A leftover to encapsulate both ‘empty’ and ‘spirit’, as in I am in danger of being drained of all celebratory Christmas spirit. OK, it’s tru...

[ purchase ] I guess this is sort of related to my “No Thanks” post about Old 97’s “Lonely Holiday,” but back in June, when I think that...

  purchase  [ Gorilla ] SMM has done Leftovers at this season every year since its inception back in 2008. That theme, something Christmass...

Purchase "No-no Song" by Ringo Starr 2020 brought a lot to bear, not the least being a real challenge to sobriety. When there'...

  purchase [ The Works ] Freddie Mercury? Yes, please. There's much about him that I don't really approve of, but he was amazing in...

Jackson Browne : Doctor My Eyes [ purchase ]  One more quick post on this theme.  Another crappy thing that happened this year, totally un...

Old 97’s : Lonely Holiday [ purchase ]  For a long time after I started writing for this blog back in 2011, I tried not to repeat artists,...

If no, thanks is the answer, what, I wonder, was the question? For that's the thought that always enters my mind when this song crops up...

 As in, yes, if you are asking me whether I won't, no thanks, I will survive. I will, rather than rejecting the alternative option, but ...

The Jayhawks : Sound of Lies [ purchase ]  There are so many things not to be thankful for in 2020, which will go down in history as a pa...

  purchase [ Woody's version   ] <No, thanks> or <no thanks>. There is a difference. Syntax/punctuation matters. Actually, I...

 The Social Security website shows that naming your child Joe is in decline.  Over the last 20 years, it has moved from 315th most popular t...

  purchase [J oseph and the Multi-Colored ...] Well, at this point half way through the theme, we haven't recieved any flames about our ...

Concrete Blonde : Joey [ purchase ]  One of the things that made Joe Biden a compelling candidate (other than the fact that most people l...

Another short post, having me rue on the fact that most "Joe" songs, as alluded to in my last, involve heading down Mexico way, gu...

  purchase [ Smiley Smile  ] - I had totally forgotten they did this and I even once had a copy of the LP Wikipedia tells us that Smokey Jo...

  No, not, really not a snarky, snidey post at all, but a comment that might not have been out of place even as little as a year ago. And, h...

  purchase [ Martha and the Vandellas ] Where do you dance? Myself> at a wedding party, perhaps a similar party venue, like a year-end ce...

So who has listened to the original of this recently? Or seen the film? Decades ago would be my answer, it, West Side Story, being a staple ...

Talking Heads : Don’t Worry About The Government [ purchase ]  I am sooooooo worried about the government.  Four years ago, relying on pr...