I’ve always been interested in song titles. When I first heard this song, I assumed… Read the postWeek 117: “Second Hand” by errunriv
This time last year, I recommended clearing your schedule and watching all the James Bond… Read the postWeek 116: “You Only Live Twice” by Nancy Sinatra
About ten years ago, I was mindlessly sprawled in front of the television eating something… Read the postWeek 115: “Midnight Feast” by Mr. Scruff
This is one of those pieces of music that everybody knows. If you’ve ever been… Read the postWeek 114: “Orchestral Suite #3 in D, Air” by Johann Sebastian Bach
The first few months of 2012 were pretty strange for Christopher Stopa. A baker with… Read the postWeek 113: “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa
Where I live, the seasons are so extreme that when you’re in the middle of… Read the postWeek 112: “July Flame” by Laura Viers
I’ve searched high and low for an analysis of the lyrics to this great tune,… Read the postWeek 111: “Stare and Stare” by Curtis Mayfield
One of the best things about the mp3 age is the phenomenon of iPod serendipity.… Read the postWeek 110: “Funk For Joy” by The Extremities
Like most Duke Ellington classics, this song has been recorded by just about every notable… Read the postWeek 109: “Solitude” by Thelonious Monk
I discovered this song while on a YouTube tangent recently. It was a long and… Read the postWeek 108: “Teardrop” by Massive Attack
When I was six, I had a girlfriend named Natalia. Of course, when you’re six,… Read the postWeek 107: “She Went Quietly” by Charlie Winston
Life in an apartment building has its pros and cons. During my four-year tenure in… Read the postWeek 106: “Up on the Roof” by The Drifters
Pogo, aka Nick Bertke, makes music that burrows into your ear, opens the part of… Read the postWeek 105: “Wishery” by Pogo
Having only been alive for about 6 months during the 1970s, I can’t really say… Read the postWeek 104: “Never Can Say Goodbye” by The Jackson 5
At some point, as the 1800s became the 1900s, the lion’s share of the world’s… Read the postWeek 103: “Symphony No. 9, II: Largo” by Antonin Dvorak
I’m not the type to complain about the state of popular music, or claim that… Read the postWeek 102: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel
The Slakadeliqs are not actually a band, but one man, the talented and extravagantly-named Slakah… Read the postWeek 101: “Beneath It All” by The Slakadeliqs feat. King Reign & Shad
The Tea Party is a Canadian band that gained a healthy following in Canada in… Read the postWeek 100: “The Badger” by The Tea Party
Along with years of piano lessons, the experience that really fixed music as an important… Read the postWeek 99: “Miserere Mei” by Gregorio Allegri
You wake up late because you accidentally set your alarm for “PM” instead of “AM”.… Read the postWeek 98: “Lucky Old Sun” by Aretha Franklin