Day: November 10, 2025
The Sacred and Profane Decade
One of the stranger moments in the history of American popular music occurred in the winter of 1986, when the chorus of the hottest song on the pop charts featured Greek lyrics from a Christian prayer. Teenagers speeding with their friends rolled down their windows, let the wind blow their Aqua Netted hair, and yelled, “Kyrie Eleison”—Lord have mercy—“down the road that I must travel!” At keg parties in fraternities and sororities across the land, college students sang, in the native language of their social organizations, “Lord have mercy through the darkness of the night.” And while it’s true that many of the song’s fans probably thought they were singing “carry a laser,” Mr. Mister’s “Kyrie Eleison” topped the Billboard 100 for two consecutive weeks. As Tom Breihan describes it, the hit pop song is “a textbook example of ambiguous worship music.”
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McCartney Takes Flight
There should be no second acts in the lives of rock bands. The first act invariably ends in deflation and recrimination. The second act is premeditated where the first was spontaneous. It measures success by its receipts, not its music. Most acts get robbed blind the first time round, so we should not begrudge the big payback. Nor are we obliged to attend the overpriced revels or listen to the albums. It is understandable that a man in possession of a mansion by the age of 30 should need a hobby. But it is obvious that George Harrison should have settled for a long and rewarding retirement of meditation and cocaine, rather than inflict the karmic deficit of his solo albums on a vulnerable public.
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‘Massive Disruption’: Transportation Secretary Warns That Holiday Travel Is Up In The Air
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Americans on Sunday that if the government shutdown persists, air travel over the rapidly approaching holidays is likely to be marked by lengthy delays and mass cancellations at airports all across the United States. Duffy spoke with anchor Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” where he reiterated the fact that …
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Bill Maher Blows Off Media Panic About Trump Ballroom: ‘Do I Give A S***? I Really Don’t!’
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Scott Bessent Flips Shutdown On Former Clinton Adviser George Stephanopoulos
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