Stuck Like Glue I’m a big believer that "Love Shack" was a giant hit because of the sheer, unmitigated joy of Kate Pierson in the video. Yes, it’s hard to separate the clip from the hit, at least it was back in the days of MTV, when we all watched and were all addicted.  Now […]

I’m fascinated by Cee-Lo’s track. For the uninitiated, and no one will be out of the loop for long, you can get up to speed here:I first encountered "F**K YOU" in e-mail, early this morning.  Scanning through dozens of messages, nearly a hundred, I saw one by Jay Frank of Futurehitdna fame speaking about a […]

This is literally bringing tears to my eyes. Do you remember going to the record store?  Not today’s uber-hip emporia, giving the middle finger to digital, but the one in the sixties?  Maybe not even an independent, but a chain?  Like E.J. Korvette? I do. One hot summer I drove to Korvettes in Trumbull to […]

"On The Road To Find Out"Cat Stevens They’re doing construction on the 405.  Widening it.  Which I think is a mistake.  I read a story in the "New York Times" saying that if you enlarge a highway it’ll just generate more traffic, people will live further away, figuring they can drive into town.  But you […]