Wednesday, June 24, 2026

"The Local Rock Group Down the Street is Trying Hard to Learn Their Song..."

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From Second to None , the just-released new album by Toronto's ace jangle-rockers The Get Alongs , please enjoy the band (plus a small b...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Tuesday's Music-Themed Photo-Funnies

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Bill Wyman doing Ed Sullivan -- let's really hear it for him, boys and girls!!! 😎
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Monday, June 22, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "Legendary Bands I Actually Saw in a Small Club Before They Were Legends" Edition

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From January 1967, please enjoy the original (i.e. with Jerry Corbitt as the Lennon to Jesse Colin Young 's McCartney) Youngbloods , an...
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Friday, June 19, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "Do You Slash Your Wrists in Hot or Cold Water?" Edition

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Okay, the backstory. Sometime in the '90s, I suddenly and unexpectedly came into a hefty chunk of cash, and having recently gone throug...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Your Thursday Moment of Words Absolutely Freaking Fail Me

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From 1963, please enjoy Ross McManus and his rousing rendition of the venerable Weavers/Peter Paul and Mary/Trini Lopez hit "If I Had...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "I Don't Want to Go to the Hippie's Graveyard" Edition

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So this past Monday, in our discussion about sadly underated first-generation SF band The Sopwith Camel , our good friend and faithful reade...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Tuesday's Music-Themed Cartoon Chuckles

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I gotta admit, it took me a minute or two to get the first one. 😎
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Monday, June 15, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "Tales From Snoopy's Doghouse " Edition

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And speaking as we were last week of genius producer Erik Jacobsen , here are three songs (recorded in 1966-67) he helmed by unfairly treate...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "How Do You Say 'Art for Art's Sake' in Yiddish?" Edition

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Okay, here's the short version. So me and a certain Shady Dame of my acquaintance have gotten hooked on/are bingewatching a teevee show...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

These Guys Are Gonna Be Bigger Than Rimsky and Korsakov Combined!!!

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From their eponymous 1972 debut album, please enjoy (if possible) The Sidewinders and their shall we say interesting instro version of the ...
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