Religious & Corporate Segregation

Reality Check: Stupidly, Stupidly, Stupidly, Life Is But A Dream

Reality Check: The Healthcare Shuffle

Reality Check: Woody Being Woody

Reality Check: THE LONE STAR STATE DISASTER

STEVE LUKATHER ON MAKING MUSIC AND FINDING LOVE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE

JOSEPH WILLIAMS TALKS WHERE HE’S AT MUSICALLY

QUEUED UP: Featuring The BeeGees, Bill & Ted, and Mockumentaries

THE FLAMING LIPS PONDER CREATIVITY FROM INSIDE A BUBBLE

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