Thursday, December 31, 2020

Random Notes from a Crank

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Here are some enlightening factoids from "Harper's Index" and Harper's Findings from the January issue: Number of children...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Top Ten/Twenty Albums of 2020

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  It's that time of the year again. And 2020 has been a shitshow of a year.  Like I did in  2010 ,  2011 ,  2012 ,  2013 ,  2014 ,  2015...
Friday, December 25, 2020

Music Friday: "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"

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  It's Xmas, so what the hell. Let's feature this classic.
Sunday, December 20, 2020

Sunday Hangover: Florida

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  SEC Champs.  The defensive performance form the Crimson Tide was not what I would have hoped for. They just gave up so many explosive play...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Music Friday: "What's Your Favorite Color?"

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  Yesterday this song came across my iPod shuffle as I was walking the dog.  Living Colour is a vastly under appreciated band. They're s...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Stay Positive: Five Sad Songs

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  I mentioned this in a recent Music Friday post , but after reading Ander Monson's "The Sadnesses of March" in his collection...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Random Notes from a Crank

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  Saturday Night Live did a good skit on the stupidity of the holiday ads that have some significant other giving the other a car for Xmas. ...

Sunday Hangover: Arkansas

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After the Razorbacks scored their lone field goal, it was like a switch was flipped for the Crimson Tide offense and defense.  After Smith h...
Friday, December 11, 2020

Music Friday: "Ready Or Not"

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  I picked up this tune a while ago after watching the final episode of Lovecraft Country .  I'm thinking it will serve as a good song p...
Sunday, December 6, 2020

Sunday Hangover: LSU

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Beatdown in Baton Rouge Let's just immerse ourselves in numbers: Alabama 55 - LSU 17 32 first downs for Alabama 265 net rushing yards 38...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Music Friday: "Monk's Dream"

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  Here's a late post of a classic jazz tune by one of the best that ever tickled the keys. 
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Sunday Hangover: Auburn

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  So Bo Nix called Mac Jones a "game manager," huh? How'd that work out? During the game, the announcers related this comment,...
Friday, November 27, 2020

Music Friday: "Answering Machine"

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  I'm in the midst of reading Ander Monson's I Will Take the Answer . One of my favorite essays so far is "The Sadnesses of Mar...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

[Belated] Sunday Hangover: Kentucky

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  I only got to watch part of the game because I was driving during the first half of the game, but the score speaks for itself: a 60-point ...
Friday, November 20, 2020

Music Friday: "Gift"

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  I hadn't listened to File Under Easy Listening for a good while, so I kicked out the jams today and listened to it while at work.  He...