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!!!

13 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. 😎

Guy Incognito said...

You're not the only one who feels that way about Spaceballs

Anonymous said...

Howzabout songs with titles or lyrics containing numbers or, could also play this game using colours. Just a thought.
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steve simels said...

I may have done those back in the day. I will do the research, as today's youngs say. 😎

steve simels said...

Did the colors one back in 2008. Yipes. 😎

MJConroy said...

Songs about places that no longer exist (e.g., "Back in the USSR")