I may be a cruddy swimmer, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be invited to the pool party. There will be booze, after all, and cleavage, and if the water […]
Deep Cuts: Swimming Songs
Deep Cuts: Choice Songs
Choice is perhaps the most essential component of human life. The little critters living in your eyebrows can’t choose to move to your mustache, after all–their entire lives are predefined. But we […]
Deep Cuts: Identity Songs
The world (well, the U.S. at least) is in the midst of an identity crisis. What’s unique about this particular identity crisis, though, is that rather than “who am I” this one […]
Deep Cuts: Puzzle Songs
Okay, so I like jigsaw puzzles–a fact that will never see the light of day on my dating profile. I also like music, which is why I puzzled over a list of […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Habits
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: 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?
Why It Matters 