Politically incorrect and awful? Where can I find it on eBay!

After reading Kathy Shaidle's post on National Review's list of 50 Greatest Conservative rock songs, I am again reminded of why it's dangerous for me to be asked to participate in most such surveys of this type. I have an affinity for the awful, and I would put some selections by a group like The Goldwaters on my own list.

Suffice it to say that the lead singer of The Goldwaters observed many years later: "Our album wasn't 'nearly' unlistenable...it was completely unlistenable."

Insert joke about "FBI agents to next dig inside Rick's house" here

FBI agents, it's says here, are digging at a Michigan farm to find the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.

All sumo! All the Time!

Here's an interesting post on one blogger's visit to a sumo wrestler training academy.

Lede of the week

To kill or not to kill, that is the question. But before answering, let's pause for a moment.

Nature columnist Sharon Wootton, whose photo in The Olympian newspaper reveals her to be a sweet looking old lady, begins her column "Killing not effective solution to problem of crows" in Saturday's newspaper.

The Playboy before Playboy

Here's a link about The National Police Gazette, the first men's tabloid. Your turn-of-the century ancestor might have snuck a peak at it while waiting for a haircut at a barbershop near you.

These 1940s Police Gazette cover girls will give you an idea of what the magazine looked like.

I wonder if they are hiring. :) (Trap For Subway Mashers! West Virginia's Shocking Film Racket! Sorry, just practicing...)

Run O.J. Run!

O.J. Simpson poses for a comic book ad for sneakers in the 1970s.