how’d that water get so wet?

Somewhere or another, I read an article that, as an aside, made some remark to the effect that the author liked sports much more when there wasn’t so much money separating the fans from the players.
Well, maybe (and when was that, exactly? Babe Ruth notoriously got paid more than the President back in the 1920s…)—but [...]

amaranth (red no. 2)

Some secret societies allow their members to make themselves known to one another by means of subtle conventions, such as secret handshakes. Other groups develop unwritten rules as well – such as movie and TV screenwriters, who always abide by the convention that any scene set in a police station must present a prostitute walking [...]

don’t wanna fade away…

I was listening to Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs’ Under the Covers Vol. 2 today (quick verdict: fine, but I do wish they’d strayed a bit more from the originals’ arrangements), one of whose tracks is a version of Derek & the Dominos’ “Bell Bottom Blues.” As is true of many of the originals covered [...]

someone controls electric guitar!

Electric guitars are good at making loud noises that are interesting to hear. Some proof…from guitar players of three different generations.
First up, two of the better electric guitar players of the 1950s square off in a lengthy jam recorded after their commercial prime…but interestingly anticipating some musical moves of the next few years. Here’s Chuck [...]

marketing fail

A bit of old news…but since I don’t know when the last time I was in a McDonald’s other than to pee or perhaps buy a soda on the road, I missed it. Apparently, McDonald’s introduced a wrap in Japan which they named the “McWrap.” Say that a few times…yep. Someone was paying at least [...]

along the shore

Sometimes I amuse myself interpreting things literally when I know they’re not intended that way…but still, the picky proofreader in my soul gets annoyed at traffic engineers who post signs that put the word “only” beneath a double arrow indicating two allowable directions.
That’s not that conflict-ridden…but maybe it’s one of those non-flat surfaces with reduced [...]

the awesome power of Buck McCoy

Milwaukee-area fans of The Minus 5 are no doubt chuckling at the title of one of the songs on the band’s new Killingsworth album…the song is called “Scott Walker’s Fault.”
Most likely the band is referring to the musician Scott Walker…but locally, much can indeed be designated the fault of our smug idiot county executive, also [...]