Some folks claim that it takes 28 days to make or break a habit, and while I have no idea whether that’s true it sure seems right.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Habits
Deep Cuts: Ritual Songs
It’s amazing how many rituals we participate in without realizing it.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Sickness
Have you heard enough about COVID-19?
Deep Cuts: Mary Songs
Last week we surveyed the long history of songs about Johnny, but we can’t overlook his sidekick Mary. Songs about Mary date at least to the eighth century, though those early ones […]
Deep Cuts: Johnny Songs
Ever since Johnny came marching home during the Civil War he’s been popular with songwriters.
Deep Cuts: Life Songs
What is this life thing anyway?
Deep Cuts: Pushing Songs
What kind of idiot voluntarily does 66,795 push-ups?
Deep Cuts: 8 Christmas Songs You Haven’t Heard 8 Million Times
There are two kinds of Christmas music people: Those who want to hear the exact same songs sung the same way by the same people and those who don’t. There’s a third […]
Deep Cuts: Pressure Songs
Have you ever been under so much pressure that you thought your head would pop? Work, home, money, politics, climate, holidays, traffic–it can all be too much now and then. So what’s […]
Deep Cuts: Snow Songs
The west coast of the United States experience some pretty unusual weather over the last week.
Why It Matters 