Apropos of Nothing

Today we'll play a little game of "which one of these things is not like the other?," even though there's only two of them...

I'm not sure I had any idea what Tommy James was singing when this song was a hit; all I knew was that I liked it a lot.  To these ear...

It's unlikely that I appreciated the lyrics of this song when it was released, since I was only 9 at the time.  I'm not sure about...

The school year in most districts nowadays isn't what it used to be, as year-round and modified calendars have made the traditional ...

When I was 8 years old, I didn't think it was possible to get any cooler than this song, and can even remember watching The Smothers ...

  This is not the song I would select if you asked me to name the Eagles' best song (I'd opt for "One of These Nights...

There was a time in the late 1970s and early '80s when every band and singer that came down the pike identified themselves as "N...

If I'm not mistaken, this is the first appearance of Three Dog Night on this little project.  They were quite the hit-making machine ...

I wouldn't put Heart in my own personal rock 'n roll Hall of Fame, but there's no questioning that they did have an impressiv...

The champion golfer of the year. Last weekend, when Phil Mickelson won the Scottish Open in typical Mickelson fashion (three-putting the...

Somehow, I had missed the news last month that Chet Flippo had died at the age of 69.  Although he's probably best known for his writi...

Joe Walsh has always been smart enough to recognize, great guitar playing notwithstanding, that he's one of the luckiest motherf*cker...

This is one of those rare songs where I can remember exactly what I was doing when hearing it for the first time.  I don't remember t...

You wouldn't know it from the lack of attention on the blog, but I am still paying attention to sports these days.  A few random comment...

It's not Tuesday, but we'll go for a two-fer today to get this year's project back on schedule (yay!). Looking back on his ...

  We're definitely into one-hit wonder territory with this one, but it should count for something that the song became a hit again, ...