"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
20 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: tom lehrer
SETLIST:
Introduction
National Brotherhood Week
When You’re Old And Grey
The MLF Lullaby
Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
So long, Mom!
Pollution
The Masochism Tango
Send The Marines
Who’s Next
Wernher Von Braun
The Vatican Rag
We Will All Go Together When We Go
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18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: soon, yes
Yes: “Soon” (1974)
“Soon”, an excerpt from the 22-minute “The Gates of Delirium” epic from 1974’s Relayer LP (truly Yes epitomized “long-player”) was one of the most gorgeous moments the English progsters created, despite the fact that as a single it failed to chart. This song didn’t seem to be formed from the same elements as those which occupied the Hot 100 that year, or really any other.
Like one of their Roger Dean-designed album covers, their best music evoked other worlds entirely.
09 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: carpenters
If you’ll indulge me, a few notes and opinions:
First, I know of no performer who could recreate their material live with more perfect pitch than Karen Carpenter. She is literally note perfect throughout, even when Richard’s arrangements contain slippery key changes.
As for brother Richard himself: the bandleader, producer and musician extraordinaire smoothly transitions between three different keyboards during this medley. You probably won’t even notice him doing so.
And guitarist Tony Peluso’s fuzz guitar coda on “Goodbye to Love”, which closes out the medley, might be the equal of Joe Walsh and Don Felder’s postlude on “Hotel California”. It’s a work of rare melodic composition unto itself and doesn’t get enough glory simply because it was performed on an “easy listening” act’s record.
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in Video of the Week Tags: christian music
06 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: no you don't, the format
The Format: “No You Don’t” (2026)
“Sometimes when I get in the studio, I’m possessed by the ghost of Steven Tyler or something”, Nate Ruess confessed while introducing this song during a 2026 live performance.
And indeed, “No You Don’t” is just the type of over-the-top ballad that Tyler himself might’ve enjoyed overemoting.
Ruess, who walked away from music to raise a family after his band fun. topped the Billboard album charts with 2012’s Some Nights, has reunited the Format, the band he first helped form in 2002. And their Boycott Heaven LP is another top ten smash.
The singer possesses both the ability to write a big chorus and a searing tenor to match its intensity.
“No You Don’t” is like one of those 80’s power ballads, but without all the hair, makeup, spandex and lyrical cliches.
