Artwork courtesy of Michael Easton and Christopher Shy With this post, I have the distinct honor of being among the first to announce the fo...

An ancient adage says, “The eyes are the window to the soul,” while in the Gospel of Mark the eyes are likened to the windows of the heart ...

Happily, Time-Life’s new Ultimate Oldies But Goodies Collection box set, graciously sent to me from the compilation’s producer, Joe Sasfy, ...

Previously, in my entries of May 16 , May 31 , July 1 , July 22 , and August 18 , I have discussed at length my experiment of trying to lis...

Perhaps because our society largely judges one another by appearances, clothes, weight, and hair are crucial factors contributing to what is...

In last night’s blog on the subject of “sleaze,” I said that, considered as a matter of fashion or style, sleaze does not immediately invoke...

My previous blog entry discussed the word “raunchy,” in which I concluded by saying there was a rather significant difference between the me...

The word raunch is to raunchy as the word sleaze is to sleazy—or the word grunge is to grungy: by the process known as back-formation, a new...

I received an interesting email from David Borden, Director, Retired, of the Digital Music Program, Department of Music, at Cornell Universi...

The word “cool” emerged out of 1940s American jazz culture known as bebop. Bob Yurochko observes: “[One] phenomenon that rose from bebop [o...

In the history of rock music there have been several musicians whose mental illnesses have severely impaired their careers. Immediately one ...

Today is Michael Jackson’s birthday. Born in Gary, Indiana in 1958, he has turned 50 years old. The event has caused barely a ripple in the ...