Posts tagged “music”

It’s unfair that Someone Like You (from the 1989 Bang Tango album Psycho Café) isn’t more popular.

My 11-yo son and all his friends have discovered rickrolling.

For ages the only copy I had of the Kon Kan 1989 hit I Beg Your Pardon was a cassette recording I captured from local FM radio, so any time I hear it I am reminded of Casey Kasem explaining how cool it was that they sampled the theme song from The Magnificent Seven.

Phase One: In Which Doris Gets Her Oats

Consider this your annual reminder that the Christmas album Sugar & Booze by SNL-alum Ana Gasteyer is fantastic.

It is baffling to me that I can no longer reliably use iTunes to manage the music on my iPhone. I have tens of thousands of tracks which I’ve lovingly curated and maintained for over a decade, and dozens of custom dynamic playlists, which are now essentially useless.

I absolutely loved the This American Life episode on the Cisco default hold music, Opus Number 1.