I was traveling again yesterday and scrambled late to make this happen. Take it easy on me. As a tribute to Keith Olbermann’s departure from MSNBC on Friday, I thought I would do a “Worst Person in the World” segment, the recurring feature on Olbermann’s show, which identified three individuals of increasing worseness (Worse, Worser, […]
Author: The Fresh Junket
A View
From the ipoet’s taxi cab. Spent the weekend in NYC with some good friends. Couldn’t get an Olbermann song done. Hopefully tomorrow.
Good Morning World
Family self portrait in the back. Might have a surprise on Monday. Might not.
.406
That’s what Ted Williams hit in 1941, the last time someone hit over .400 in Major League Baseball. Ted Williams is also the name of the recently discovered homeless man with the golden radio voice, subsequently celebritized and made numerous job offers, including with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Days into his foisted upon fame, he had […]
Twitter Topic Contest
Okay, my homeboy paradox, in begging me to rap about the homeless man with the “golden voice,” — recently discovered, offered a job with the Cavs, and then sent to rehab — gave me a great idea. For this week’s Thursday song, I’m going to take requests. So hit me @ipoetlaureate on Twitter or at […]
MLK
To me there seemed this perfect confluence of events between the uprising in Tunisia and our commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King led a march on Washington for jobs and freedom. The people of Tunisia have awoken their collective senses over exactly the same. Both civil rights movements have their martyr. In […]
How Can We Sleep?
Horrific flash flooding in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The river has risen above its banks to an extent not seen since 1974. It is anticipated that as many as 20,000 homes might be destroyed. I have family in Western Australia. Perth, specifically. They are nowhere near the disaster. But for them and the […]
Two Girls and Two Boys
Regarding the Arizona tragedy outside a Safeway grocer. Loughner. Roll. Giffords. Green. At least 15 others. What separates us? The shooter and the shot. Green was born on September 11, 2001, bookended by tragedy. In the middle, she apparently just lived an awesome life. May Loughner find reconciliation and justice. And, may we find […]
House Guests
I got some. So it would be rude of me to spit raw rap news while their trying to get their sleep on. Such are the perils of the home studio and the real-time news rapper. But, I’m not leaving you empty-handed. While it’s not an immediately contemporary news-item, I have posted for your Keynesian […]
iPredict 2011
These are real live predictions, not jokes. Well maybe a joke or two mixed in. But mostly I’m going Nostradamus on the New Year. So when it happens, just remember where you heard it first. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by pumpkinFoot. Today’s divining audio here: [wpaudio url=”https://thefreshjunket.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/51d01-eightballin-2011-final.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Eightballin’ 2011“]
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