A couple of years ago, I did a post about my favorite Christmas songs. So feel free to travel back to that one here. But it occurred to me that it was time to introduce – plus or minus a few classics – some new … Continue reading A Music Enthusiast Selection of Christmas Tunes
I don’t know if the people who made these tunes really thought of them as novelty songs. (Well, one of them definitely is.) Maybe they were dead serious. In any event, each of them was some level of hit, exactly zero of them are “Witch … Continue reading One-hit Wonders (Novelty songs)
“News from up the street, she’s people I’d like to meet.” – Dan Hicks Wherein I mention a few random things that have been floating around in my head or of which I’ve become aware, of greater or lesser import. The first two are of … Continue reading News from Up the Street
Time for another New Music Revue wherein Music Enthusiast stops hoping for a resurgence of blues-rock bands like Cream and looks beyond the end of his own nose. This time, without really trying, I think I came up with an unusually eclectic mix. See for … Continue reading New Music Revue – 9.7.18
Spotify link I should mention that much of the territory we covered on our Grand Canyon trip included Navajo Nation which, per the last census, was comprised of 350,000 people. In fact, our trip to Monument Valley was led by Navajo guides and we, of course, … Continue reading What I Did On My Summer Vacation (Final of 2)
This blog is very much a music blog and not at all a travelogue. But I found our recent Grand Canyon vacation interesting enough that I thought readers might get a kick out of seeing some of what we saw. (Mouse over the above picture … Continue reading What I Did On My Summer Vacation (Part 1)
The 1960’s were – as everyone doubtless knows – a time of great turbulence. But it was also a time of great music. The Top 40 – (do they even still call it that?) – was filled with rock, soul and even some country. But … Continue reading A Sixties Time Machine
