The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I see a lot of people bashing "Liberation" for being a Queen-rip-off; possessing "awful" lyrics; and/or listing it as the worst, or at least one of the worst songs off Will of the People . While everyone has the right to an opinion, all the negativity surrounding the song prompted me to post a positive write-up of it. First off, while there are undoubtedly Queen-influences present in this track, I see them as much less overbearing than in some other songs - most notably "United States of Eurasia" (love this track too, by the way). The most obvious said inspiration occurs between the verse and chorus, where multiple vocals are layered - somewhat reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody." That's it, though, and such a musical maneuver is far from rare in Muse's catalog. Hell, just look at this album - the same type of sound transpires at the very tail-end of "We Are F-ing F-ed" (another great song). Queen has long been a ma...

Podcast: I Feel Snitty Episode 196: Stick to the Sports Premiere Date: 6/14/2022 Length: 5:07 (869 words) Link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/stick-to-the-sports/ Transcript:  Welcome to I Feel Snitty , episode 196, entitled, “Stick to the Sports.” I’m your host, Craig Rozniecki.   While I typically stand up for celebrities’ rights to speak freely without the fear of repercussion, there are occasions when the dumb-jock stereotype rings true and it’d probably be best for said athletes to just stick to the sports. The two latest cases? Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Jason Adam.   Let’s start with Del Rio, who recently compared the January 6 th Capitol attack to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, saying, “People’s livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down – no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down – and we’re gonna make a major deal?” Del Rio...

Just imagine for a second your child is relaxing at home with their boyfriend or girlfriend. They're in bed, watching a movie, when your child falls asleep. Then, out of nowhere, there's a loud bang at the door. Your child and her partner are startled; don't know what's going on. Your child is unarmed, but their partner legally has a firearm, and as the seeming intruder breaks in, he/she fires. The intruders fire back and hit and kill your child in the process. In the ensuing grand jury trial, none of the three intruders are charged with killing your child. It's almost as if your child's death was ignored. Oh, and by the way, said intruders were cops. How would you respond? - Would you say your child shouldn't have put himself/herself at risk of being approached by law enforcement in the first place? - Would you say the cops did nothing wrong and shouldn't be charged? - Would you believe the officers' word over your child's attorneys and witnesse...

Podcast: "I Feel Snitty" Episode 71: A Hole-in-None Premiere Date: 9/3/20 Length: 6:10 (913 words) Link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/a-hole-in-none/ Transcript:  Welcome to I Feel Snitty , episode 71, entitled, “A Hole-in-None.” I’m your host, Craig Rozniecki.   In a recent episode of The Ingraham Angle , host Laura Ingraham engaged in the following back-and-forth with Donald Trump:   Ingraham: “It’s more dangerous to be a police officer today, do you not think, than it has been in a long time?”   Trump: “The police are under siege because of things … They can do 10,000 great acts, which is what they do. And one bad apple, or a choker, you know, a choker, they choke. Shooting the guy.”   Ingraham: “You mean they panic?”   Trump: “Shooting the guy in the back many times. I mean, couldn’t you have done something different? Couldn’t you have wrestled him? In the meantime, he might’ve been going for a weapon, and there’s a whole big ...

The latest episode of my podcast ("I Feel Snitty"), entitled, "A Hole-in-None," is now available! Here's a brief description of it: In a recent episode of The Ingraham Angle , Donald Trump told host Laura Ingraham that shooting an unarmed black man 7 times in the back was a lot like golf. In this episode, I predict future nonsensical sports analogies uttered by Mr. Locker-Room Talk himself. The episode can be heard in its entirety at this link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/a-hole-in-none/

Podcast: "I Feel Snitty" Episode 7: "Blue Crimes Matter" Premiere Date: 8/27/19 Length: 12:27 (2,310 words) Link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/blue-crimes-matter/ Transcript: Welcome to I Feel Snitty, episode 7, entitled, “Blue Crimes Matter.” I’m your host, Craig Rozniecki. As the episode title should intimate, I’ll be talking about police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. This was prompted by the recent decision of New York Police Department Commissioner James P. O’Neill firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed an unarmed black man by the name of Eric Garner via an illegal chokehold 5 years ago. As has been seen and heard on video countless times, Garner continually said, “I can’t breathe,” but to no avail. When hearing news of the firing, my first thought was this: When’s the last time you heard about a black man choking and killing an unarmed white police officer and only getting fired from his job 5 years later as a result? Tak...