There are four songs which I own that could be classified as Christmas rap. I’m not going to talk about Christmas In Hollis by Run-D.M.C. or Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses, although I love them both, because everyone knows those … Continue reading The 12/19 Day Thread Does Some Christmas Rapping
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah! Or Chanukkah, or whatever. It’s a Hebrew transliteration, which means spelling is very loosey-goosey. Hanukkah has been hyped up so it can compete with Christmas, but it’s really a minor holiday. It’s a … Continue reading The 12/18 Day Thread Wishes You A Happy Hanukkah
For most of my life, I have not been a fan of Old Blue Eyes. “He has a great voice,” my mom would say. “Uck,” I’d reply in all my teenage wisdom, going to my room, slamming the door and … Continue reading The 12/17 Day Thread Has A Frank Sinatra Christmas
If you’re reading this, presumably I got back safely from my trip to St. Louis, and was able to celebrate my birthday. Happy Birthday To Me!! The best present you can give me is not to ask how old I … Continue reading The 12/11 Night Thread Lets Them Eat Cake
When I was eleven or twelve, I got an embroidery kit for beginners. It had the pattern drawn on the cloth, in washable ink, a needle, threads, and instructions about how to make the different knots. I’m not sure if … Continue reading Lynn’s Embroidery 12/11 Day Thread
Forty-two years ago this night, my world was shattered. Shit. That’s a long fucking time. Continue reading The 12/8 Night Thread Misses John Lennon
Oh, I love you, I still careAll my affection’s thereI will walk with you to the end of the passageMy little koala type bearLittle koala type bear I can see you sitting thereWith your silent smileI won’t talk to you … Continue reading The 12/8 Day Thread Sings To A Koala
The fourth in the remixed and augmented Beatles albums to be released, Revolver almost didn’t happen. There were two reasons. First, so much of the instrumentation had been recorded onto single tracks live, that it was thought to be impossible … Continue reading Did I Tell You I Need You: Revolver Super Deluxe Edition Album Review
Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015) was one of the brightest stars of twentieth-century horror films, appearing as Count Dracula in seven Hammer films along with his friend Peter Cushing. Star Wars fans, of course, know these actors as Grand Moff Tarkin … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread Salutes Christopher Lee
SPOILER WARNING: I’m assuming in these reviews that readers have seen the show. The most bizarre thing about this episode is its premise, because neither freaks nor geeks in high school tend to be filled with school spirit. I know … Continue reading Freaks And Geeks: S01E09 “We’ve Got Spirit”
One of the stranger hits of the Eighties was a song by the band named Stars on 45[footnote]Starsound in the UK and Ireland; later Stars On.[/footnote]. 45s, you may remember, were vinyl singles with one tune on each side, Sides … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates Stars on 45
I suppose the mods may have to censor this title, but back in 2006 I wrote a short story entirely in dialogue entitled Hooking Up. No, it’s not that sort of story; it’s a pun. As you shall read. I … Continue reading Hooking Up In The 7/19 Night Thread
Lately a lot of garbage going on in the world has been depressing me. I suspect it’s been depressing most of us. And we fight to make things better, but sometimes it’s a lot, and I start to feel helpless … Continue reading The 7/6 Day Thread Remembers Joy
I never saw Tim Burton’s first full-length feature because it was released at the wrong time of my life.[footnote]And how funny that last week’s LTTP feature was about Burton’s third big-budget film. Serendipity![/footnote] I’d just graduated college, had my first … Continue reading Late To The Party: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney, former Beatle and musician extraordinaire! How the hell did you get from the young handsome man pictured above to the old handsome man you are today? When I think that all this stuff can make … Continue reading The Day Thread Wishes Paul McCartney A Happy 80th Birthday
This is an attempt to recreate a piece I wrote back in 2007, originally inspired by a contest and now by a song tournament. One of the greatest moments of my life. Really. I first heard of R.E.M. in 1984, … Continue reading The Night Thread of 4/25 Talks About The Passion
I learned this as a kid at camp. I didn’t know what half of it meant when I learned it. Apparently it was made up as a radio announcer’s microphone test. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcer%27s_test One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese, four … Continue reading The Night Thread Does An Announcer’s Test
I have no date significance for this subject, but I felt as if this year’s Oscars were really, really awful, and I wanted to go back a few years to the last great slate of candidates. The Academy Awards for … Continue reading The Night Thread Celebrates The 2019 Academy Awards
I recently purchased a book about the Beatles’s records on the American label Vee-Jay, a small Chicago label founded by an African-American woman, her brother, and her husband. Their biggest success prior to the Beatles was the Four Seasons.[footnote]Which, sorry, … Continue reading Songs, Pictures & Stories of The Fabulous Night Thread
SPOILER WARNING: I’m assuming in these reviews that readers have seen the show. It’s been too long since my last F&G review. I think I avoided this one for so long because it’s a painful episode. Not in the sense … Continue reading Freaks And Geeks: S01E08 ”Girlfriends And Boyfriends”
