Essential Albums #92: Giant Steps and With the Beatles (left not forgotten)
That is a weird secret language I was told would be easy to learn because I was good at math and it was all math based. It was the hardest thing I ever tried
That is a weird secret language I was told would be easy to learn because I was good at math and it was all math based. It was the hardest thing I ever tried
Robocop and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington are the same movie. No one puts them together, because almost every single movie is the same movie. If you haven’t seen either of these movies and
I need to go to bed but I have to wait for a video of a friend I took to upload on YouTube and I thought about this driving home from seeing him. Everyone
I accidentally and jokingly caused a silly “riff” between John Bonham fans and Keith Moon fans. Why choose? You got them both for too few years and they served you well. They were a
This is the launch of my free Brad Laidman Pop Learning Service and its Delcaration of Principles. Here was Charles Foster Kane’s “Declaration of Principles.” Kane did not live up to them, and the
I just spent my cherished pre-Thanksgiving meal time seeing the very special “After School Special” Boy Erased. I’m sure it will win many awards, it was written and conceived to do so. Big stars.
Minimum wage in Ohio is currently $8.30 before taxes. Lots of people have shitty jobs. I hate that they have to do them. I want us to all be artists who can get by
“But why if the band was so successful did they stop touring when he died?” Cue me bashing my head into the wall for the 8572nd time. Because you don’t just replace Freddie Mercury.
Jerry has all the Porsche’s, but Seinfeld has always been Larry David to me.
I was a pretty depressed guy who read and absorbed everything for a long time. I was a champion debater. One day and I’m not exactly sure why I decided that I had spent
This is intended to be a “Choose Your Own Adventure ” celebration of the life, work, and passion of Joe Strummer. I only ask that you read this paragraph and the last sentence. No
I was a critical reader before I was in kindergarten and one of the first books they gave me was about Squanto, and I thought about it all critically. The book they gave me