Complicating matters is 50 years of wretched pop music, and of songs lazily called Pop that actually aren’t. For instance, Michael Jackson will never be the King Of Pop, because he didn’t make pop music as Michael Jackson…but he sure as hell did with the Jackson 5. So what’s the...
The multi-talented Vickie Pynchon, an attractive lawyer in my neck of the jungle Holden Oliver has a huge thing for, writes Settle It Now--a site which, like its title, always makes too much sense--and the IP ADR Blog. She did the Blawg Review honors this week with #171. Her "...
9. Roger Miller, 'Chug-a-Lug' Hey, is it just that we’ve gone crazy from writing about (so far) 91 drinking songs while staying (pretty much) stone-cold sober, or does this bouncy little number from 1964, which features awesome vocal effects, sound an awful lot like the Sesame Stre...
It was DD’s birthday at the weekend and when asked what she wanted for a present, she said a turntable. Things have turned full circle and young people are now discovering that having thousands of songs (heck, millions of songs?) at their disposal, might not be the best way to really...
When did the Nintendo Switch come out? Nintendo launched the Switch on March 3, 2017. Does the Nintendo Switch come with games? Normally no, although there are free titles in the Nintendo eShop, and some are included with a Switch Online subscription. You may occasionally find bundles in sto...
9. Roger Miller, 'Chug-a-Lug' Hey, is it just that we’ve gone crazy from writing about (so far) 91 drinking songs while staying (pretty much) stone-cold sober, or does this bouncy little number from 1964, which features awesome vocal effects, sound an awful lot like the Sesame Stre...
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks Reggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that solidified Miller as Public Enemy #1 in New York City. With moments to go in Game 1, and facing a seemin...
Mitch Miller The Four Aces Mitch Miller The Four Aces Roger Williams The Four Aces Tennessee Ernie Ford Songs in 1956 What were the most popular songs in 1956? Nov. 26, 1955 – Jan. 13 Jan. 14 – Feb. 17 Feb. 18 – Mar. 2 ...
The final song on the album, "Habits," sounds like it was the most challenging song to put together. What did you learn from putting that song together? Well, that song originally was a bunch of different pieces, and I thought that they were different songs, and I was singing the diffe...
Not only did Ian MacKaye front two of rock’s most influential bands, he pretty much started the “straight edge” movement of clean living in the hardcore scene. As singer for Minor Threat, MacKaye was an early pioneer of hardcore music, while as frontman for Fugazi (who technically are ...