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Why the percentage of craziness may not actually be worse than in the late 20th century

By artappraiser on Thu, 10/18/2018 - 1:52pm |
It's not the change in numbers so much as new access for the crazed to a public voice:

An Oral History of the Stone Pony

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/17/2018 - 11:43am |

Politics on twitter: not always depressing!

By artappraiser on Sat, 10/13/2018 - 2:09am |

"Kanye West is not Picasso"

By artappraiser on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 5:31pm |

Hat tip to Michael Maeillo for this. Note that Cohen wrote it in 2015:

“Kanye West Is Not Picasso” by Leonard Cohen, from Cohen’s new book ‘The Flame.’ pic.twitter.com/w5lUfkjdYv

— S H I R E S’ $Hit Show (@amandashires) October 11, 2018

"Avenattism"

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:51pm |

Avenattism is spreading in the Democratic Party https://t.co/XeEJF35ujR

— Blake Hounshell (powered by blockchain) (@blakehounshell) October 10, 2018

to which NYTimes reporter pleads

Stop making that a word please https://t.co/Ipk1AtRaWO

SNL, SARAH PALIN, KANYE/YE

By artappraiser on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 6:56pm |

 

The fire in your heart is out, Sarah. All the roads you have to walk are winding .... https://t.co/nVoNXll2Ye

— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) October 1, 2018

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