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The Singer Not the Song

In the United States when you ask a young boy what he wants to be when he grows up, the answer is the expected: “I want to be an Astronaut, Cowboy, Fireman or the President of the United States.” Maybe you’ll get the odd outlier who says he wants to drive a truck or something [...]

Week 25 - 5 x 5

FIrst 5 Random Songs from my iTunes Shuffle
You Shook Me All Night Long -AC/DC
Animal Bar - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Misere, “straight” concluded - Jelly Roll Morton
The Lad with the Silver Button - Mark Mothersbaugh
Don’t Panic - Coldplay
5 Things to Know about Professional Football this Past Weekend
Never take Detroit on the road (Don’t ever take [...]

Aye Wonder Tuesday - Election Day 2008

WOW. Has it been two years already? On this election day, you might think today’s AWT would be loaded down with political tidbits just waiting to piss you off again. Not so, mes amis.  I have been reading bucket loads recently and this week’s AWT is an amalgam of odd bits and pieces from technology, [...]

Michael Franti & Spearhead

Michael Franti used to be an angry young man. His hip-hop was in your face and antagonizing. No longer. Franti, the leader of Spearhead, is now a socially conscious singer with a brand new attitude. He’s been singing about problems, hope and solutions for over a decade and now his new album, All Rebel Rockers, [...]

I Can’t Sleep - Aye Wonder Instead

I’m back to the sleepless nights again. It’s brutal. Ultimately, I decided to get out of bed at 3:00 AM and went back for a snooze around 5:30 AM. Even then, I feel like I am bouncing around the bed like a kid in a trampoline tent but having a lot less fun.  Instead of [...]

RTT is Now AWT

One of the things I liked about my collaborative blog with my brother Phil, was the way you could look at it and know what you were going to read about. I want to give that a test run here. Random Thoughts Tuesday is now Aye Wonder Tuesday (AWT) and if you see the icon [...]

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye was a tortured soul and one of the most gifted RnB singers ever. His albums, What’s Going On and Let’s Get It On, are two masterstrokes of genius. Unfortunately, they were also his last two great albums as cocaine and other addictions consumed Gaye’s creactivity and energy. In 1984, eleven years after the [...]