Today marks the 30th Anniversary of Cyndi Lauper’s “She’s So Unusual”. When I first saw this I was all Holy shit! I am old! But then I remembered being old or feeling old is a…
Browsing Category Music
You say HAIM and I hear Nu Shooz or Stacey Q or, hell, even Debbie Gibson
If you spend any time lurking about certain musical alleyways and corners of the Internet, you know that HAIM is the it band of the moment. If you don’t know that, it’s okay. The world…
Another Notch in My Lipstick Case: Welcome to My Pat Benatar Phase
So Joan Jett & The Runaways have been replaced by Pat Benatar. As you may or may not remember I had been slowly chugging away at Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways….
Rock & Roll Sports Classic: A Thing that Happened on Our Planet
Last night before bed as I was reading Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways, I learned that there was a thing on TV called the “Rock and Roll Sports Classic.” On this…
I Give a Fuck About the Oxford Comma: A Playlist in Honor of National Punctuation Day
Today is National Punctuation Day! If there’s anything I love more than the serial comma, it’s got to be a Rock & Roll list. So here, I present songs that include punctuation in the lyrics…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: Back to the Boringness I’ve Missed
11:01 a.m. I’m having a hard time getting into any sort of groove. So far I’m blaming this on my post-vacation semi-cold. It’s not like a real hacking cough kind of cold, but an achy-throated,…