Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches

Just a cheery little post for your humpday! Enjoy, oh mighty Googlebot. :) From The Civil War , Episode Four: "Simply Murder," as...

Once upon a time, my sole aspiration and life goal was to be a "rock star." Correction. Once upon a time, my sole aspiration and l...

Taxi dancers waiting for a customer; gosh, they look so friendly and welcoming... I am currently playing through Bioshock 2 and loving it ...

I find this Frank Sinatra performance of "Hello, Young Lovers" to be very poignant. The date was May 5, 1951, and it was on The F...

I just Netflixed the 2003 documentary, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara . It is an excellent film, which d...

Sinatra with Ava Gardner in 1952 "Why Try to Change Me Now" was composed by Cy Coleman (the music) and Joseph Allan McCarthy ...

"You're Mine" was recorded and released in 1956 by Robert & Johnny , a rare duet blues group of the mid-50s blues explosio...

It saddened me to hear this past Sunday of the recent passing of Richard Gladwell. Gladwell was the host of a program played on NPR statio...

In honor of 92-year-old Dame Vera Lynn getting back to the top of the British charts, I repost the follwing. According to the linked articl...

ca. 1939 The Ink Spots

Frank and Ava Gardner in 1951 "Summer Wind" was written in 1965 by Henry Mayer and Johnny Mercer . The version Frank Sinatra re...

I couldn't choose just one moon song for this special anniversary , so here's a whole bunch. No good version of "Under the Cher...

Santigold - "Unstoppable" Sasquatch Music Festival attendees sure liked it, anyway:

The Great Gatsby original cover art by Francis Cugat “Good night, Nick ,” said Daisy . Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of...

I blogged about this a couple of years ago, but as I was on my run tonight (four miles), my iPod shuffled to the mp3 I made from my scratchy...

Say what you will about the Russians, they appreciate and recognize good music when they hear it. Back in January, the Grand Flute Ensemble ...

I seem to remember Rush 's 1982 album, Signals having a few negative reviews, people perhaps being let down after the excellence of th...

I just knew I'd forgotten to include some things (music) in my previous post that, as I put it, "primed" me (and perhaps oth...

If you are like I am (born in the mid to late '60s, raised on '70s TV), you were primed to be a fan of jazz. Did it work on you? Pro...

One of the more bizarre scenes from a very bizarre film: A bit from the Wikipedia entry : Perhaps the most famous use of "In Dreams...