On the six hour drive to New York City last week, my family somehow got on the topic of political campaign songs. Campaign songs today are pretty boring, because politicians just use popular music. Although it’s kind of fun to watch Republicans try to find music made by artists who won’t sue them to get [...]
For whatever reason, much of the music that I’ve found and liked has been by men. My favorite singers/bands/acts – Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Great Lake Swimmers, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel – are all dudes. Not very cool. So half the purpose of this post is to get you all to recommend me some lady [...]
I had friends over for Valentine’s Day, as I frequently do, and this year I decided to make a playlist of songs about friendship, which were astonishingly hard to find. Although to be fair, I did exclude some songs ’cause I didn’t like them, but I should have been overwhelmed by options! Anyway, here is [...]
I like the word cool. Unlike other positive adjectives, like groovy, gnarly, or dope, it’s been around for 50-150 years (depending on whether you count this use by Abraham Lincoln) and always stayed, well, cool. In its honor, here are some cool things in the world: Liquid Air On my bus ride to DC for [...]
It’s my birthday today! My present to myself is a quick, fun post. Musicals! I love ‘em. I bet you do too. Leave links to your favorite numbers from musicals in the comments. Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat – Guys & Dolls The Street Where You Live – My Fair Lady
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