19 years ago, I saw Peter Gabriel live at the Tacoma Dome, where he did a version of "Solsbury Hill" very much like the one in the video below. (Naturally.…
What I'm talking about here are not songs with deliberately obscure lyrics (early R.E.M.), or songs whose lyrics are often misheard. I'm talking about songs where the semantics seem clear…
Daniel Inouye died yesterday. I saw him in person at a small Democratic party event in 2004--it was so small it was held in a classroom--and I not only got…
The disruption of a dead fuel pump and fuel relay put a huge dent in the pondering end of my business. But though I'm certain that there's another giant car…