I'm not sure what to make of the fact that a video of Mr. Zappa performing this particular song appeared on the 'Tube as I was writi...

Poison by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984 "We would have been spared the ignominy and disgrace of great scientific me...

I've written about China shipping deadly puffer fish labeled as monkfish and that country's adulteration of fish feed with melamin...

A claymation treat for your ears and eyes and daydreams. It's neoclassicalicious! Bon Weekend, everyone. (H/T Mechaniktom )

It's time for our government to face facts: we have a serious problem with imported food and other goods coming to the United States fro...

The hypocrisy-- it burns . American network television has the ability to enlighten and educate countless millions through PSA's (publi...

Apologies! After a very long Friday, I was too tired to sit upright at my desk, much less open my computer. The last thing I remember is t...

The face of woman in Western art, in her many incarnations. An offering of beauty, the transient and eternal alike--at once , in fact--unwr...

Like everyone else who's been watching HBO's crime drama The Sopranos since its first irresistible season, I have a few thoughts (v...

Classic Frank. Listening to this makes me want to start Happy Hour a half-day early! Bon Weekend, everyone.

It remains to be seen whether the Chinese government is responding as gravely concerned leaders, forward-looking and justifiably worried bus...

Taking a hiatus from my hiatus, I'm popping into the blogosphere for a moment to urge everyone to look closely at his toothpaste tube th...

Frank and the crew take this overplayed classic rock piece to new levels of guitar-y wonder. Given the fixed and faraway camera position, ...

From his Wiki page : In early 1990, Zappa visited Czechoslovakia at the request of President Václav Havel, a lifelong fan, and was asked by ...

My sentiments exactly, much of the time, and at the end of this week in particular. That's all I'm saying. Oh yes, and this: the vi...

This morning, after my daily reading of food safety news (well, as much of a reading as I could stomach, at least), I shook my head for the ...

"So, Ms. Goodling, which is it--Caymans or Bahamas?"

U.S. Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, in letters to President Bush and the head of the FDA Monday, called for a crackdown on exporters sending...