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Re: Morgan Wallen   I had never heard of Morgan Wallen until he appeared on Saturday Night Live in December 2020.  Mr. Wallen had been cancelled from a previously scheduled appearance on SNL in October 2020 for not following the SNL guidelines regarding COVID19.   SNL let him appear in December.  We watched his performance and […]

Thank You Songs-This Week On SiriusXM

Songs with “thanks” in the title and/or lyrics Tune in tomorrow, November 23rd, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: siriusxm.us/HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: siriusxm.us/LefsetzLive

LL Cool J At The R&RHOF

He knocked us out. It was his Prince at the Super Bowl moment. I can’t watch this stuff in real time, I’m not even sure if I care anymore. You’ve got white girls and Tom Hanks blandly testifying as to the greatness of Carole King, who is truly the G.O.A.T., and then Dr. Dre comes […]

ABBA’s Failure In The Marketplace

They’d do boffo at the b.o., but the only people who were interested in a new ABBA album turned out to be in the media. The media thrives on hype. And it prefers entertainers who already have mindshare. It’s a comeback story, there’s an arc, the reunion, the cutting of the album, the cataloging of […]