Friday, October 30, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "Close-Captioned for the Morally Impaired" Edition

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This came up tangentially in Tuesday's reader comments, and I figured let's go for it. So we'll abjure the traditional snarky in...
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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Closed for Monkey Business

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Sorry -- it's been a crazy week. A particularly droll weekend essay question will be here on the morrow.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Kevin Ball -- Down the Road Apiece!!!

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And speaking as we were the other week of acts that deserved to be stars on their name alone, please enjoy the kick-ass opening tracks from ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Tuesday's Music-Themed Cartoon Chuckles And Photo-Shop Funnies

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The fire engine guy. Words fail me. 😎
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Monday, October 26, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "Like Long Hair!" Edition

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From their 1967 masterpiece, please enjoy Paul Revere and the Raiders ' "In My Community" and "Why? Why? Why? (Is It So H...
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Friday, October 23, 2026

Weekend Listomania: Special "And the Angels Sing" Edition

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Okay, no snarky intro involving my Asian Manual Catharsis Technician Fah Lo Suee blah blah blah, so let's get directly to the subject o...
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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Your Thursday Moment of Words Fail Me

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The Mona Lisa Twins , ladies and germs -- let's really hear it for them. Okay, my fondness for those kids is not exactly a state se...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Toppermost of the Poppermost!!!

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In case you didn't know -- I didn't until last week -- but former SNL star Amy Poehler has an interview podcast, called Good Hang ,...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Tuesday's Music-Themed Cartoon Chuckles and Photo-Funny

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Okay, I groaned at the McCartney one too. 😎😎😎
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Monday, October 19, 2026

Encounters with Greatness (An Occasional Series): Special "Dueling Senior Citizens" Edition

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So my BFF (and longtime bandmate) Allan Weissman is vacationing in Europe (along with his charming wife) and they were briefly (i.e. just t...
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