I’ve said it before — both in an academic journal and in these pages. A politician should not use someone else’s copyrighted music, like say, the popular song “Barracuda,” without the permission of the copyright owner. Niether the GOP nor… Continue Reading
Why hasn’t this video on YouTube gotten a million or so hits? It’s hilarious: The Yale Institute for Danzig Research is an inspired touch.
It apparently killed Isaac Hayes today. Yes, that Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef from South Park (where the song “Suck on my chocolate salty balls” was about candy). The 65-year-old musician was most famous for the Grammy-award winning ultra-funky… Continue Reading
First, the Christian Barbershop Quartet sings Hand of the Almighty. Incredibly funny. Incredibly offensive. Incredibly not safe for work. Christians should only listen if armed with an excellent sense of humor and a tolerance for profanity. Second, Pandora radio was… Continue Reading
Jazz singer Rene Marie was asked to sing the national anthem at the “State of the City” speech in Denver. Instead, she sang a song called “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing.” I suppose I just plain can’t pretend to be… Continue Reading
I’m a fan of the blues. And Ellis Otha Bates McDaniel was a fine blues man. He turned simple folk songs (“Old MacDonald Had A Farm”) into powerful blues anthems (“Hey Bo Diddley,” the song that lent its name to… Continue Reading
I saw a CD of the Ike and Tina Turner show on sale for $1.99 the other day. I was going to buy it, because my Dad told me that the Ike and Tina Turner show was a kick-ass good… Continue Reading
This seems to be going around, and I got hit with it. Fortunately, less work is involved in saying that my first live music concert was George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers. Brian Setzer, recently departed from Stray Cats, opened… Continue Reading
Seriously, Pierce Brosnan signing ABBA songs? Someone thought this was a good idea. They can’t possibly have been right about that. The movie theaters are all full of the extended previews for this thing, and Meryl Strep seriously can’t sing.… Continue Reading
The Wife sometimes surprises me with her movie choices; yesterday she decided that Iron Man looked good and I didn’t hesitate to suggest we catch a matinée. I wasn’t at all unhappy with her agreement to my plan, it was… Continue Reading