Forty years on, the Paul is Dead rumor is dead.
Entries Tagged as ‘popular culture’
December 8, 2009
Signing off.
Who knew that the owners manual you don’t receive when you become a parent includes a chapter on writing.
June 26, 2009
Dylan’s 7 Mirrors
I love to see you dress before the mirror
Won’t you let me in your room one time ‘fore I finally disappear?
–Abandoned Love
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
Where the angels’ voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
– Changing of [...]
June 23, 2009
6 phrases I wish would go missing.
Here are 6 phrases I’ve heard or seen enough. Feel free to add yours to the list.
1. Sweet spot.
“Working for the government is just one area in which the secretary of state hits the demographic sweet spot,” writes the Wall Street Journal. “Green Products are the ‘Sweet Spot’ for Spending During Downtown,” says GreenBiz.com. “Finding [...]
June 20, 2009
Gotta get my Fred and Wilma.
Joe Cocker’s been easy to parody. But is it because Cocker, especially in his immediate post heyday, was such an easy target — in the way that anyone visibly different makes an inviting target?
June 14, 2009
The Ballad of Brandon.
Brandon Hardesty is a dead-on mimic, clown and aspiring actor. His videos – shot in his basement rec room — have taken millions of hits. He has a huge following, including the Washington Post Magazine, where I first read about Hardesty in a profile last month. Check out his zany and eerie one-man reenactments of [...]
June 10, 2009
10 Ways to rhyme ‘night’ and ‘light’ (courtesy of Prof. Springsteen).
1) They’re built like light
and they dance like spirits in the night
– Spirit in the Night
2) Yeah he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
–Blinded by the Light
3) The midnight gang’s assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
They’ll meet ‘neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this [...]
June 4, 2009
A little TV.
Two quick web-tertainments for your enjoyment. First, “You Suck At Photoshop” — the name was all it took to grab me when I read about this mini-mini-series in the Washington Post.
Second, follow the actions and hijinks of the desperate actors of “Pilot Season.” If you can’t get enough of Sarah Silverman, or if you feel [...]
June 2, 2009
No teeth whitening so far today.
The ads that have been following me online today:
Lost 32 Pounds in 1 Month! No Diet
Be a nurse in months
Doctor Prescribed HGH — Competing with younger men?
Customary Jewish Caskets
Class of 1976 [Honest, there was more to life than just 8-tracks, bellbottoms and hair.]
The 300 Workout — Get Ripped! Click here. Build huge biceps fast! Results [...]
May 31, 2009
Radio days.
Once upon a time, the FM band was not where we now find it, but between 42 and 50 MHz. That was before the end of World War II. In 1945, the Federal Communications Commission moved the band to 88-108 MHz to accommodate the television spectrum.
I learned these facts during a family visit to the [...]
