This never fails to remove a pesky earworm from my brain: Desperate measures are clearly needed after the last post.

I kind of love the concept that led to this article: Give a modern 13 year-old a Sony Walkman (first released 30 years ago) in exchange for his ipod for a week, and have him document his impressions. Not surprisingly, he wasn’t necessarily impressed. And rightfully so – I remember the actual Sony hardware, with […]

Since I spend a fair amount of time in this space talking pop culture and music, I guess I ought to comment on the passing of Michael Jackson. I think I can safely avoid the standard tribute blurbage; other than to say that I remember the 1983 Thriller onslaught, the John Landis long-form video, and […]

When I first started writing that piece about “You Ruined Everything” a while ago, I really wanted to write about this one, which is truly one of my favorite romantic songs of the last few years, but couldn’t quite get a grip on it. At that point, the short-essay faeirie pushed me in another direction […]

Most people who know me well can attest that, at least on the surface, I’m not particularly emotional or sentimental about most things. It’s not that I’m not emotional at all, it’s just that I tend to be more subtle about it. I also tend to avoid romanticizing things, prefering to remember things as they […]

Please insert your favorite, appropriately off-color JoCo reference here.

No real commentary, just a random sampling of tunes off the laptop; at least a little more random than is usual; since it’s a bigger population. RAWK. “Special” Garbage “Language or the Kiss” – Indigo Girls “Come All You Sailors” – The Wailin’ Jennys “Your Latest Trick” – Dire Straits “Jolene” – Me First and […]

A little heavy on the 90s “alternative” this week; well heavier than usual. Swap out a few of these for Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr and RHCP, you’ve got my little brother’s high school CD collection (“CDs? bah! We had our music on cassette tapes, and we liked it!”). “Cannonball” – The Breeders “Black Wave/Bad Vibrations” – […]

Here, let the music speak of itself; it’s up to you to figure out what it’s saying. “Buddy Holly” – Weezer “Road of the Righteous” – Dropkick Murphys “The Mariner’s Revenge Song” – The Decemberists “Hanging on a Heartbeat” – The Hooters “Doctor Robert” – The Beatles “Joking” – Indigo Girls “Cut Here” – The […]

I cheated once on this random ten, because I didn’t feel like putting “Furry Old Lobster” on the list twice. It came up again right after “Chimbley”; which itself has come up in the shuffle at least four times this week in the course of drive-time listening. I’m guessing my randomess circuit needs to be […]