Friday, April 17, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "A Deperate Cry for Help" Edition

Okay, this one is a total cheat. 😎

So let's get to it immediately. To wit:

...if you were writing this here blog, your first candidate of choice for a future Weekend Listomania or Essay Question would be...?

The short version: A certain Shady Dame and I are heading off on vacation (Paris and the South of France) next Wednesday, and I want to have all of that week's entries ready to go before we leave.

Only problem is -- gee whiz, as The Everly Brothers would have it -- I'm totally stuck for a theme for next weekend's post. Think of it as pre-TSA pre-check writer's block, although that's transparently an attempt to get me off the hook for being the indolent slacker that I self-evidently am.

In any case, I'm turning to you readers for a helping hand here.

And to motivate you all, whoever comes up with the List or Question I actually wind up using will be awarded a coveted PowerPop No-Prize© in perpetuity.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. 😎😎

And have a great weekend, everybody!!!

8 comments:

Sal Nunziato said...

Okay, I was actually thinking about something for my place, but if you dig it, you can have it.

With the trailer for the new Spaceballs released, it made me think, "Can I be the only one wjho hated "Spaceballs?" I mean, I love...nay...LURVE...Mel Brooks. But I found "Spaceballs" painfullly unfunny and forced.

So...a song that is universally loved that you cannnot stand. This should exclude all current pop, divas, etc.

steve simels said...

So post-Elvis but pre-the 21st Century? Interesting....😎

mistah charley, ph.d. said...

A song or album or opening act that made an important difference in your enthusiasm for or enjoyment of a particular genre of music - for example, when the beatles burst on the scene, for us early boomers - it doesn't have to be as big a deal as that - how could it? - but something that fed your head, even if it didn't quite blow your mind that time

Gummo said...

Sal, I thought I was the only one who thought Spaceballs was unfunny!

Gummo said...

A post-Beatles song or album you did a 180 on? For example, I hated Exile on Main Street when it came out, both for the murky sound and the, to me, seeming lack of ambition. I now shake my head at how wrong I was!

Cleveland Jeff said...

On a similar tack, the song you despise the most that is by one of your favorite artists/bands.

steve simels said...

You are wise, grasshopper. 😎

steve simels said...

Oh, and I should add -- I'm not gonna announce a winner till next Friday, when I actually post the piece.

I know, I know -- the suspense is already killing you. 😎