Spitball Army

I. First, life is like a Wiggles dance. Then, life is like a Beatles tune. Next, life is like a Cure dirge battling a Talking Heads seizure. II. And, after the Johnny Cash murder ballad, life is like a wheezy Randy Newman screed. Finally, life ends with a Chopin Nocturne.

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Approximate playing time: 71 minutes.

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Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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Approximate playing time: 63 minutes.

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Organizing music books: Beatles > Dylan > artists, alphabetically > genres > regions > music biz > anthologies > jazz > classical.

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Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

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My mother, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina, sent me an envelope full of news clippings last week. Among them was The Post and Courier’s weekly trivia quiz. This one was all about The Beatles.

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Besides other humans, dogs are probably the smartest animals that we come in contact with on a daily basis. I’ve known some dogs that are most definitely smarter than some humans I’ve known, but that’s another story. Dogs play with us, they keep us company, and they make us happy. It is no surprise, then, that after humans (in, for instance, love songs and murder ballads), the next most popular animal represented in song is man’s best friend.

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Jim James’ Tribute To (CD);
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (DVD);
California Pizza Kitchen’s Garlic Chicken pizza (food)

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Birmingham Magazine’s online music column recently proposed a playlist that would take listeners on a journey through the South. In addition to posting their list, they opened up for reader submissions. I posted one…

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