Why Does A Talk Show Guest’s Early Exit Make Me Laugh?
The ultimate power talk show move, if you’re all dressed up with no place to go. Creative, awkward, meta, and funny, it never wears out its welcome, or it’s style of “goodbye.”
A ‘Viral Pop Moments’ Music Quiz
I promise that this quiz is definitely more fun than my last attempt at going viral, which involved a failed attempt at a TikTok dance. Which, for the good of humankind, shall remain under wraps in perpetuity.
OK, eight questions: let’s see how you do…
Songs About God And Faith
In this thoughtful and beautifully assembled piece, Contributing Author Rollerboogie uncovers moments of grace, prayer, and quiet belief where few might think to look.
A moving reminder that even in the midst of the loud and raucous, the still and small voice can be heard.
Music Helps Keep the Lights On
A wistful, sharply observed journey through the barely-beating heart of a roadside Vegas satellite where Latin Pop and “The Price Is Right Live” might be the future.
Contributing Author Alex Chrisman captures the crumbling charm and improbable resilience of Primm, a place where the bugs still flock, the dice still roll, and the music—just barely—plays on.
Great Songs… Ruined by Radio Overplay
Ever loved a song so much… until radio loved it way, way more? In this sharp and relatable list, one listener revisits a dozen great tunes that were overplayed into oblivion.
Contributing Author Chuck Small …delivers pinpoint pop analysis – with a sigh of overexposure.
It’s The Hits Of August-ish 1955!
It starts with a flopped B-side, detours through a record store riot, and ends somewhere near a teenage beautician outrunning a Cadillac in the rain.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan rewinds the Summer of ’55 with side-eyed reverence, jukebox theology, and exactly the right amount of references to Alan Freed.
Why Does A Scene About A Driver’s License Test Make Me Laugh?
A standard driving test question, a moment of befuddled confusion, and a deeply fried former hippie.
It shouldn’t work—but here’s how Taxi and Christopher Lloyd made comedy history, one…word…at…a…time…
Lux, Ivy, And The Cramps
There are your typical band bios, and then there’s this.
Contributing Author and Music Historian Bill Bois delivers a masterful, loving tribute to The Cramps: equal parts subcultural scholarship, musical nerdery, and heartstring pluck. You’ll laugh, nod, and probably Google “Psychobilly” halfway through.
OutKast with a mandolin or Iron Maiden with a fiddle? Why not?
Contributing Author Rollerboogie uncovers a foot-stomping universe of bluegrass covers that brilliantly reimagine the familiar – and will leave even the purists on both sides of the covers grinning.
Status Quo
There’s no law that says you have to evolve musically, and Status Quo made a career out of proving it.
Contributing Author JJ Live From Leeds brings his sharp wit and encyclopedic recall to a tale of psychedelic flukes, cardboard bassists, and a three-chord formula that refused to quit.
I'm glad we live in a time where awareness and acceptance is better than it used to be. We have…
Oh, god. I thought for sure #3 was Dolly Parton. And I like that song, the correct answer. I'm not…
Well said, Chuck! Probably your best article on this topic, though I liked the one about your husband's flower garden…
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There's a Tom Waits version?!?