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Lux, Ivy, And The Cramps
There are your typical band bios, and then there’s this.
Contributing Author and Music Historian Bill Bois delivers a masterful, loving tribute to The Cramps: equal parts subcultural scholarship, musical nerdery, and heartstring pluck. You’ll laugh, nod, and probably Google “Psychobilly” halfway through.
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OutKast with a mandolin or Iron Maiden with a fiddle? Why not?
Contributing Author Rollerboogie uncovers a foot-stomping universe of bluegrass covers that brilliantly reimagine the familiar – and will leave even the purists on both sides of the covers grinning.
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Status Quo
There’s no law that says you have to evolve musically, and Status Quo made a career out of proving it.
Contributing Author JJ Live From Leeds brings his sharp wit and encyclopedic recall to a tale of psychedelic flukes, cardboard bassists, and a three-chord formula that refused to quit.
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A meditation on language, loss, and the growing tension between human truth and artificial convenience.
Contributing Author Chuck Small delivers a subtle, searing reminder: our voice is a soulprint—and no algorithm should ever hold the pen.
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Mike Flanagan’s THE LIFE OF CHUCK
From Contributing Author and resident film maven cappiethedog, comes a transcendent, twisty homage to King, Kubrick, and cosmic accounting that says, “Do the math – and find the meaning.”
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It’s The Hits Of July-ish 1925!
From the cutest story ever to come out of the Georgia legislature, to a sultry dance craze that rattled the moralists, this piece has it all: politics, pianos, and not a small amount of pelvic motion.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan masterfully unpacks the untamed energy of 1925 with humor, detail, and the quiet resignation of someone who’s read all 2,700 pages of Ben Bernie’s joke file.
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Why Does a Slice of Pizza Thrown During A Baseball Game Make Me Laugh?
Is an airborne slice of pepperoni at Fenway better entertainment than anything happening on the actual baseball field? Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy’s legendary pizza-throwing broadcast breakdown at Fenway Park created one of baseball’s funniest announcer moments ever.
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The Surprising Origin of the Word “Cocktail”
Contributing Author Bill Bois uncorks a fizzy pour of facts and fables in this delightfully twisted tale of where the word “cocktail” might have come from.
Whether you sip slowly or shoot it back, you’re in for a ride; historical speculation has never gone down so smoothly.
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Pop Lyrics That Raise More Questions Than Answers
Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds shines a light on the wonderfully weird world of pop lyrics, where the pews are in the corridor, the cake is in the rain, and 9PM somehow counts as afternoon.
From seaside arms to time-travel math fails, JJ delivers a takedown of musical nonsense that’ll make you question your next choice for karaoke.
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Finding An Audio Treasure at a Mall in Western Canada?
Some people go on vacation to Canada and come back with duty-free maple syrup.
Contributing Author Rollerboogie came back with a copy of the seminal Zombies album and a reminder that the best finds aren’t searched for – they find you.
You Gotta Have Friends
With inspiration from a prior comment section entry, Contributing Author Chuck Small delivers another nostalgic spin through vinyl history with Record Relays, Volume 9: You Gotta Have Friends.
It’s a heartfelt, high-wattage tribute to musical allies of the LGBTQ+ community. From Dolly and Bette to Ricky and Regina, it’s a dueted journey where friendship hits all the right notes.
It’s The Hits Of July-ish 2005!
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan digs through the rhinestoned wreckage of July-ish 2005, when pop was sparkly, indie was sweaty, and emo had a guitar and feelings.
From the rise of “Don’t Cha” to the chaos of CSS’s Lovefoxxx, it’s a McBlingingly delightful pop culture joyride, with a perfect mix of insight and side-eye.
Why Does A One-Off Sitcom Detective Parody Make Me Laugh?
Why does an absurd job title like “library cop” make me laugh? Philip Baker Hall treating overdue books like federal crimes is surprisingly hilarious — and here’s why it works.
How the Savannah Bananas Are Changing Baseball
Baseball’s no longer just peanuts and warm 8th inning beer. Contributing Author and Historian Bill Bois touches ’em all, and shows how both the Savannah Bananas and one hammy first baseman-turned-TV cowboy taught America that the real object of the game might just be “fun.”
Madness
“Our House” might’ve been your first stop, but it was far from the end of the line on the Madness nutty train. Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds takes us through all the hits, hijinks, history, and the glorious mayhem America mostly missed.
Why Relative Humidity is a Hot Mess
Ever wonder why some hot days feel like a sauna and others just feel…hot? Contributing Author and Honest-To-Gosh Actual Hydrologist Link Crawford breaks it all down with wit, science, and even a little K-pop. (Bonus points for the boss-move-deployment of “evapotranspiration.”)
It’s The Hits Of July-ish 1995!
It’s all here: rock star rage, sitcom boyfriends, monkey-faced Britpop legends, and a 14-year-old R&B prodigy singing about dem days. As one does.
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan dives into the pop-cultural snapshot that was July, 1995 and dares to ask: was “You Oughta Know” really about good ol’ Uncle Joey?
Why Does An Extremely Ill-Timed Gift Basket Make Me Laugh?
This might start out as a weird gift basket story, but it’s really about creativity, and loyalty – and how a pretty good joke can turn even a public firing and corporate chaos into something funny.
The Norman “Hurricane” Smith Story
Norman “Hurricane” Smith may not be a household name, but his fingerprints are all over some of music’s most iconic sounds.
In this captivating profile, Contributing Author and Music Historian Bill Bois unpacks the understated brilliance and surprising turns of a man who went from EMI engineer to become an unlikely pop star.
All good ones!
Awesome. I've listened to some of Hayseed Dixie's AC/DC bluegrass covers and they are all solid.
I figured you would know some of these. The Buzzcocks cover was included specifically with you in mind. That Sierra…
Yes it has. The Beatles bluegrass cover on the list is from the 60s, and I'm willing to bet bluegrass…
Some of these I knew, some are brand new to me. I already have your first list of #1's and…
