Apropos of Nothing

The worst thing about this video is that you have to listen to "Conquest" all the way through it. But I admit, back in my formati...

Lest my UCLA fan readership think that I forgot them, I wanted to add this to my collection of Rose Bowl memories. This was the last great ...

When it comes to college bowl games, I'm a traditionalist. Absent a true playoff, which I support, I'd rather be living under the ...

The final regular season Sunday of the NFL always feels a bit strange. For one thing, it's the only time all year when I don't have...

A couple of holiday leftovers for y’all, courtesy of old Gap commercials: Liz Phair doing her take on Supertramp, and Rufus Wainwright with ...

That is the question. For a while now I've been toying with the idea of changing the blog's design, but frankly the Blogger template...

Resting up for Santa's big visit.

Not bad, gentlemen - not bad at all!

And the annual Musical Advent Calendar begins to wind down.

'TWAS the night before Christmas when all through the chamber The leaders were grim, they couldn't be lamer; The Dems wanted revenue...

You really can't have too many versions of this song. Here's Jill Sobule's take on the classic Robert Earl Keene composition.

As we get closer to the big day, I'm not the only one getting into the holiday music thang: Undercover Black Man posted yesterday on co...

I heard this one for the first time last year, and this year I put it on the annual Christmas music collection I make for co-workers. A rea...

...What scheduling genius came up with the plan to have a Monday Night game in Chicago on the first full day of winter?