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It was suggested that the tone of late has been too negative. My rebuttal:

Happy Happy Joy Joy, Stinky Wizzleteats, Ren & Stimpy
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Mama took his Kodachrome away!
Kodak is ending Kodachrome and legendary photographer Steve McCurry, a fellow graduate of the Penn State College of Communications (‘74), is going to shoot one of the last rolls (The Penn Stater).
As for the song, it is probably already in rapid rotation on every oldies and adult contemporary station in the [...]

Dave Brubeck: An Unlikely Hit, 50 Years Strong – NPRThanks to JW, I learned that this month is the 50th anniversary of the recording of “Take Five” the Dave Brubeck Quartet classic.
Only trained musicians might understand exactly what gave the Paul Desmond-penned song its flow. It was all in the time signature: five beats to [...]

For years, I have been trying to find the name of this instrumental song (the same thing happened with “Rise” and “Feels So Good” which I have been meaning to use for MT) — you’ve heard it too. Turns out it is 1968’s “Grazing in the Grass,” by Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter. Thanks [...]

I know nothing of Muse, but someone shared with me this video today. I like the song and any video that is a post-apocalyptic Spagetti Western is okay with me.
Portions of the video are kind of NSFW in an after 10 p.m. broadcast way, so just listen to it with your headphones if you are [...]

I was trying to find “Six Month Out of Every Year” but it is not on youtube (aside from a high school production) so I’ll go with the signature tune from Damn Yankees.
Washington Seantors, Nats, Damn Yankees, Heart
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Day, Irish, Danny Boy, Muppets
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A few weeks ago I was thinking about Ferris Buellar’s Day Off which is probably the best teen movie ever. The soundtrack was pretty cool too, wasn’t it? This is by The English Beat and it will forever be immortalized by Ferris running through Shermer to get home. Too bad I could not find the [...]

Happy Fat Tuesday!

Whenthe Saints Go Over There, The Simpsons, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, When the Saints Go Marching In Louis Armstrong
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I have been hearing “Subdivisions” on the radio fairly frequently lately.* For synth-rock, it opens very strong, but I am not crazy about the chorus. It turns out Rush are not fans of the suburbs. They probably wouldn’t mind a do-over on their clothes and hair, but hey, it was 1982 or whatever.
*For about [...]