Wednesday

Dear Russell asked in his Tuesday Question about stuff that you like mostly due to the context in which you first enjoyed it rather than to the quality of the song itself. I went through any number of things in… Continue Reading →

The whole “everybody get drunk and sing” thing is one of those things that I don’t think happens in the US anymore. Sure, there’s karaoke, but that is one guy singing. I’m talking about having the bar just all start… Continue Reading →

One of the problems that I have when it comes to music is that I listen to this song and it makes me want to listen to that song and it makes me want to listen to this other song… Continue Reading →

It’s really sad how, in the last week, we’ve lost two of the biggest Disco Icons. Donna Summer and Robin Gibb. In playing Disco songs the past couple of weeks, I’ve never really talked about the genre itself and what… Continue Reading →

Grandmaster Flash talked about how one of the things that he did was take the part of the song that had everybody put up their hands and cheer and play that part of the track over and over again. If… Continue Reading →

Far too heavy this week. Let’s lighten it up. Something recent: Something that depresses me that 1993 isn’t more recent than it is: Something from even before that: So… what are you listening to?

There is a word that I am looking for. It’s when you swear to goodness a particular song came out 10 or 20 years before and, nope, the song only came out in the last few years. I had this… Continue Reading →

The first time I heard this song, I was sure that it was Robert Plant doing a duet with someone. I was googling and trying to figure out “who is this?” and because it wasn’t Robert Plant, I stumbled across… Continue Reading →