As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, June 19, 2020

An open letter to Rob Manfred and Tony Clark


 
“What the (bleep), dudes?” My sentiments exactly.
 
It gets better from here:
 
The negotiations have been going on for more than a month now, and every day brings a new low. Speaking on behalf of baseball fans everywhere, we’re tired of your incessant squabbling, your inane counterproposals and your constant harrumphing.
These negotiations have been a travesty, or in the words of Fielding Mellish from “Bananas,” a “travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.”
 
You both have embarrassed yourselves and the game, even making Trevor Bauer look statesman-like. Even Bud Selig is laughing at you.
 

Lyric Of The Day #18 (June 19, 2020)

A Bob Dylan trifecta for Juneteenth
 
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
 
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
 
You say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?"
But something is happening and you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Shuffle #135 (June 14, 2020)

All Day And All Of The Night – The Kinks
Werewolves Of London – Warren Zevon
Don’t Mess With Bill – The Marvelettes
The Golden State – John Doe
Smells Like Nirvana – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Kansas City – The New Basement Tapes
Angel – Sarah McLachlan
Tossin’ Benjamins – Throwing Wrenches
C’mon Marianne – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Tonight, Tonight – The Smashing Pumpkins