Category Archives: Songs

Swiss Tease

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

The Michele Bachmann / Switzerland citizenship brouhaha, which played out quickly over the course of a few days this week, has me thinking about Cole Porter musicals. While we don’t know all the details of what really went on behind … Continue reading →

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Lunar Madness

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Here we are, gathered on this bleak Monday, a band of hardy stragglers huddled together in a sheltered corner of the internet. We are the last survivors of Earth’s weekend “Supermoon” encounter. Saturday evening’s 14% larger-than-normal full moon came as … Continue reading →

Posted in Outer Space, Songs | Tagged | 93 Comments

Happy Birthday, Jean Redpath

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Today is Scottish folk singer Jean Redpath‘s birthday. She was born in Edinburgh on April 28th in 1937. She is (has?) an M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire), which is an exalted title that carries some weight but mostly what … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Songs | 100 Comments

Space Mine Balladeer

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

I was intrigued by the story this week that some above-average billionaires are proposing to explore space for a way to accumulate even more wealth through the burgeoning not-yet-an-industry of Space Mining. The idea is to find precious metal rich … Continue reading →

Posted in Outer Space, Songs, Uncategorized | 177 Comments

Old Soldiers

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

This is the anniversary of General Douglas MacArthur’s farewell address, which included the catchphrase “Old Soliders Never Die, They Just Fade Away.” To my way of thinking, the line is more appropriate to describe the end of the perpetual Disc … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia, Songs, Words | 106 Comments

Casey Einstein

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Today is both the birthday of Casey Jones (1863) the brave engineer, and Albert Einstein (1879), the Nobel Prize winning physicist and brainy icon. There are a couple of famous songs about Casey Jones. This one is by Johnny Cash. … Continue reading →

Posted in Songs, Transportation, Uncategorized | 103 Comments

American Idols All

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

The similarities between this year’s Republican primary competition and “reality” TV are striking. The candidates have appeared together almost weekly, sometimes every couple of days. They have been together so much the nerves started to fray long ago. They’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Songs | 58 Comments

Hey Nelly, Nelly

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Last year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day we had a discussion about songs and performers who spoke to the cause of civil rights. I posted a video of a Mavis Staples song and some well-known names like Nina Simone, … Continue reading →

Posted in Songs | 78 Comments

Over the River

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Today’s guest post is by Clyde. When we were raising our children, we lived in Two Harbors and my parents lived above the east end of Duluth, only about two miles from Hawk Ridge. Among the four ways we could … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Songs, Travel | 136 Comments

In Dublin’s Fair City

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

… Where girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone! So goes a famous old Irish song, done here on You Tube by The Dubliners. I thought of this song when I read yesterday that … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Songs, Uncategorized | 79 Comments