prematurely grey

You know it’s going to be a good day when you hear Buddy Holly’s original “Not Fade Away” before 8 a.m.I don’t have much time right now, but here goes a five minute exploration of why I love Not Fade Away:
Buddy Holly is from Texas (Lubbock).
I live in Texas. Buddy Holly is one of those [...]

Beck time. Finally. But this song wouldn’t be my prediction. There were other candidates, strong candidates, but they fell by the wayside.Why?
One word: sitar.
Sitar. Sitar. Sitar. Sitar. Sitar. Sitar.
Sitar on Lamar. Winding up Lamar from a pointless errand in search of inspiration that ended up, well, uninspiring. Thought I’d already heard [...]

The mark of a true SOTD is if it’s Song of the Day when you hear only the last fifteen notes and little triplet finish and it’s still SOTD, hands down.Again, it was one of those the-second-I-heard-it-I-knew things, but then I kept waiting all day thinking that maybe something else would come along. That’s [...]

OK, maybe you don’t know this song because you’re old like me. But being old like me means that sometimes, when you’re driving to pick up your daughters from school, you turn on 101X (yes, I am still attracted to the “X” stations) in hope of, of, well, you know, a real rock song.I [...]

Now, that’s funny.”Slit skirt–Jeannie never wears those slit skirts.”
Why is that funny? Because, in my mind, my brother-in-law John is singing these words while standing in an especially British way, getting ready for his little marching dance, which he perfoms when Pete Townsend comes out with this unexpected follow up:
“Knee pants–Jeannie never wears no [...]