Reprise – Song for the Holiday: Get Here
With the Thanksgiving Day holiday upon us today, and yesterday traditionally the busiest travel day of the year, it always reminds me of those trying to…
Friday Song – “Skyfall” by Adele
Well, with a certain film…ahem…opening today, thought this a good time to look back at one of those recent Bond songs. Only helps that the singer…
Book Review – The Beatles’ Second Album (Rock of Ages) by Dave Marsh
At this very moment, playing on the vintage (almost forty year-old) Technics turntable as I write this is an artifact of my youth. A five decades-old LP — okay, the…
Autumnal Evident: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
Friday Song – Kathleen Edwards’ Change the Sheets
My children will undoubtedly tell you, it’s a rare thing for a contemporary song to gather their old man in. Hardly recognizing any new music or performer by ear…
61 Thoughts on This Day
In no particular order on this the thirteenth day of August, halfway through the second decade of the 21st century:
Friday Forgotten Song: Our Winter Love by Bill Pursell
You can ask my kids about this fact, but I have a soft spot for the old music instrumentals that were once more common on the…
Summer’s Here: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
Friday Forgotten Song: The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) by The Dells
With all due respect to the likes of Dru Hill’s 1998 and the more recent (2012) Joss Stone covers, it’s The Dells‘ original, The Love We…
Mix Tape of My Life: Something Old, New, and Onward
Usually, I really don’t need much of an excuse to post something with music in it. So, when The Daily Post’s recent writing prompt landed in my…
13 Perfect Cinematic Moments (via Song) – A Fistful of Moments BLOGATHON
With Ruth’s (and Ted’s) wonderful contribution of late to Andrew’s fine idea of blogging about our favorite scenes over at A Fistful of Films Blog, I was inspired to take part.…
Spring Forward: Year of Bests – 2015
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
The Wrecking Crew Film Review
Rarely, if ever, have I reviewed a documentary, even though I watch as many as I can during any given year. Over time, I’ve developed quite…
Friday Forgotten Song: Cherry, Cherry by Neil Diamond
In the wake of Neil Diamond finally making it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of a great and worthy set of inductees for 2011, felt something worthy…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 00s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 90s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
Friday Song & Cover: Tell Me All About It by Michael Franks, Laura Fygi
All cause of a woman, the same one I’ve just celebrated twenty-six years of marriage with. Guess that’s justification enough to wax on some for one…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 80s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 70s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
Friday Forgotten Song: Castles in the Air by Don McLean
In Sidney Pollack’s splendid 1975 film adaptation of James Grady’s first novel, the re-titled Three Days of the Condor, Kathy Hale — Faye Dunaway portraying the reluctant “draftee”…
It Rains... You Get Wet 