We celebrated President’s Day this past Monday in the United States. Well, honestly
Deep Cuts: Songs For Presidents
Deep Cuts: Future Songs
I wish I could remember what my childhood vision of 2017 is, but I know it wasn’t this.
Deep Cuts: Cartoon Songs
So I didn’t con my way into a gig working with an animator. All I could do was get out my Acme catalog and cook up another scheme, preferably something involving rocket […]
Deep Cuts: A Glam Rock Christmas
Will this become a Why It Matters tradition? Probably not, but last year’s obligatory Christmas playlist overlooked the strange obsession that the glam rockers had with the holiday. I don’t pretend to […]
Deep Cuts: Prognostication Songs
Predicting the future is a common theme in music, and not just with the Mael brothers and those “Future’s So Bright” chuckle heads. Some are optimistic, others pessimistic. We’ll be anything […]
106. They’re Gonna Find the Queen is a Man
Prom night, and I went full Duckie. Top hat, cane. My sister bought me a white silk scarf right out of “Dream Weaver” era Gary Wright. On second thought I didn’t really […]
Why It Matters to Flipron
I am a Flipron addict. Their three previous albums (available from CD Baby) are all must haves, and their new single “The Comet Returns” has been in my heaviest of heavy rotation […]
Deep Cuts: Top Ten Songs from Nic Cage Movies
Nicolas Cage’s career is a beautiful car wreck. It started off fast and wild, careening from weird to weirder. No matter how bad some of those early movies were he was always […]
Why It Matters 