Holland's Comet

"Well, I feel like pickin' a fight...with anybody who claims they're right...all the preacher men, the politicians, all the critics and the things they write..."--Bob Walkenhorst, The Rainmakers "Reckoning Day" (1989)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Dammit, Jim--I'm a blogger, not a doctor!

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MICHAEL JACKSON IS STILL DEAD! At least that’s how the news media coverage of this thing is coming across to me—shades of another General F...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Death, I hear you calling...

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The Reaper's been a busy som-bitch in the celebrity world this week—especially today. June 25, 2009 will no doubt go down as one of thos...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

We don't need no stinking new stadium!

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I finally took my ass out to the ballgame this week and checked out the newly-remodeled Kauffman Stadium and I was quite impressed with the ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

"Where have all the bloggers gone?"

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Seriously, where's everybody been lately?  Seems like no one’s writing much these days.  Please tell me this Twitter crap isn’t usurping...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Things are DIRE all over!

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Haven’t done a band tribute in a while, so here’s one on a band I really got into in the early ‘90s, even though they’d been around quite a ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

"Can't pretend that growing older never hurts..."

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Tomorrow is my 45th birthday.  Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn at this point… DAVID CARRADINE, 1936-2009 I have to say I never rea...
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Great Wall of Raytown

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I 've been promising photo coverage of my recent remodeling project here at the ol' homestead, and have finally gotten around to it....
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

June 4, 1979

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Much to my surprise, there was nary a mention of this in (what's left of) The Kansas City Star today, but it was 30 years ago tonight t...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Clichés! Get yer clichés here!

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Haven’t done any of these in a while, so I thought I’d catch up voluminously with a few more that leapt to mind today… CLASSIC OVERUSED MO...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Have you seen Jr.'s blog?!?

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SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT “PRO-LIFE” CRAP, HUH? Abortion doctor George Tiller was murdered in Wichita (in his own church, no less) by a self-app...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

A blast from the past

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Don't worry folks, I'm still around—just haven't had the creative spark this week, much less the time to do any writing of subst...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Is it live...or is it dead?

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Time now for the bookend piece to my recent Best Live Album countdown — the WORST live album countdown.  I have no doubt there are many othe...
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Brian Holland
Raytown, MO, United States
AKA "Sir Rant-A-Lot"/King of useless information. By day, I'm a 49-year-old health-care worker. By night, I'm a 49-year-old hypocrisy pointer-outer and radical moderate.
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