Every year round near the Ides of March, I go into iTunes, select all, and then choose reset playlist, but not before I make a playlist of the year’s Top 25 Most Played songs. I…
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So sick & so divine: An appreciation of Valentine
“If you were a pill, I’d take a handful at my will and knock you back with something sweet and strong” Lately, The Vodo has been begging me for Replacements’ bootlegs and Westerberg rarities. He…
Who’s the bigger bitch Lucille or Ruby?
This is one of those pop culture questions that doesn’t get nearly the amount of debate it deserves. I am, of course, talking about the women featured in Kenny Rogers’ very fine songs “Lucille” and…
I share the pain with everyone
Remember when I went to that Bret Michaels concert and it was awkward and weird? Do you? Remember how he covered Sublime’s “What I Got” and it was awful and awful and so awful such…
But Mr. Mister really was on the radio
The time to come clean has arrived. What I’m about to tell you will shock and perhaps appall you. Some of you will ridicule me mercilessly for this weakness. Others of you will promptly dismiss…
The K-Tel record that scared the crap out of me
I didn’t grow up in a house with a lot of music. I’m not sure if that’s because my parents just didn’t care about music or because they lost most of their possessions in a…