The Name Game: The Charts’ Hottest “Re-Run” Titles – Part Two!
Contributing Author and Former Advisor to Goodson & Toddman Chuck Small returns, with another look at the “same title, different song” phenomenon.
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The Unlikely Soundtrack Of Spider-Man (And My Childhood)
Well, this is a first: We have an Official Endorsement from Peter Parker himself! And when you check out Contributing Author rollerboogie’s latest sweet and nostalgic ode to youth and a certain arachnoid webslinger, your spidey-sense will concur
The Season 6 Premiere of Theoretically Speaking: S6:E1 – What Makes Bluegrass, Bluegrass? – Part 1
Back for an unprecedented Season 6: It’s Contributing Author and Donna Douglas Fan Club Recording Secretary Bill “Virgindog” Bois! Join Bill as he kicks off an amazing new series of episodes of Theoretically Speaking: Music Theory For Non-Musicians. Bonus points for the cool and sciencey poa pratensis reference
FREE4ALL – Part 4: Take This Hammer
“…I’m hoping such a pragmatically graceful approach can effectively inspire us to soldier on in spite of our many shortcomings, and bring us to a better place.”
It’s Part Four of the new series from friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria
The Name Game: The Charts’ Hottest “Re-Run” Titles – Part One…
In this debut of his fun new mini-series, it’s Contributing Author and Gene Rayburn Fan Club President Chuck Small, treating us to a terrifically researched look at the “same title, different song” phenomenon.
Around This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish, 1954!
It’s time for Contributing Author, YouTuber, and Fan Of Lunar-Shaped Pizza DJ Professor Dan, who is back to commemorate what was happening musically around this time… 70 years ago
The Era Of ‘Rinse And Repeat:’ Why Modern Pop Music Has A Problem With Succinct Endings
To paraphrase the positively Parnassian wordsmithery of the immortal Sammy Hagar: “Come on, baby, finish what ya started…” Contributing Author Bill Bois agrees – and has some thoughts on the state of the art of pop music completionism in 2024
FREE4ALL – Part 3: Now’s the Time
“It would take several years of quiet toiling for these pioneers to hone their methods, but by the middle of the decade, their efforts proved to be a terrifying success.”
It’s Part Three of the new series from friend and Contributing Author Phylum Of Alexandria
An Oenophilastic Missive From a Non-Epicure: A Field Guide To Wine
Bartles and Jaymes. Paul Masson. Eddie “The Mad Chemist” Muscatel. Legends, all. And Contributing Author Stobgopper, is a fan of it all. Join him for a “playful, yet complicit” primer on the fermented grape experience
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