For the Record: I Just Really Miss You
I don’t normally focus on the personal lives of musicians or artists. Sure, music news breaches high-profile losses, like the passing of Etta James that I…
Super Bowled Over By Sonic Branding
Humorously enough, my central source of focus isn’t for Sega’s iconic “blue blur,” better known as Sonic the Hedgehog; though the related lasting appeal of this character could certainly…
Something Told Me It Was Over…
Nothing like viral internet news posting for a single announcement to become widespread knowledge in under two minutes of letting the cat out of the bag.…
Transition to the News: Smooth as Jazz
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a social, humanitarian visionary far ahead of the limitations in his lifetime. Yesterday was his birthday. He would have been…
Music Classes of the Masters
Three days from Christmas and three days into Hanukkah. Nice parallel there. Holiday hype -both the commercial and the emotional must be quite the apex. Children…
Does This CAT Scan Make Me Look Vintage? (and sound like it too?)
For as long as there has ever been a popular item to give away or sell to the masses, there have been honest competitors and shameless…
Thanks London Phil, for Giving Games a Go
It being the day before Thanksgiving, that American holiday which emphasizes the singularly simple, but profoundly powerful theme of appreciation and gratitude, I thought it might…
What’s in a Name? A Song Ripped from Any Other Place iTunes Will Match
It’s not often that you can catch something from Apple the moments after it goes live, gets released or becomes updated, without needing some kind of…
Universal Good Luck
Yesterday was Veterans Day; a day meant to honor the men and women of the United States armed forces of the past, present and those incoming…
Isn’t It Great When Things Just “Pop-Up” in Your Life Again?
You could take my question to be sincere or sarcastic, depending on what kinds of “things” appear out of nowhere in your particular realm of the…