Barking Carnival

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
One hundred years ago, Barking Carnival would have been blogging enthusiastically about America’s three obssessions: baseball, boxing and horseracing. Blogging back then largely consisted of standing on a street corner crate shrieking incoherent opinions about immigrants while backed […]

How can you tell it’s not football season? We are talking about comic books. I have a feeling that the demographic for this is me and me alone but I’m doing this anyway because Ain’t It Cool News won’t post my reviews ever since I admitted that I liked the second Matrix movie better than […]

I was fortunate enough to have attended New Orleans’ Jazzfest over the weekend, and my brain cells have finally regenerated to the point where I’m able to write about it. Three nights at the Old Absinthe House and two mornings of bloody marys at the Chartre House will have that effect on a person.
BTW, […]

Every decade has its own unique goofiness- the ’40s had zoot suits, and the frontal lobotomy as a treatment for depression, the ’80s had Boy George, but I think one decade in the 20th century sticks out for embracing crazy ideas. This is not a matter of political leanings, or taste; this is about […]

I’m a rocker through and through. Here’s a list of my favorite bands: AC/DC, Van Halen not Van Hagar, Skynyrd, Def Leppard…and now Black Tide.
They’re four teenagers from Miami who are one of only a handful of new metal bands I’ve liked in the last 15 years. The guitars sound crisp and the drums don’t […]

No, not the TV show that stirs srr50’s loins but rather the scribe who begat it. We’re talking Buzz. H.G. Mr. Mojo. Apparently, Buzz, is not too fond of the sports blogosphere (WSJ).
What can I say? He better step the fuck off and respect this Carnival. […]

Many might say Morello: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
The end is incredible.

According the the New York Daily News, Roger Clemens carried on a decade long affair with country singer Mindy McReady that started when she was fifteen. They met in a karaoke bar which totally makes sense if you’ve ever heard McReady sing.

The Shocker. You’re doing it wrong.
Clemens admits that they have a relationship, but […]

You can always tell what region a fast food chain was founded by checking what their default condiments are.

In these times FRAUGHT with Peril and CONFUSION, it is imperative for a Free and Principled people to consider with all SOBRIETY the following troubling circumstances which were RAISED by the penultimate episode of the tele-visual gazette of John Adams:

Will President Adams finally find peace and happiness amidst family at his farm, Peacefield?
Can any creature […]