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2009.04.30:
The Definition of Definition
2009.04.21:
Ultimate Music Challenge Returns
2009.04.16:
Strip Joint Tips
2009.04.02:
My Sacred Muse
2009.03.31:
TEAM TRIVIA PLUS
2009.03.05:
ATTENTION MUSIC FANS
2009.03.04:
Frivolous or Fabulous
(Of Brave Hearts and Irritable Bowels)
2009.02.20:
Funny with an Asterisk
(An Open Letter to Alt-Weekly Cartoonists)
2009.02.07:
Slippery Slopes
(If sexy funky donkey love is wrong, I don't want to be right)
2009.02.01:
Schmoozing and Boozing
Why I love the Southern California Writers' Conference)
2009.01.26:
Fox Watch
2009.01.22:
Beware the Ides of January
2009.01.16:
Fox Watch (Bill "Oaf" Reilly)
2009.01.07:
The Jader
(How to celebrate a holiday that you are not able to celebrate)
2008.12.11:
Kids Talk about God
2008.12.04:
The Sea and Cake
2008.11.26:
Ignoring history
(What Prohibition tried to teach us about the war on drugs)
2008.11.11:
Separate but Sequel
(No love for seven out of 10 black voters in California)
2008.11.06:
Cold War Kids
2008.11.03:
Redskins Loss = Obama Victory
2008.10.29:
The Custodian
2008.10.24:
The Trouble With Fruit Flies
2008.10.18:
Ode to the Red Fox Room
2008.10.17:
Sarah-Speak
2008.10.07:
The Five Phases of Starting Smoking Again
2008.09.19:
Reggae Proper
(My virtual date with Lisa Silverman)
2008.09.18:
Pink Spiders
2008.09.06:
My Funeral
2008.08.27:
Gregory Page
(All Make Believe)
2008.08.22:
Remote Control Control Freak
The art and the science of remote control flipping
2008.08.21:
Booze Floozies
2008.08.21:
Cell-phone Liberty
(Six reasons why the HANG UP Act is wack)
2008.08.20:
Day Bar
2008.08.15:
Virtual Avenger
2008.08.04:
Ultimate Music Challenge
The Finals
2008.07.30:
Attention Visitors - Technical Difficulties
2008.07.24:
Open and Shut
(Revisiting the mysterious death of Michelle von Emster)
2008.07.18:
John Cusack with a Boom Box
2008.06.30:
Ultimate Music Challenge
Week 6
2008.06.27:
Gitmo-a-go-go
2008.06.24:
Ultimate Music Challenge
Week 5
2008.06.16:
Ultimate Music Challenge
Week 4
2008.06.13:
Troy Johnson Releases Big Gay Book
2008.06.12:
THE BENEFIT
2008.06.10:
Finally, the Final Drunk Thoughts
2008.06.10:
The Good Bigot
2008.06.05:
Ultimate Music Challenge
Week 2
2008.05.29:
What is Sportsmanship?
2008.05.26:
Jesus Christ and his Disciples at the Last Tupperware Party
2008.05.24:
The #4 Combo
2008.05.21:
The Bugs of Summer
2008.05.14:
Mister Lazarus
2008.05.13:
Condom Nazi
2008.04.30:
Bombing Catholics
(Passing the gasses of rational thought)
2008.04.26:
Decker on
The Hangover Show
2008.04.21:
Follow up of Perfomance Slam at California Center for the Arts, Escondido
2008.04.16:
The Crimson Twister
2008.04.14:
Open Letter to Yankee Fans
2008.03.14:
No Cussing Week
(Saving the lives of puny little twerps)
2008.03.03:
Horses Hate Me
2008.03.02:
The Difference between Retreat and Surrender
2008.03.02:
Instant Replay
(10 quick and easy ways to expedite baseball)
2008.03.02:
A Soldier Returns
(Even Dogs get Post Traumatic Stess Disorder)
2008.02.06:
Your God Sucks
2008.02.04:
Giants Win! Giants Win! Giants Win!
2008.01.02:
'M' is for Madness
2007.11.28:
Creeping Christmas
2007.11.12:
Spreading Democracy
2007.11.09:
Miracles Schmiracles
2007.11.02:
Negative Elements
2007.11.02:
Black Dog
2007.10.27:
The Terrible Secreting Sphinx
(Part 4: Love Rain O'er Me)
2007.10.27:
The Terrible Secreting Sphinx
(Part 3: Cat out of Hell)
2007.10.27:
The Terrible Secreting Sphinx
(Part 2 - Employing the Cat-X)
2007.10.27:
The Terrible Secreting Sphinx
(Part 1: Story of a pisscat)
2007.10.26:
Wouldn't It Be Nice?
(Praying for Giuliani to win the Republican nomination)
2007.10.22:
The Best and Worst Acts of 4th and B
2007.10.18:
Stalling
(Start spreading the news)
2007.10.18:
Stars and Gripes
(Considering the sanity of the U.S. Flag Code)
2007.10.13:
The Decker/Decker Letters
2007.10.13:
Mitt Loony
2007.10.04:
Exclusively Bogus
More manipulation by Fox News
2007.09.23:
The Bandwagon
(Considering rooting for the San Diego Chargers)
2007.09.08:
Alcoholic Amnesia
(Black out strategies for the beginning alcoholic)
2007.09.07:
Walk of Shame
2007.09.06:
Battle at Kruger
2007.09.04:
Am I An Alcoholic?
2007.09.03:
Cash'd Out Wins 20K
2007.08.27:
Ultmate Music Challenge 1 Viejas
2007.08.22:
Juicing Barry Bonds
2007.08.19:
The Alabama Agenda
2007.08.19:
Eminent Buggery
2007.08.17:
Terry Fator the singing ventriloquist impersonator
2007.08.11:
SignonSanDiego interviews Decker
2007.08.09:
New York Councilwoman Seeks to Ban B-Word
2007.08.06:
The Terrorists Have Won
2007.07.25:
Sickopedia
2007.07.13:
Evil and Pathetic
2007.07.12:
Biker Bees of Ocean Beach
2007.07.10:
Petco Boycott Fizzles
2007.07.10:
The Revoking
He's just not that into you
2007.07.02:
Flight of the Conchords
2007.06.29:
Send in the Sharks
2007.06.26:
Sexing God
2007.06.19:
The Other Green Goddess
2007.06.15:
Big Mike
2007.06.13:
The Sopranos season finale
2007.06.12:
The Groomsmen
2007.06.12:
Classic Quotes
(Excerpts from the writings of Edwin Decker)
2007.06.09:
Poetic Justice
2007.06.05:
Eulogy for a Party
(Bill Winston is dead)
2007.05.31:
My Blackout
2007.05.17:
White Women Twice
2007.05.01:
Death to the RIAA
2007.04.19:
Top Ten Ways to Know if the 13 Year-old Girl You Are Flirting With Online is Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC
2007.04.19:
Pus
2007.04.17:
Thou Shalt Tighten up Thy Song Writing
(Analyzing "Thou Shalt Always Kill" by Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobious Pip)
2007.04.17:
Top Ten New Pope To-Do List
2007.04.17:
"Going Postal" Officially Obsolete
2007.04.16:
Cuzco, Peru
(A souvenir snow globe)
2007.04.16:
An Interview with Henry Rollins
2007.04.16:
An Interview with Gary Numan
2007.04.16:
An Interview with Beta Band
2007.04.16:
Jesus Will Help us Kick Your Ass For the Children
2007.04.15:
KUSI for Khrist
(Pining for the separation of church and media)
2007.04.15:
Anti Defamation League Response to JS interview
2007.04.15:
Speaking the Unspeakable
2007.04.15:
Jewish Sightseeing interview with Decker
2007.04.13:
Jewish Sightseeing article about Decker's Matisyahu article
2007.04.11:
Classic Covers
(With Ray Manzarek of The Doors)
2007.04.11:
Decker interviewed by Andy and Max
(103.7 fmThe Binge)
2007.04.10:
The Shitstorm
(Matisyahu debacle letters)
2007.04.09:
94.9FM The Local Pyle
2007.04.08:
Amanda Republic
(Dissecting the Pledge of Allegiance)
2007.04.04:
Decker on KPBS
These Days with Tom Fudge
2007.04.04:
DRUNK THOUGHTS
2007.04.03:
Stoking My Soulfire
The 10th anniversary of Sordid Tales
2007.04.03:
I Am a Jenga Asshole
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2007.04.02:
Email Interview
By J. Marlowe of Rocky Mountain Reader
2007.04.02:
The Tenacious D. Interview
2007.04.02:
Email Interview
(By Terrie Relf of Espresso Magazine)
2007.04.02:
Everyone Deserves Music
(Interview with Michael Franti)
2007.04.02:
An Interview with Al Jourgensen (Ministry/Revolting Cocks)
2007.04.01:
The Convention
(Modern Drunkards in Las Vegas)
2007.04.01:
Ed Decker on Fox 6 Television's FoxRox
2007.03.31:
A Dirty Stinking Grind
2007.03.31:
Guzzle and Go Goddamit
(Hints, tips and etiquette on how to close the bar)
2007.03.31:
Drunk Tank
2007.03.31:
Searching for Billy Mumy
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2007.03.31:
Almost Sorry
Feeling really awful about my last column
2007.03.30:
Overstoned!
2007.03.09:
The Binge
(March 2007)
2007.03.07:
Message to the Gays
(The difference between discrimination and oppression)
2007.03.06:
Flags of Our Fathers
2007.03.03:
Marie Antoinette
2007.03.01:
Premonition
2007.02.11:
Thou Shalt Not Kill
(Why the Ten Commandments are so damn silly)
2007.01.04:
Not a Nazi
(No reason for shomer negiah)
2007.01.03:
Just Another Yahu
(Matisyahu insults women)
2006.12.29:
The Santa Conspiracy
(Coming to the defense of conspiracy theorists)
2006.11.26:
Scapegoats
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2006.11.25:
With
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2006.11.25:
Do You Accept Jesus Christ as Your Personal Trainer
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2006.11.25:
The Pain of You
(From Barzilla and Other Psalms)
2006.11.25:
Lizard
2006.11.25:
Long Poems
2006.11.25:
New Hymm for the Ex Catholic
2006.11.24:
Catholic with an Asterisk
2006.11.20:
Book Review by Tony Phillips
2006.11.16:
Beacon Article on Barzilla
2006.11.15:
Edwin Decker Fouls His Own Easter Basket Again
(The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies [AAN] hates me)
2006.11.15:
Too Soon
(Not On My Messiah Yo)
2006.11.14:
Raise Your Glass To Modern Drunkard Magazine
(From the Washington Post)
2006.11.14:
BARZILLA BOOK RELEASE PARTY
2006.10.30:
Extraordinary Rendition
2006.10.04:
American Pussy
(Feeling offended is the national pasttime)
2006.09.04:
The Summer of Samantha
(More notes from another dirty old man)
2006.02.27:
Thievery Corporation
(An interview)
2005.12.15:
Gateway to Heaven
(Is marijuana a gateway to harder drugs?)
2005.11.26:
Barzilla
2005.10.27:
Kings of Leon
2005.10.10:
The Possum King
Parts 1, 2 and 3
2005.06.14:
In Defense of Anne Coulter
(Sort of)
2005.04.08:
Fungus!
"There is a thing on my penis."
2005.03.10:
The Federal Department of Supporting the Troops a Lot
2004.12.15:
Doing the Right Thing
(The day I discovered I was a heterosexual)
2004.10.27:
The Gay Gene
2004.10.13:
The Dragon
(Living with a woman who quit smoking)
2004.08.09:
I Hate Beer Gardens
2004.06.15:
I Hate Cheerleaders
2004.04.17:
Family Values
2004.01.07:
The Ten Commandments of Rock and Roll
2003.07.09:
Armageddon of Queer
(Tearing the very fabric of society)
2002.08.28:
Skinny Dipping on the Dock
2002.08.21:
Job Application
(A mission statement)
2002.08.20:
Turn Turn Turn
(Farewell to SLAMM)
1999.10.29:
Ice-T
1999.08.01:
Roger Waters Impostor?
1995.12.01:
The Black Rook
1995.11.24:
Vito's Ark
1990.03.23:
Links
1990.01.01:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1990.01.01:
MAILING LIST
1962.08.23:
Last Seven Columns
1962.08.20:
INTRODUCTION TO SORDID TALES
1962.04.02:
HAIKU MOVIE REVIEWS
(INTRODUCTION)
1962.03.31:
SORDID TALES OF A BARTENDER IN HEAT
(Introduction)
1962.03.27:
CONTROVERSIAL COLUMNS
1962.03.26:
BIO
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