Category Archives: Music

Links to Things

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Wesley

This is my new favorite quote of the week: Being able to write is a remarkable gift. There’s none better, if you can also think. –Edward M. Bernstein Paul Witcover reviews The Secret History of Science Fiction, and has some … Continue reading →

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Songs I Don’t Understand: All Along the Watchtower

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Wesley

I’ve never totally understood why a joker living in a watchtower in an apocalyptic fantasy world should be so put out by this: Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what … Continue reading →

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Advice for you.

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Wesley

According to my server logs, somebody has on two occasions come to this page after searching on the phrase “billy joel she gets weary.” Man, if your girlfriend is that tired of your Billy Joel records, *stop playing them.*

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Songs I Don’t Understand #2

Posted on October 30, 2005 by Wesley

David Bowie, “Starman” Everyone remembers the day the starship came to Earth. The ship had but a single pilot, and he was ancient. The product of billions of years of evolution, first natural and then self-directed, he had been driven … Continue reading →

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Songs I Don’t Understand

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Wesley

####1. “Spooky,” The Classics IV Apparently the singer’s girlfriend is “spooky.” He goes on about it for an entire song, but what unsettles him so is left vague. Eventually he gets to the point: >First you say no >You’ve got … Continue reading →

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