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Friday, July 10, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "A Big Finish for a Moderately Big Week" Edition

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And with that bit of vaguely onanistic tooting of my own horn (as it were) out of the way, we proceed directly and inexorably to the subject...
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Thursday, July 09, 2026

Okay -- Mystery Solved!

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Apparently The Forty Fours -- whose weirdly unreal studio video we posted yesterday -- are an actual, living, breathing real band. Th...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Words Completely Fail Me

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Except for perhaps -- what the fuck? I mean, is this real? Or is it some bizarre, psychotic manufactured-by-management unholy schtup be...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2026

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

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Words fail me over the electric sitar ad. 😎
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Monday, July 06, 2026

Why Didn't I Get the Memo on This Kid? (An Occasional Series): Special "That's IRISH Country Music, Darlin'!" Edition

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In my defense, commercially she's closer to a cult figure than a household word like Taylor Swift , but still. Anyway, I just love ...
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Friday, July 03, 2026

It's America's 250th Birthday Party -- So Why Aren't I in a Better Mood?

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Well, I think we all know the answer to THAT. 😎 In any event, in honor of Independence Day weekend please enjoy Bill Pullman , the greate...
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Thursday, July 02, 2026

Consumer Notes From All Over

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So last weekend we were at a very cool record store in Worcester, MA... ...and what did our wondering eyes behold but the following. (I...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Play This One Loud. REALLY Loud.

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Preferrably under the headphones, if you live in a thin-walled NYC apartment. As you have gathered by now, that's The Ventures wit...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

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

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Okay, admittedly Led Zep is an easy target. 😎
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Monday, June 29, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "You Should Hear His Older Brother Covering Black Sabbath" Edition

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Our good friend and proprietor of the invaluable Burning Wood blog Sal Nunziato linked to this the other day and I just couldn't resis...
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