Since I devoted most of last week to stories of Trivias past, I should probably acknowledge how my team did in the contest completed so recently that it still feels like the present. We finished in 13th place, which is … Continue reading 13th place
Despite all the best of intentions, I simply don’t have the time, energy or necessary current mental functionality to hold up my obligation to provide a new installment of College Countdown today. In fact I may need to cook up some general low-impact content for the whole week ahead. That’s how thoroughly my annual excursion into the land of total cognitive exhaustion has done a number on me. My apologies. Continue reading Programming Note
Given that this is Trivia weekend, I tried to take a little bit less for Spectrum Culture this week. However, I couldn’t quite resist a documentary about the drummer from Hole. It’s too bad it wasn’t as good as it could have been. I also pitched in on this week’s List Inconsequential feature, which gave me a chance to throw a few darts at an old Robert Zemeckis film. Continue reading Spectrum Check
As the preceding day’s posts undoubtedly conveyed, this is the first day of this year’s edition of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. For the members of my tribe, only one song will suffice. Wikipedia even confirmed this fact at one point: I won’t post it, but I can surely share it. This song is undoubtedly available for purchase at your favorite local, independently-owned record store. Why not go and give the proprietor of that establishment several of your dollars. I know that’s on my agenda for today. Continue reading One for Friday: “Poor old Johnnie Ray…”
This weekend, I will once again participate in the annual staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM, the main fundraiser every year for the college radio station in central Wisconsin that is my most prized alma mater. At this time … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: $2.50 for an Hour
This weekend, I will once again participate in the annual staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM, the main fundraiser every year for the college radio station in central Wisconsin that is my most prized alma mater. At this time … Continue reading Trivia (Wrong) Answer of the Day: Samantha Stevens
This weekend, I will once again participate in the annual staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM, the main fundraiser every year for the college radio station in central Wisconsin that is my most prized alma mater. At this time … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: ‘Tis Campbell’s Soup Each Day….
This weekend, I will once again participate in the annual staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM, the main fundraiser every year for the college radio station in central Wisconsin that is my most prized alma mater. At this time … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day: Riboflavin
44. Rival Schools, United By Fate As I’ve noted, I entered 2001 feeling somewhat detached from the college rock music that I once adored. Certainly part of that was just a natural part of growing older, but it also felt a little bit like a betrayal of my former self, the one who emphatically agreed with one of my collegiate cohorts who openly hoped that he wouldn’t be that middle-aged guy who was still calling the college station to request the music that he liked decades earlier. I had tacitly pledged to stay current, dammit! So it was a special … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 50 Albums of 2001, 44 and 43
I contributed a couple of pieces this week at Spectrum Culture. On the film side, I reviewed a French film based on a true story involving terrorists hijacking an airplane. While I didn’t expend much effort on this angle in the review, it’s sometimes very odd to see French filmmakers wrestle with the some of the established mechanics of action movies and thrillers without applying their deconstructionist tendencies. It really does wind up landing in some nether region between United 93 and Passenger 57. In the Music section, I reviewed the debut full-length effort from Alabama Shakes. From the editorial … Continue reading Spectrum Check
Coffee for Two 