Why music?
This article describes several theories which seek to explain why music is a human universal. All of them focus on group cohesion of some sort, and the fact that music seems to foster it, whether it be in work, play, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Music
Climb every mountain, ford every stream?
Tamae Watanabe, 73, has become the oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest. According to the article, this should be an inspiration to us all. My hat is off to Watanabe, but it makes me a bit weary. Now it’s not … Continue reading →
Not much news today
Sometimes I wonder what makes me pick a topic to write about. Some days there’s a story du jour that cries out for treatment, even if only to provide a forum for commenters to talk amongst themselves about it. Sometimes … Continue reading →
Alien spam
I got some spam email in my mailbox that began this way: Who I am? Shiny green eyes, twenty two years… It went on to catalogue her other enticing body parts—“C cup,” for example, which I would have thought was … Continue reading →
Speaking of Obama and Jews…
…(and we were, at least sort of) did you know that some of his best friends are? And that he thinks he knows more about Judaism than any past president, because he read about it? By the way, at the … Continue reading →
Movie musicals and rub a dub dubbing, and Audrey Hepburn
In yesterday’s thread about the undeserving poor, commenter IGotBupkis took aim at the musical “My Fair Lady” versus the movie version of the play “Pygmalion.” His comment was rather long (go here to read the whole thing), but I’ll excerpt … Continue reading →
And Harrison Ford’s…
…getting older too: In case you missed the reference, it’s to this song (Stevie Nicks is getting older, too…although a whole lotta botox and cosmetic filler helps): And by the way, Harrison Ford will turn 70 in July. Wow. He … Continue reading →
The PC “Fantasticks”
Last night I went to a performance of the musical “The Fantasticks.” It’s one of my favorites—charming and light, with extraordinarily beautiful music, and it conjures up magical childhood memories of the time my whole family went to the original … Continue reading →
Some people…
…die young. Some die older but not really old. I think of them as the advance guard. One was Levon Helm: RIP. [Hat tip: American Digest.]
Continue reading →Do those potential Veeps really mean it when they say “no”?
In election years, whenever I hear a host of possible candidates for VP saying they have no interest in the slot, I think of this completely and totally and irredeemably non-PC song. So, sue me:
Continue reading →Compare and contrast
Girls just want to have fun. And so do boys. In Colombia. And Italy. And then again in Colombia (hmmm, is there something about the water?) And now let’s segue into something a lot more fun: Ah, the 80s! Oh, … Continue reading →
James Bond theme songs
Here’s a PJ article on the 5 worst and 5 best James Bond theme songs. My question is: why, why, why is there no “Dr. No” there among the best? Is it because there was no conventional “song” (with words, … Continue reading →