Trump is a bit of a jerk as he discriminates people based on their ethnicity, but at the same time, he raises valid points, such as this:

I wish good luck to all of the Republican candidates that traveled to California to beg for money etc. from the Koch Brothers. Puppets?

All those unaware of who the Koch Bros. are, should read this in-depth Rolling Stone coverage.

Trump calls it out as it is - US elections are an elaborate game of money and every representative has gotten there with endorsements. They get sponsored for a reason, too. Obviously, Trump is prone to be as much a scoundrel and self-serving racketeer as the lot of them, but it's fun to watch the other GOP nominees squirm as he trolls on.

In other news, two men past 50 are talking again. Cheers.

The Air is certainly a good track. Dizwald's a surprisingly solid songwriter by his own right.

https://soundcloud.com/gnrbootlegs/dizz … -the-still

Duff on rhythm full-time and the touring band is suddenly functional again, with added credibility.

You know you'd go to see them on a venue near(ish) you, particularly if Izzy would start doing guest spots.

CD2 will come out eventually, methinks. There's revenue to be had there. A digital release with a limited edition vinyl might be the way to capitalize in this day and age. Plus, Axl's too headstrong to let it go - I think many are mistaking his internal clock with admitting defeat.

Why would he? Brain talked about the verbal abuse Bucket got from Guns lawyers.

That, the endless re-recording, Axl being aloof, etc. Everything points out to Bucket soldiering through the process as long as he could, because he genuinely liked being in Guns, artistically (and the pay was prolly lucrative). But the nonsense made him rebellious, watching porn in a chicken coop with dog turd on the floor - it was just taking the piss, much like Brain setting his drums on the attic of the Village Studios, and tweaking the kit endlessly. Nobody was saying no to them, nobody was giving directions, so they were pushing it both out of curiosity and also, to gauge a reaction. You'd think eventually, Axl would come down on them and form an opinion. Apparently, he rarely did. All they had were studio people, managmement and a bunch of lawyers egging about.

I binge-watched S1 a while ago and was really into it until the last episode or two. The ending was a cop-out as far as I was concerned. Overall, great TV, tho.

S2 had me excited beforehand when the logline given was "bad men, hard women, and the secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system." I felt that was great; TD could've carved a niche with hard-boiled crime stories laced with supernatural. Then, the occult angle was dropped. Bummer. What differentiated TD at the outset from most cop shows vanished.

I'm still to see a single episode from S2. Judging by the reception, I doubt I'll bother. The things that captivated me, Rust Cohle and the Yellow King, are both long gone. Perhaps the online reception has been a bit unfair; S1 was so revered that it appeared many people were just waiting for an excuse to hack the follow-up into pieces.

Having said that, the wreckage does present the hubris of showrunner Nic Pizzolatto, who apparently figured he was the leading light of S1. In reality, it appears he was 'just' a part of a solid team. With the cast, director and occult overtones gone, he's been left holding the check. Pity, that.