Music is magic, even when it’s also mundane. The subways are full of performers, just like the streets of Nashville, but every once in a while, even when you think you’re used to it, it catches you just right and
Macarena or MMMBop?
Head on over to the Huffington Post to pick The Most Annoying Songs Of All Time. They’ve got quite a few doozies in there.
This kind of thing is ALWAYS going in my head.
You know what’s been bugging me the last day or so? The opening lines to “The Way You Love Me” by Keith Follese & Michael Dulaney: If I could grant You one wish I’d wish you could see the way
Dispute over credits for Coldplay song
From David Wild writing at Huffington Post: Honk If You Wrote Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” Too. I would like to take the opportunity to claim that I wrote Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” In fact, I wrote “Viva La Vida” just
Before Ghetto Smile, Frippertronics
Cover of Sacred Songs Never seen h monthly before, but they came up on a Google News alert for Daryl Hall (yes, I do care that much, shut up) and had a well-written quick review of Hall’s Sacred Songs album:
Yes, I’ve now seen Hall and Oates on the Daily Show. Thanks!
Everyone who knows I’m a Hall and Oates super-fan keeps asking if I saw them on the Daily Show the other night. Never fear, I just did. I loved it! (OK, I loved it in spite of it seeming like
Music and food: do they go together for you?
I’m making a pizza (not the one pictured, although DON’T I WISH!), and I don’t have any music playing. This is most unusual. As I wander over to the laptop to remedy this situation, I thought I’d ask those of
The 100 Biggest Top 100 Hits
From Mi2N, the Music Industry News Network comes this release. Wondering how it was determined? The list was compiled by Cashbox chart archivist Randy Price using a progressive inverse point system applied to the positions each record held on the
Should I write a song about it?
Stumbled across a good post by Frasier Smith about what makes a song hit-ready. I think this is the songwriting equivalent of “get rich quick” schemes to the average Joe, or of “Good to Great”-style books for business. And yes,
What constitutes a kickass song?
I’ve got a playlist on my iPod called Kickass Songs. I’m listening to it right now. Right now what’s playing is “Guarded by Monkeys” by Cracker. And I just listened to “Cowboy” by Kid Rock, but I’m wondering what for